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Relevancy
Friday, 23. June 2006, 03:04:56
As part of my internship, I spend a few hours in conversation and mentoring with my pastor. He seems to enjoy it as much as I do. It seems that he is almost starved for good, strong theological conversation.
The nice part is that we can speak in the accepted theological jargon. We can casually use the original languages to convey particular meanings or rely upon the Latin or Greek name for a body of information without slowing down to break it down. Obviously, we should be able to discuss such things apart from jargon and make it practical for all people. Still, it is really nice to be able to talk shop with one another.
As we were discussing this morning, I felt he needed to know that I could become rather staunch in my defense of biblical teachings. Obviously many here know that when biblical truth is a t stake, I dig in and get ready to take a stand. I am not willing to bend on certain issues and I was wondering if this was a trait that needed to change before entering ministry.
My pastor assured me such stances are a good thing. Too often it seems that people are willing to compromise the Scriptures to become "relevant." I ask, if the Word of God is not relevant in and of itself, then what good is it?
Not that I suggest that the Word of God is not good or relevant. Rather, I suggest that man's pathetic attempts at relevancy undermine the truth. People do not need anything more than they need the truth from God's word.
So, should we soften a teaching where God makes it pointed and harsh?
Should we seek to find a new relevancy when God's Word is timeless?
Should our relevancy look like compromise?
Or perhaps relevancy should look like the undiluted truth of God applied to all aspects of faith and practice.
We dare not tamper with God's message to mankind. We need not coddle mankind into a false security. We need only to proclaim "Thus says the Lord" and allow God to be God.
Soli Deo Gloria
The nice part is that we can speak in the accepted theological jargon. We can casually use the original languages to convey particular meanings or rely upon the Latin or Greek name for a body of information without slowing down to break it down. Obviously, we should be able to discuss such things apart from jargon and make it practical for all people. Still, it is really nice to be able to talk shop with one another.
As we were discussing this morning, I felt he needed to know that I could become rather staunch in my defense of biblical teachings. Obviously many here know that when biblical truth is a t stake, I dig in and get ready to take a stand. I am not willing to bend on certain issues and I was wondering if this was a trait that needed to change before entering ministry.
My pastor assured me such stances are a good thing. Too often it seems that people are willing to compromise the Scriptures to become "relevant." I ask, if the Word of God is not relevant in and of itself, then what good is it?
Not that I suggest that the Word of God is not good or relevant. Rather, I suggest that man's pathetic attempts at relevancy undermine the truth. People do not need anything more than they need the truth from God's word.
So, should we soften a teaching where God makes it pointed and harsh?
Should we seek to find a new relevancy when God's Word is timeless?
Should our relevancy look like compromise?
Or perhaps relevancy should look like the undiluted truth of God applied to all aspects of faith and practice.
We dare not tamper with God's message to mankind. We need not coddle mankind into a false security. We need only to proclaim "Thus says the Lord" and allow God to be God.
Soli Deo Gloria
Mind
Thursday, 22. June 2006, 08:18:32
I'm preparing the new website for my church, and want to provide the congregants with the option of having one or more forums for our use. I had thought that the youth group might like a place to connect and chat up a bit without the pressures and issues that surround MySpace.
I also thought that the church at large could use a place to share prayer requests, praises, and Bible study information. I thought we could encourage one another with devotional materials, study insights and even answered prayers.
So, I've been spending some time lurking at various Christian forums. I have found few that have remained active. The active ones rarely seem to be on solid theological ground.
I have encountered much in the form of legalism. So many people are so eager to embrace Judaism with a Christian veneer. The Sabbath has been marched out and fixations with OT dietary laws and other such. I am amazed at the lack of NT understanding or even awareness on these topics. Paul himself tackles many of the teachings and denounces the Judaizers that attempt to force incorrect doctrine upon the Gentiles - but these people seem to thrill at being Judaizers themselves.
I have encountered much liberalism. Too many are willing to either toss out the concept of the authority and inerrancy of the Scriptures or to water down their teachings in an ill-guided attempt to be evangelistic. People are dying apart from God, but they are willing to dilute God's truth - the only antidote to the needs of all men.
