To be the sons of God, we do the works of the Father in heaven. If we instead do the works of the devilâwhich are sinâthen he is our father instead. And if we do the works of the Father, then we become equal to the angels, the original âsons of Godâ who do His works.
Horrors are happening everywhere, all over the world. So many say: Sin is increasing. Sexual immorality is increasing. Oppression is increasing. Persecution is increasing. Heresy is increasing. Public violence is increasing. Poverty is increasing. In response is a refrain we see over and over: Why is no one speaking out?
Sexual immorality is a kind of evil that introduces corruption into a person and his community in a way that is deep and damaging like almost nothing else is.
If we are to believe the moral revisionists, it's possible that what brings you death today might instead bring you life tomorrow. This is nonsense, and this is anti-Christian nonsense.
The claim that dogma is absolute but morality can be revised is a repackaging of a sixteenth-century Protestant dilemma, conditioned by a seventeenth-century German Protestant movement.
When you see people claiming that dogma is non-negotiable but morality can be revised, you can remind them that the original dogma was about morality and also about idolatry. And since those two things are always linked in Scripture, you can also use your discernment to figure out what theyâre worshiping instead of the one true God.
One of the perhaps most pressing theological questions of our time and place is answered beautifully in this post from Jim John Marks: The question is not âwhy canât God love me the way I amâ, the question is âwhy canât I love God the way I amâ. And it is the pursuit of the answer to that question which opens the door toâŠ
The world is trying the experiment of attempting to form a civilized but non-Christian mentality. The experiment will fail; but we must be very patient in awaiting its collapse; meanwhile redeeming the time; so that the Faith may be preserved alive through the dark ages before us; to renew and rebuild civilization, and to save the world from suicide. —T. S. Eliot, “Thoughts AfterâŠ
