Men Fail So Often to Repent Their Real Sins

This is why it’s important to study history and read older Christian writings on society. C.S. Lewis wrote of some similar stuff about the young Christians in his day who had very similar views on national repentance, the same we see today with the Every Child Matters and Black Lives Matter movement. 

He made a point that man has a habit of not repenting for his real sins but finds himself attracted to repent of imaginary ones (for being white) or ones made by his neighbours (that is his government).

Militant Christianity

 What I see is a child who enjoys rebuking his parents, though in reality he has not been a good son.

Obviously there is something wrong with society that people feel the need to stop the freedom of movement for others in order to make a statement about their personal convictions. There’s a problem with this society that is very obvious. We are quick to band together to point out the sins of the government but not our own. The sin of not loving our neighbours and instead loving ourselves and in some cases our families over our neighbours who are also made in God’s image.

Some even jump on the bandwagon of conspiracies. It becomes almost attractive to believe in any conspiracy, an invisible sphere of evil that is conspiring to take away their freedoms. A readiness to suspect evil. 

Nothing is so earnestly to be wished by certain powers than a growing desire for a Christian ‘front’, a real assault by Christianity on the politics of the world. Seeing the world fall around them and the aggressive liberal assault on the church, family and society as a whole. We must be aware of this as Christians to rightly divide the truth from conspiracy.

Deeply convinced and anxious to preserve the claims of God from any infringement by those of Caesar, they only see democracy and man-made constitutions as their only hope of Christian freedom.

Should Christians Engage in Politics?

 

Progressive Christianity

Progressive Christianity represents a post-modern theological approach, developed out of the Liberal Christianity of the modern era, which was rooted in enlightenment thinking.

It is characteristized by a strong emphasis on social justice with a focus on promoting values such as compassion, justice, mercy, and tolerance, often through political activism. Though prominent, the movement is by no means the only significant movement of progressive thought among Christians.

The concerns of feminism are also a major influence on the movement, as expressed in feminist and womanist theologies. Currently the LGBTQ community's concerns of acceptance are a focus point for the group.

What is problematic is most progressive Christians are moral relativists. They are generally loose on their views of theology. They hold onto Jesus' love but try to make Jesus more palettable for the culture. They believe that Christianity needs to progress and change and adjust its morals and beliefs to survive to the times.

In principle, it consists of evolutionary thinking and deconstructs; critically dismantling and opposing traditional theology, language, and logic of literary text, expositing nihilism and frivolous skepticism.

Reference: Wikipedia, Britannica

Sin No Longer Called Sin, But A Right

 

Nationalism: A Humanist Dilemma

 Some secularists argue the problem with the world is nationalism. They may argue that nationalism causes division and we are all human beings and politics just draws imaginary lines to divide us. They may argue that nationalism is just like rooting for your team and when you get great players on your team you get riled up and it's like we are going back to our "tribal instincts".

I would argue that it's not about tribalism. It's not this barbaric caveman mentality based on evolution. All of history men were not dumber than the previous generation, history just shows the progression of human technology. Technology has advanced as it always has. Men were geniuses all throughout history. We can't look back at history and just think it's wrong because we know better now. Technology has progressed, that's all. We've developed new ways to do things to improve our way of life, to make it more convenient. But I would argue that we've been just as sinful as any generation, or any empire before us.

But I digress, the point I want to make is that in a biblical perspective, the only way to tear down boarders is to see things through God's eyes. But this only works if you believe in the God of the Bible. No other god can give you this perspective, only the God of the Bible can. If we are all children of God then we don't have nationalism. Our citizenship doesn't belong on earth. It is not restrained to man made laws and borders. Yes, God does establish the Kings and leaders of this world, but as Christians we love each other no matter the passport. We don't put our nationality over our heavenly citizenship. We are stewards of this earth together. All men and women are one family with one Father. We are brothers and sisters under God. Not by a nation's declaration or constitution. We belong to God. We belong to Jesus Christ.

Supralapsarianism and Infralapsarianism

Did God choose the elect because of His mercy? Or did He choose the elect to display His sovereignty?

Supralapsarianism is the belief that God chose the elect before He decided to create the universe, man and the fall.

Infralapsarianism is the belief that God chose the elect after the creation of the universe, man and the fall. 

Supralapsarianism (Before the fall)

Infralapsarianism (After the fall)

The Supralapsarian position might have God’s sovereignty uppermost in one's mind. 

The Infralapsarian position might have God’s mercy uppermost in one's mind.

Christalogical-supralapsarianism would be a position that the last thing that will happen in Heaven, the consummation of the union of all believers to Christ was what He had intended in mind at the very beginning. The end of all God’s decrees. Simply the glory of Jesus Christ.