I have encountered much poor interpretation. One site actually tried to teach that the Hebrew word for father was present in the word for Sabbath in a bizarre attempt to defend the keeping of the Sabbath. This is poor interpretation and poorer grammar. Hebrew meaning is carried in consonants and not vowels. The two terms have no common linguistic root. Yet, because the letters in English seem so similar - they are willing to forego good interpretative methods. This is only one minor example.
So, I ask...
Why are there so few places of genuine Christian understanding of the Scriptures?
There are some. I belong to three. But why are so many sacrificing their understanding for false doctrine?
I think the answer came to me in a conversation with my wife. She wanted to know why people seem so inconsiderate of others. I told her that few people truly think about either their actions or motives. They simply react to situations - most often in an egocentric manner. After all - the world is all about me...right?
Wrong...the world is all about Him.
Too many people do not apply their minds to the Scriptures. We have fallen for Kierkegaard’s line that faith requires a leap of faith apart from logic. We do not need to divorce our mind from a life of faith.
God made man with many faculties. We possess minds, emotions, will, and so much more. It is an integral, essential part of being made in his image. This requires that our life of faith encompass all these.
We cannot turn away from engaging God and his Word with our minds. We cannot allow ourselves to only believe what pastors, radio personalities, and the world wide web have to say about God and his Word.
If we deny our God the place of glory of being at the focal points of our intellect, we sin. We are meant to glorify him and part of that is engaging him and his Word with our minds.
You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, soul, and strength. (Deuteronomy 6:5 personal translation from the BHS)
The term for heart (lev) not only denotes emotion, but also intellect and volition. If we do less, then we rebel against the Scriptures
We must love God with our minds. We cannot remain intellectual sluggards. We must meditate upon his words day and night. We must allow this to steep down into the very marrow of our souls, affecting every fiber of our being. We must glorify God by living in his image. We can do no less and remain pure in conscience.
Soli Deo Gloria
I also thought that the church at large could use a place to share prayer requests, praises, and Bible study information. I thought we could encourage one another with devotional materials, study insights and even answered prayers.
So, I've been spending some time lurking at various Christian forums. I have found few that have remained active. The active ones rarely seem to be on solid theological ground.
I have encountered much in the form of legalism. So many people are so eager to embrace Judaism with a Christian veneer. The Sabbath has been marched out and fixations with OT dietary laws and other such. I am amazed at the lack of NT understanding or even awareness on these topics. Paul himself tackles many of the teachings and denounces the Judaizers that attempt to force incorrect doctrine upon the Gentiles - but these people seem to thrill at being Judaizers themselves.
I have encountered much liberalism. Too many are willing to either toss out the concept of the authority and inerrancy of the Scriptures or to water down their teachings in an ill-guided attempt to be evangelistic. People are dying apart from God, but they are willing to dilute God's truth - the only antidote to the needs of all men.
I have encountered much poor interpretation. One site actually tried to teach that the Hebrew word for father was present in the word for Sabbath in a bizarre attempt to defend the keeping of the Sabbath. This is poor interpretation and poorer grammar. Hebrew meaning is carried in consonants and not vowels. The two terms have no common linguistic root. Yet, because the letters in English seem so similar - they are willing to forego good interpretative methods. This is only one minor example.
So, I ask...
Why are there so few places of genuine Christian understanding of the Scriptures?
There are some. I belong to three. But why are so many sacrificing their understanding for false doctrine?
I think the answer came to me in a conversation with my wife. She wanted to know why people seem so inconsiderate of others. I told her that few people truly think about either their actions or motives. They simply react to situations - most often in an egocentric manner. After all - the world is all about me...right?
Wrong...the world is all about Him.
Too many people do not apply their minds to the Scriptures. We have fallen for Kierkegaard’s line that faith requires a leap of faith apart from logic. We do not need to divorce our mind from a life of faith.
God made man with many faculties. We possess minds, emotions, will, and so much more. It is an integral, essential part of being made in his image. This requires that our life of faith encompass all these.
We cannot turn away from engaging God and his Word with our minds. We cannot allow ourselves to only believe what pastors, radio personalities, and the world wide web have to say about God and his Word.
If we deny our God the place of glory of being at the focal points of our intellect, we sin. We are meant to glorify him and part of that is engaging him and his Word with our minds.
You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, soul, and strength. (Deuteronomy 6:5 personal translation from the BHS)
The term for heart (lev) not only denotes emotion, but also intellect and volition. If we do less, then we rebel against the Scriptures
We must love God with our minds. We cannot remain intellectual sluggards. We must meditate upon his words day and night. We must allow this to steep down into the very marrow of our souls, affecting every fiber of our being. We must glorify God by living in his image. We can do no less and remain pure in conscience.
