Posts Tagged ‘Current Affairs’
Lovers of Truth in an Age of Nonsense
I am increasingly concerned that Christians are following the culture’s lead as it spirals toward emotionalism and nonsense. Tabloids and gossip columns have long influenced the fringes of culture, but nonsense has become mainstream on both the Right and the Left. Americans feast on conspiracy theories and hyper-sensationalized blogs, YouTube channels, etc. Oftentimes, traditional news…
Read MoreBehind the Curve on Current Trends
Do you ever get the feeling that the world is inexplicably speeding past you, just when you thought you had caught up with all the current terms? Only to find out that what you finally understand is so… really “last decade”, not merely “last year”? Some years ago, at pastors’ meetings, we heard presentations on…
Read MoreFundamentalism and the SBC
Still More Reflections of the 2021 SBC Convention [Note: You can find Dr. Straub’s two previous reflections on the 2021 SBC meeting here and here. Ed.] In the aftermath of the Nashville meeting of a few weeks ago, SBC pundits are still musing on the successes and failures of the 2021 convention. On the plus…
Read MoreOne Christian Response to LGBTQ+ Pride Month
It is June 1st, 2021, and my Google calendar tells me today is the first day of LGBTQ+ pride month. I am sure you have noticed. This new tradition seems to be here to stay, and many conscientious Christians who hold to a biblical sexual ethic may wonder how to respond. I would like to…
Read MoreAre we Living in the Last Days?
Surely, we must be living in the last days. We haven’t seen fighting like this in the middle east in years. Riots, bombings, and attacks within Israel are a sure recipe for the Lord’s return. When you add Syria and Iran, plus Russia’s politics and pirating software, wow, we are for sure nearing the end…
Read MoreRevive Us Again
In 1983 Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn provided a concise explanation as to why, in his opinion, the horrors of Soviet communism occurred. He said, “Men have forgotten God; that’s why all this has happened.” Those with any spiritual perception at all are burdened – yea, alarmed – by the accelerating moral and spiritual decline of…
Read MoreCrying Out to God in Chaotic Times, part 3
See here for Part One and here for Part Two Daniel 9:20-23 What should you do when you live in a society characterized by these words: “There is no fear of God before their eyes?” The absence of the fear of God was the unmaking1 of the nation of Israel (Zephaniah 3:7-8). When they began…
Read MoreAre You Weary of Conspiracy Theories?
In recent years, there has been a lot of talk about conspiracy theories. Whether it was “the vast right wing conspiracy theory” (popularized by Hillary Clinton),1 or the unfounded “Trump-Russia conspiracy theory” propounded by Robert Mueller,2 naïve people believed it. More recently, the media is publicizing the so-called “Q-Anon conspiracy theory”3 and insisting that we…
Read MoreAre These the Last Days?
One of the “joys” of training to become a soldier in the United States Army is pulling what’s called fireguard duty. The Army used to house soldiers in wooden barracks with wood-burning stoves. So soldiers would rotate shifts through the night to make sure the place didn’t burn down. Even though there’s not so much…
Read MoreCrying Out to God in Chaotic Times, part 2
Daniel 9:10-19 For part 1 of this message, click here As authorities are investigating the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, one word keeps coming to mind: anarchy. The word refers to an absence of or rejection of authority. We are learning that those who are extreme rightists1 and extreme leftists2 were responsible…
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