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A New Kind of Morality?

Very few politicians are morally pure.

OK. None of them are.

And, while we’re at it, neither are any of us.

Every single one of us is described by the following verse:

“For there is not a just man upon the earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.” (Ecclesiastes 7:20)

A sobering thought.

So, what’s the point?

That it is very hypocritical for the cultural, political, and religious Left to claim to have some special corner on morality.

Or that the politicians they support have greater moral character than anyone on the Right – that they hate. And whom they reject on supposedly “moral” grounds. 

That is simply laughable. And even tragically naive on their part.  

But the Left does this consistently. As it runs headlong into increasingly immoral positions in virtually every cultural and political area. 

Unless . . .UNLESS . . .  they have decided to redefine what “morality” actually is.

In other words, they use the same words that the vast majority of people use. But their own definitions of those words are entirely different. 

Conclusion: It’s not your dad’s dictionary anymore. 

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Deconstructing America for the New “gods”

 

About half of the United States population is being moved towards violence or aggravated activism over the “truth” that the mainstream media keeps telling them.

Even very normal, Christian men and women are angered by the reports they are getting from all kinds of supposedly “independent” sources. Which is due to the lack of discernment that Christians often refuse to apply to their selection of the news.

They tend to consume it pretty much as the popular culture does.

Which is 95% Left and progressively biased. Which isn’t really debatable. They don’t even pretend to be otherwise anymore. 

What we are witnessing is a tutorial on how to manipulate the public mind through a massive dump of opinions masquerading as journalism. By overwhelming people with supposedly objective facts. 

Again, as I’ve said in previous posts, if 95 out of 100 sources tell you something is true, then most people lazily assume the truthfulness of those reports. Because modern people love numbers. They love the majority. They do not want to be in a fringe group.

Nor to ever appear to be in some fringe group. 

So, they choose to trust the mainstream sources.

And, as far as most people go, they generally don’t want their beliefs to cost them anything in their friendships, families, jobs, associations, or fellowships. As with their local church or school or job.

Everyone wants to be accepted and to get along. 

And that is the problem.

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A Whole New Guilt Trip from the Church

In this current state of affairs, there are way too many voices, events, incidents, and media analyses that we are expected to sort through in order to really understand what is going on.

Not to mention that we are surrounded by personal friends, family, and acquaintances who angrily tell us what is true and then demand our compliance with their views.

All because they care deeply. While we supposedly don’t.

Therefore, they are good. We are bad.

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Reality by Consensus

Most people today are trusting in what is generally accepted. Not what is assuredly true.

Like what the doctors say. What the scientists say. What their professors say. What their favorite authors say. What their favorite actors say. What their favorite social media people say. What their favorite news sources say.

Or what their pastors say.

In other words, they look to these groups or “authorities” to get the common or the conventional wisdom of the day.

And most people look to the positions and pontifications coming from the many institutions of higher learning across the country. What they say. What they declare is true.

But why?

What Really is it about these institutions that gives them such weight in our world and our culture?

By what authority do they really speak? What is the real foundation upon which they stand?

Some consider asking such questions to be ridiculous.

Because much of the world believes that those who have a degree or two or three are smarter and wiser and more aware of what reality is than the rest of us less-educated folk.

And, therefore, the more highly-educated are given that authority.

The authority to tell the rest of us what is actually true.

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“Truth” Created by Popular Consent

Most people do not delve deeply into the events of the world. They are too busy.

Or they just trust select sources to give them what the truth is. To tell them what is happening.

And what to think.

Others delve more deeply. They may care more and want to be sure of what is true.

Yet, they make the same mistakes as the first group. They trust a limited group of sources to tell them what is happening.

And what to believe.

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“Gas-Lighting” in the Church

Poison Gas Label by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixaby

It used to be, if someone was concerned about a problem in the church, that the leaders or even the pastor would not hesitate to find out what was on a person’s heart.

They would want to know what the problem was. To discuss it and to make any changes in the church that might need to be made.

Way back when.

Over the years, I’ve had many personal meetings with pastors and church leaders about doctrine, church practice, etc. Because they were actually interested in my concerns. They were actually more focused on truth than they were about their own schedules or about the programs of their church.

But not so much anymore.

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Contending with Spiritual “Kung Fu”

kung fu tiger by inspiredimages from Pixabay

Frankly, I think that most churches, regardless of the church, are staffed with leadership that don’t truly understand the need for the application of the Cross in their own live

Even while those same leaders preach of the Cross, taking up your Cross, bearing your own Cross, and a hundred other biblical phrases dealing with the Cross, they fail to understand what that truly means.

I know this is true.

Because, right now, I am preaching (in my own head) to a 19-year-old young man who was in desperate need of this information. Who didn’t believe he needed to hear it.

That young man was me.

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The Church “Tone” Police

Man finger on lips by Sammy-Sander

Bible churches having been changing their attitude toward truth, doctrine, and the defense of the faith.

That is not a charge that is easy for me to make. Believe it or not, I tend to resist such ideas.

I want to think the best thoughts about those who are in leadership. Not only of local church leadership, but also of those in our Christian universities and seminaries.

To give leaders and teachers the benefit of the doubt.

Unfortunately, it’s becoming increasingly obvious that our churches are consistently, though subtly, switching from proclaiming truth as their first priority to elevating experience, good works, and outward unity as their highest priority.

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