Soli Deo Gloria
Rambling Thoughts
Thursday, 8. June 2006, 22:48:59
So yeah,
I'm doing the intern thing, but it doesn't really feel like it.
Now a change of subject...
The anniversary went great. Mrs. Radar loved her present. The traditional present for 12 years is silk, so I got her a pajama set made of real silk (not washable silk, not a synthetic, real silk) colored hunter green. She says she's afraid she'll slide out of bed though.
She got me new speakers for my Sony Walkman mp3 player. She also got me the radio transmitter for it. I can set it to 12 different radio frequencies and just pick my player up on the radio. I love gadgets.
changes the subject again...
so my internship seems to be a non existent...
I'm working on a proposal for the elder board concerning setting up a website for the church. I'm setting it up in geocities - yeah I know - very generic. But, I'm using it as a model so they can see what it could look like.
The idea is that if they see something, then they can decide what they like or what they want to change. Then we can get a domain and start it rolling.
Next is VBS. As the intern, I get a leading role. We are doing Veggie Tales and have a "city." Mrs Radar and I are playing Ma and Pa and we get to teach about God's role in our lives when difficulty arrives. The text we use is Jesus calming the storm. We have crafts and application for a variety of age groups since we are welcoming preschool through 6th grade.
So...I need to get back to work and make that website model.
Soli Deo Gloria.
I'm doing the intern thing, but it doesn't really feel like it.
Now a change of subject...
The anniversary went great. Mrs. Radar loved her present. The traditional present for 12 years is silk, so I got her a pajama set made of real silk (not washable silk, not a synthetic, real silk) colored hunter green. She says she's afraid she'll slide out of bed though.
She got me new speakers for my Sony Walkman mp3 player. She also got me the radio transmitter for it. I can set it to 12 different radio frequencies and just pick my player up on the radio. I love gadgets.
changes the subject again...
so my internship seems to be a non existent...
I'm working on a proposal for the elder board concerning setting up a website for the church. I'm setting it up in geocities - yeah I know - very generic. But, I'm using it as a model so they can see what it could look like.
The idea is that if they see something, then they can decide what they like or what they want to change. Then we can get a domain and start it rolling.
Next is VBS. As the intern, I get a leading role. We are doing Veggie Tales and have a "city." Mrs Radar and I are playing Ma and Pa and we get to teach about God's role in our lives when difficulty arrives. The text we use is Jesus calming the storm. We have crafts and application for a variety of age groups since we are welcoming preschool through 6th grade.
So...I need to get back to work and make that website model.
Soli Deo Gloria.
Thoughts after attending a church while on vacation
Thursday, 8. June 2006, 04:38:37
While on vacation, I attended "church" with my wife's grandmother. I will avoide naming the denomination for the hope that this one is not representative of the whole (although I fear that it is.)
The first thing that put my teeth on edge was that 9 of the 12 elder/leaders of the church were women. Now, I know this may offend, but Ii believe in 1 Timothy 2:12 as being a command for the church:
My beliefs in this area do not imply women to be inferior. Rather, women are made in the image of God and have true value. Women are not possessed of a lesser intellect; they are capable of deep thought and ability - as much as any man.
The issue is one of God-given gender roles. God made Christ the head of the church and Man the hhead of his family. The fact is that every organization/grouping needs a chain of command. God has given it.
This is not meant to give men the right to Lord over women their role. Rather, the Bible says that a man must love his wife as Christ loves the church and gave his life for it. If a man loves his wife in such a glorious manner, then she would have little reason to question his leadership.
Additionally, the roles of elder and deacon and pastor are reserved for men. These men should love their charge as Christ loves it as well. God has decreed such an institution and man should obey.
So, I had real issue with the leadership of this group.
Next, a single verse was read in the entirety of the service. It was read in a hurried fashion and never referred to again. A sermon was not given. People left the service without hearing what God had to say from his word and how it should be applied to their lives.
Now, to be honest - this was a graduation recognition service. The congregation was recognizing their graduates. Still, did such a recognition negate a need for Scripture. I believe God would have been honored by preaching a message on new stages in our lives (for graduates and all people) and how God is the God of each change, of each moment in our lives.
