Bud Light, the LA Dodgers, Target, Kohl's, the Toronto Blue Jays, Chick-fl-A, pronouns, et al. We read about over 50 human beings being shot over Memorial Day weekend, 11 killed in Chicago. Then there are flash mobs that loot, shoplifters who go unpunished, vicious criminals going about their evil with no fear of the law, schools in chaos, 50 vicious teens attacking two United States Marines, and perversion in our libraries and encouraged in our schools. We also hear of a national organization encouraging evil with this announcement: "Any reason for an abortion is a good reason."
Our system of education produces "graduates" who can't name a Founding Father, don't know how many moons the earth has, don't how many eggs are in a dozen, don't know who fought in the War Between the States or WWII, have no idea when Jesus lived, and can't name a country, are able to avoid the English and history departments in our colleges and still graduate, but they can name all the Kardashians at the drop of a hat. High schools and middle schools are chaotic places of violence against teachers and students alike that's so bad, teachers are quitting by the multitudes. Substitutes, according to one Oregon student, spend their days watching movies in class with the students.
Western Civilization, founded upon Christianity, is under a relentless, 24/7 assault. Lincoln's statement in his famous Second Inaugural Address is no longer true. As he noted, pondering the meaning of the Civil War, "Both sides read the same Bible.”
"In Lincoln's day, as it had been since our colonial days, the Bible was accepted as the Word of God, an authority and guide for life. As solders faced physical hardships, separation from their loved ones, the horrors of battle, and the possibility of debilitating wounds or death words from Scripture often gave them spiritual strength for the difficult times." (From Houston Christian University)
Mark Galli writes: "We were once people whose lives were characterized by the presence of God, as if we 'walk with him and talk with along life’s narrow way' as the old hymn puts it. Today, we are known for our politics (left and right), our voting patterns, our ethical hypocrisy, our compromise with materialism, church-planting techniques, growing churches, entrepreneurial skill, and a relentless activism to improve ourselves and our society. A living, vital, and personal relationship with God, a relationship that floods the heart and mind as it did the psalmists and so many others in the Bible and in our history—well it’s hard to find that among us today."
What then of the boycotts of Bud Light, et al? These are a backlash only against the symptoms of THE problem, not THE problem itself. The Bible states THE problem: " For even though they knew God, they did not [o]honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their reasonings, and their senseless hearts were darkened. 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools, 23 and they exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible mankind, of birds, four-footed animals, and [p]crawling creatures. 24 Therefore God gave them up to vile impurity in the lusts of their hearts, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them. 25 For they exchanged the truth of God for [q]falsehood . . . (Romans 1)
A great student of history said::
"I have spent well-nigh 50 years working on the history of [the Bolshevik] Revolution; in the process I have read hundreds of books, collected hundreds of personal testimonies, and have already contributed eight volumes of my own toward the effort of clearing away the rubble left by that upheaval. But if
I were asked today to formulate as concisely as possible the main cause of the ruinous Revolution that swallowed up some 60 million of our people, I could not put it more accurately than to repeat: “Men have forgotten God; that’s why all this has happened.”
Conclusion: If boycotts run Bud Light et al out of business, THE problem remains.
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