The economy tanked in 2008. Most people expect the government to save us. A few trust in the free market and themselves. Only a very few expect Our Heavenly Father to provide them with their daily bread.
The Secular Progressives, as Bill O'Reilly likes to call them, won control of the Congress, the White House, and future federal court appointments. The Republican party, a weak sister on cultural issues in the best of times, is confused and conflicted.
Talk radio is dominated by conservatives sympathetic to vaguely Judeo-Christian ethics, but it's mostly listened to by old guys, not minorities, women, or the young. Fox News is fair and balanced, but almost nobody else is, especially when it comes to social issues. (Unfortunately "fair and balanced debates" often lead to advocates of sexual perversion and advocates of the Ten Commandments being seen as equals.) The Internet, though a potentially powerful tool, is an a' la carte menu, with no focus. Thousands of leaders, facilitators, imitators, etc. are needed before the Internet can make a long term Christian impact.
Hollywood values continue to shape the culture. The Bible believing churches are self-absorbed, doctrinally compromised, and culturally impotent. The Christian college, Christian day school, and Christian homeschooling movements have failed, thus far, to raise up a generation of culture creating believers.
Things are a mess. There is no quick fix. So how can 2009 be the best year ever? Well, if your heart is as grieved as mine is over the things I have noted, as well as a million more things which I left unmentioned, then there is hope. Let's start by allowing ourselves to mourn over our own personal sin and the sin of God's people. Let's mourn over the misery which accompanies the sinful deeds of our neighbors. When we do I suspect it will become more apparent to us what we can do to alleviate that misery, to manifest the kingdom, and to do the will of the Father, on earth as it is done in heaven. Mourn and be comforted.
1 comment:
It has been five years since your last blog entry. Have you made any progress?
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