The message proclaimed (without words) was that we should feel good about ourselves and the graduates. Self-esteem and comfort had replaced Scriptural truth and the need for sinful man to come into relationship with a Holy God.
Unfotunately, this attitude is not rare. The world in general expects Christians to remain silent on issues that do not exude a warm fuzzy for man as he wallows in his sin. We are to allow sin to go unchecked, unannounced, undenounced? No! As Paul said "me genoito!" translated by some as "God forbid!" or "Let it never be!" Literally, it means - may it never be allowed to exist or come to pass.
Am I living up to such an ideal? Do I allow sin to run rampant becuse my culture does not allow me to voice Scripture's truth? Me genoito! I pray that God will give me boldness to proclaim his truth and never allow men to quiet my voice.
Soli Deo Gloria
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The first thing that put my teeth on edge was that 9 of the 12 elder/leaders of the church were women. Now, I know this may offend, but Ii believe in 1 Timothy 2:12 as being a command for the church:
I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet.
The Holy Bible : English Standard Version. (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001). 1 Timothy 2:12.
My beliefs in this area do not imply women to be inferior. Rather, women are made in the image of God and have true value. Women are not possessed of a lesser intellect; they are capable of deep thought and ability - as much as any man.
The issue is one of God-given gender roles. God made Christ the head of the church and Man the hhead of his family. The fact is that every organization/grouping needs a chain of command. God has given it.
This is not meant to give men the right to Lord over women their role. Rather, the Bible says that a man must love his wife as Christ loves the church and gave his life for it. If a man loves his wife in such a glorious manner, then she would have little reason to question his leadership.
Additionally, the roles of elder and deacon and pastor are reserved for men. These men should love their charge as Christ loves it as well. God has decreed such an institution and man should obey.
So, I had real issue with the leadership of this group.
Next, a single verse was read in the entirety of the service. It was read in a hurried fashion and never referred to again. A sermon was not given. People left the service without hearing what God had to say from his word and how it should be applied to their lives.
Now, to be honest - this was a graduation recognition service. The congregation was recognizing their graduates. Still, did such a recognition negate a need for Scripture. I believe God would have been honored by preaching a message on new stages in our lives (for graduates and all people) and how God is the God of each change, of each moment in our lives.
The message proclaimed (without words) was that we should feel good about ourselves and the graduates. Self-esteem and comfort had replaced Scriptural truth and the need for sinful man to come into relationship with a Holy God.
Unfotunately, this attitude is not rare. The world in general expects Christians to remain silent on issues that do not exude a warm fuzzy for man as he wallows in his sin. We are to allow sin to go unchecked, unannounced, undenounced? No! As Paul said "me genoito!" translated by some as "God forbid!" or "Let it never be!" Literally, it means - may it never be allowed to exist or come to pass.
Am I living up to such an ideal? Do I allow sin to run rampant becuse my culture does not allow me to voice Scripture's truth? Me genoito! I pray that God will give me boldness to proclaim his truth and never allow men to quiet my voice.
The Lord is on my side; I will not fear.
What can man do to me?
The Holy Bible : English Standard Version. (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001). Psalm 118:6.
Soli Deo Gloria
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Truth under attack
Thursday, 8. June 2006, 04:35:48
Truth is under attack.
The foe is rather subtle and sly. The method of attack seems so friendly. The new idea seems to play nice with all the other children. The idea is that truth is not absolute and may change from person to person.
The current model of this anathema is post modernism. This philosophical movement attempts to redefine truth. What arrogance. If truth is true, then redefining it makes truth untruth.
Post modernism suggests that truth is determined by the community, but remains vague as to what constitutes a community. For example, Christians have determined that God is true and therefore this is true for all in the community. Atheists have concluded that God is myth and therefore all members of that group have their own truth.
This is ecumenism at its very worst. Personal belief is supreme to the truth provided one can establish a community aspect. But what happens when two truths contradict one another? Many proponents of post modernism simply claim that we need to move beyond logic and reason and accept that two things can be true at the same time while appearing to be in contradiction.
The idea is ludicrous. This places logic and reason as inferior tools to determine truth. The problem is that this group does apply reason of a sort.
Some things can be true at some times and untrue at others. This is called situational truth. I might tell you that the sky is blue. This is true at some times and not at others. I might tell you that I am hungry and the veracity of the claim will change.
