Good Thoughts

[subllibrm]

For a long time, I thought I understood how Christians were supposed to engage the culture: Speak louder. Fight harder. Push back.

If things were getting worse, it just meant we needed to be more aggressive, more strategic, more influential. But the more I tried, and the more I saw other Christians doing the same, I couldn't deny the obvious reality that it wasn't working.

Oh, there would be short-term successes and flashes of hope. But the trajectory of the culture wasn't changing. And I became convinced that at best, we were spinning our wheels. At worst, we were making things worse.

The deeper I got into Scripture while writing this book, the more uncomfortable realization I kept running into: the approach I had adopted wasn't really coming from Jesus.

It was coming from the world. The world's approaches, the world's strategies, the world's obsession with power and politics. That's a dangerous place for a Christian to build from, especially when we're talking about how to change hearts, minds, and culture.

- Peter Heck

 

[Ransom]

The weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ, being ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete. (2 Cor. 10:4-6)​

As best as I understand what this passage means, it's that spiritual warfare is carried out by combatting worldly opinions with effective apologetics. That sounds a lot like "speak louder, fight harder, push back" to me.

I'm not sure you can say it's not working when it's divinely mandated. Perhaps "success" isn't measured by the number of libs we own.

 

[subllibrm]

The weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ, being ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete. (2 Cor. 10:4-6)​

As best as I understand what this passage means, it's that spiritual warfare is carried out by combatting worldly opinions with effective apologetics. That sounds a lot like "speak louder, fight harder, push back" to me.

I'm not sure you can say it's not working when it's divinely mandated. Perhaps "success" isn't measured by the number of libs we own.

I hardly think that "black trannies" can be considered apologetics.

 

[subllibrm]

The weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ, being ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete. (2 Cor. 10:4-6)​

As best as I understand what this passage means, it's that spiritual warfare is carried out by combatting worldly opinions with effective apologetics. That sounds a lot like "speak louder, fight harder, push back" to me.

I'm not sure you can say it's not working when it's divinely mandated. Perhaps "success" isn't measured by the number of libs we own.

It's not working because "owning the libs" has become the goal over the divine mandate to be salt and light.

 

[Ekklesian]

I hardly think that "black trannies" can be considered apologetics.

OMG...let it go.

Do you have a tranny kid or something?

 

[subllibrm]

OMG...let it go.

Do you have a tranny kid or something?

No, but I know several personally and they need the Lord, not your scorn.