Two Oklahoma teens, the newspapers report this week, were sitting on their front porch with a handgun. They saw a man jogging by them on the street, and so they decided to hop in their car, follow the man, and shoot the man in his back. The reason? They were bored and thought they would kill a guy, "just for fun."
In California, a new law allows transgender kids to choose which locker room they would like to use. If they are a boy, but feel more like a girl, they may use the girls locker room, and vice versa.
In New York City, 16-year-old girls can take the morning after pill from a school nurse, without the consent of their parents.
Something is happening (or has happened) to the soul of our nation. It seems as if God has removed his hand and is allowing for us to function according to our own plans. We do not apparently value God's plans, and do not want to live according to his Word, and so he is allowing us to have our way.
We will see how long we can go on this path before we finally return to God.
I have heard and seen this oft-quoted passage of Scripture, and it has finally found a place in my heart: "If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and I will heal their land." (2 Chronicles 7:14)
I apologize if my last two posts are kind of Debby-downers, but I see wickedness around us and I am growing more distressed. The only way forward is if we would abandon our plans and return to the Lord humbly in prayer. It starts with congregations and denominations abandoning attempts to be "relevant" to cultural trends, and preaching and teaching (in the simplest sense possible) the Word of God (as revealed in Scripture). It continues with believers responding to the Word in their own lives, and becoming Light shining in a dark place. And if more of us from the Church (the "called out" ones) will live as God's called-out people, the Light will gradually overcome the darkness that has set in.
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The church is often in the position of leading from behind. As a unified body, it remains silent on many of the pressing cultural issues of the day.
There are myriad reasons for this, fodder for endless discussion. In any event, the potential repercussions from taking a hard stand have rendered the pulpit impotent and sadly irrelevant.
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