But, there are absolute truths. God is one of these. So is the salvation that is available only through Christ. So we might believe that post modernism is an un-Christian concept, but we would be wrong.
In Christian parlance, this movement is often referred to as the Emergent Church. This group will not come out and say that absolute truth does not exist, but they undermine the idea.
One popular author readily suggests that many types of salvation are available. He suggests that all religions lead to God, even though Jesus tells us that no man comes to the Father but by him.
A popular war cry of such proponents is "There is no such thing as absolutes." They never stop to realize that their statement is a statement of an absolute. It's a pity really.
The overarching idea is that if enough people will themselves to believe something, then it makes that belief true. They never stop to think that truth exists outside of us, and even at times our perceptions, and that we must bend to truth.
Logic and reason are friends to the Christian. We can know this because God gave them to us. He gave us a mind to think and understand his great creation and revelation. Emotions are a gift too.
There is a model of Christian life that is presented as a drawing. The drawing is a crude humanoid figure composed of a circle for the head, a heart for the body, and two feet. The head represents our intellect. The heart stands for our emotions. The feet represent our deeds.
The idea is that a Christian needs to live his faith with all three. The Shema of Israel states "Hear O Israel, the LORD your God, the LORD is one. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your mind, and all your strength." (Deuter 6:4-5.)
Trouble begins and heresy abounds when a Christian or a Christian movement focuses on one or two of these to the detriment of the others. Emergence focuses on heart attitudes and feelings, but denies the necessity of the head.
I beg you, Christian, live your life in completeness. Worship the Most High God with everything you have. Do not neglect you mind. Do not neglect your heart. Do not neglect good deeds. To fail is to sin.
Soli Deo Gloria
The foe is rather subtle and sly. The method of attack seems so friendly. The new idea seems to play nice with all the other children. The idea is that truth is not absolute and may change from person to person.
The current model of this anathema is post modernism. This philosophical movement attempts to redefine truth. What arrogance. If truth is true, then redefining it makes truth untruth.
Post modernism suggests that truth is determined by the community, but remains vague as to what constitutes a community. For example, Christians have determined that God is true and therefore this is true for all in the community. Atheists have concluded that God is myth and therefore all members of that group have their own truth.
This is ecumenism at its very worst. Personal belief is supreme to the truth provided one can establish a community aspect. But what happens when two truths contradict one another? Many proponents of post modernism simply claim that we need to move beyond logic and reason and accept that two things can be true at the same time while appearing to be in contradiction.
The idea is ludicrous. This places logic and reason as inferior tools to determine truth. The problem is that this group does apply reason of a sort.
Some things can be true at some times and untrue at others. This is called situational truth. I might tell you that the sky is blue. This is true at some times and not at others. I might tell you that I am hungry and the veracity of the claim will change.
But, there are absolute truths. God is one of these. So is the salvation that is available only through Christ. So we might believe that post modernism is an un-Christian concept, but we would be wrong.
In Christian parlance, this movement is often referred to as the Emergent Church. This group will not come out and say that absolute truth does not exist, but they undermine the idea.
One popular author readily suggests that many types of salvation are available. He suggests that all religions lead to God, even though Jesus tells us that no man comes to the Father but by him.
A popular war cry of such proponents is "There is no such thing as absolutes." They never stop to realize that their statement is a statement of an absolute. It's a pity really.
The overarching idea is that if enough people will themselves to believe something, then it makes that belief true. They never stop to think that truth exists outside of us, and even at times our perceptions, and that we must bend to truth.
Logic and reason are friends to the Christian. We can know this because God gave them to us. He gave us a mind to think and understand his great creation and revelation. Emotions are a gift too.
There is a model of Christian life that is presented as a drawing. The drawing is a crude humanoid figure composed of a circle for the head, a heart for the body, and two feet. The head represents our intellect. The heart stands for our emotions. The feet represent our deeds.
The idea is that a Christian needs to live his faith with all three. The Shema of Israel states "Hear O Israel, the LORD your God, the LORD is one. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your mind, and all your strength." (Deuter 6:4-5.)
Trouble begins and heresy abounds when a Christian or a Christian movement focuses on one or two of these to the detriment of the others. Emergence focuses on heart attitudes and feelings, but denies the necessity of the head.
I beg you, Christian, live your life in completeness. Worship the Most High God with everything you have. Do not neglect you mind. Do not neglect your heart. Do not neglect good deeds. To fail is to sin.
Soli Deo Gloria
The Bible offends me
Thursday, 8. June 2006, 04:33:33
I am sitting here thinking about the offense the Bible speaks into our lives. When I read the Bible, I can become truly offended. That Book tells me that anything less than God's standard is unacceptable. I stand exposed to truth, knowing that my sin is a blight before God's eyes.
Or is it?
The difference for a Christian is Jesus Christ. When God looks upon us, he sees his son. My righteousness (rather my lack of righteousness) is not my ticket to come before God. I stand before him clothed in the righteousness of Christ.
When I falter, I can trust that God is faithful to forgive. I can trust that he will continue his sanctifying work within me. I can trust that he will deliver me into his presence when I quit this mortal body.
Still, I fear him. I do not have a fear that is destructive. Rather, I have a fear of his discipline, because when I continue in rebellious sin, he may choose to spank his child.
In all this, he seeks my good. He prepares me for an eternity with him. The Westminster Shorter Catechism tells us that "man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy Him forever." This is the eternity that awaits.
How does this fit in? On a Christian forum I belong to, we have had non-Christians join for the evident purpose of mocking our beliefs.
I have trouble remaining still and quiet when people attack, malign, and misrepresent God's very words to us.
While I may rest in the knowledge of my position in Christ before God, they cannot. God confronts their sinfulness, but they try to find ways to make him say what they want him to say.
God has confronted them with truth, but they cannot accept it. The answer to all their problems is the one they will not accept.
It reminds me of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations. He spends all his philosophy and all his skill to voice his desire for morality and excellence. he strives to find the answer to many of life's glaring questions. The entire time, the answer he seeks is found in Christianity.
This same Christianity is being persecuted throughout his realm. He is exterminating those that can reveal answers to him.
Today, many people struggle to find answers to the questions that plagued Aurelius. The answer could be found so easily. Yet, they persecute us with words and jibes. They could reach out and grasp the solution to their longing, but they would rather twist and destroy it.
So what are we to do?
Can I stand aside and allow God's words to be warped? No!
Can I remove that which offends them? No! The offense is Scripture.
Can I allow them to believe that Christians check their brain upon attaining saving faith? No!
What can I do? Will it matter? Do they want the answer?
I don't know.
Soli Deo Gloria
Or is it?
The difference for a Christian is Jesus Christ. When God looks upon us, he sees his son. My righteousness (rather my lack of righteousness) is not my ticket to come before God. I stand before him clothed in the righteousness of Christ.
When I falter, I can trust that God is faithful to forgive. I can trust that he will continue his sanctifying work within me. I can trust that he will deliver me into his presence when I quit this mortal body.
Still, I fear him. I do not have a fear that is destructive. Rather, I have a fear of his discipline, because when I continue in rebellious sin, he may choose to spank his child.
In all this, he seeks my good. He prepares me for an eternity with him. The Westminster Shorter Catechism tells us that "man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy Him forever." This is the eternity that awaits.
How does this fit in? On a Christian forum I belong to, we have had non-Christians join for the evident purpose of mocking our beliefs.
I have trouble remaining still and quiet when people attack, malign, and misrepresent God's very words to us.
While I may rest in the knowledge of my position in Christ before God, they cannot. God confronts their sinfulness, but they try to find ways to make him say what they want him to say.
God has confronted them with truth, but they cannot accept it. The answer to all their problems is the one they will not accept.
It reminds me of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations. He spends all his philosophy and all his skill to voice his desire for morality and excellence. he strives to find the answer to many of life's glaring questions. The entire time, the answer he seeks is found in Christianity.
This same Christianity is being persecuted throughout his realm. He is exterminating those that can reveal answers to him.
Today, many people struggle to find answers to the questions that plagued Aurelius. The answer could be found so easily. Yet, they persecute us with words and jibes. They could reach out and grasp the solution to their longing, but they would rather twist and destroy it.
So what are we to do?
Can I stand aside and allow God's words to be warped? No!
Can I remove that which offends them? No! The offense is Scripture.
Can I allow them to believe that Christians check their brain upon attaining saving faith? No!
What can I do? Will it matter? Do they want the answer?
I don't know.
Soli Deo Gloria
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