November 15, 2021

 

Are you concerned about the progressive left agenda? Then, check out these articles.

Every week I offer a curated selection of articles and posts of interest to Christians loving God with all their minds in a hostile society. I hope to provide culture warriors with information that helps you stand firm in the faith despite the culture wars raging around us. Many of these articles provide insight into the progressive left agenda.

 

A Pastoral Prayer for Unity Amid Pandemic

The Covid-19 pandemic, government mandated masking and vaccine policies, and restrictions on freedom to assemble, including to worship together, generate diverse opinions and responses. They also foster conflicting views in the church.

Early in the pandemic, I took a strong position supporting masking, mainly because if I was carrying Covid, at least wearing a mask would help prevent me from spreading the disease.

Some of my Christian Facebook friends attacked me and unfriended me because of my opinion. But there is more to the story. The most biting attacks came from people with whom I had some degree of personal contact! They were not just digital friends. In fact, we agreed on most social and moral matters.

This is my personal experience, but I know many others who experienced the same kind of animus.

This is a longer than usual introduction to a post by Tim Challies where he shares a prayer offered in his local church that directly calls the body of Christ to unity in these traumatic times.

The Danger of Critical Race Theory

In this article from the Washington Post, Marc Thiessen warns us about the danger’s inherent in Critical Race Theory.

This is why CRT is so dangerous — and must never be used to indoctrinate America’s children.

Why the Left Despises the Culture War

In this essay, John Horvat II provides insight into the progressive left’s hate of anyone refusing to surrender to their ideas of cultural change.

Indeed, the 2021 Virginia election was all about culture. What changed the game was the fight over critical race theory, radical sex education, gender ideology, and procured abortion. The controversy awakened Mama Bear instincts in suburbia over what the children were being taught in the schools. The roars flipped the state.

Democrat Racism Is Evil

This quote from the article says enough.

The Democrat party and its enablers are obsessed with race. They use the color of people’s skin to divide and bully Americans every day. They insist that anyone who objects to their divide-and-conquer Marxism is unworthy of respect. They bear false witness by calling white Republicans racists and non-white Republicans rubes. In this one instance, CNN’s Van Jones gets something right: Democrats are “annoying,” “offensive,” and “out of touch.” It is equally true that what they say and stand for today is unquestionably wicked.

The Left’s Bungled Revolution

Good insight into what the progressive left is attempting to do to our nation.

From here on in, the American Left will be, in all its manifestations, the party of CRT, of COVID tyranny, of transexual rape, of economic chaos, of censorship and oppression.

Truth Has Stumbled

Ross Blackburn at the Human Life Review reminds us that moral relativism corrupts the idea of truth.

Truth must be fought for. And one of the ways we do so is by speaking about God in the public square. But if “righteousness stands far away,” if we cower before the rules of the secular world and set God aside as if irrelevant, our culture will go only in one direction. And we can already see where we are headed.

The Truth About Transgenderism

The push to accept transgenderism as normal began more than a decade ago and is rushing ahead at full speed. Should we cave in and allow this culture-shift? Or should we stand firm on the biblical truth that God made us male and female, and we do not get to decide on our own gender preference?

In this article, Bill Muehlenberg shares resources to aid us in taking our stand.

As always in such wars – including the war of ideas – there is the need to be armed with proper ammunition in order to fight back. Facts and truth are a major part of our arsenal. We must have the courage to resist by sharing truth and resisting the lies. Therefore I want to do two things here: present you with a list of recommended books on this topic, and highlight three of them.

Those Who Claim Men Are Women Are Brazen Liars Devoid of Moral Integrity

The title of this article states a truth I completely agree with.

People who claim that biological men are women have no respect for truth. The lie they seek to propagate is so great and obvious that it is impossible that they are merely mistaken, confused or sincerely wrong.

Pulling Down Strongholds – And Evil Rulers

Here is a reminder that the culture war is also a spiritual war. We must be ready to fight it on both planes.

Evil, darkness, unrighteousness and ungodliness are coming in like a tsunami all over the West. There is great moral, political, social, cultural and spiritual evil engulfing our lands. It can seem overwhelming at times. But we can and must fight back. We must resist. We must stand strong.

Some Additional Articles to Consider

Responsibility of the Living to the Dying and the Dying to the Living

The Core Tenets of the ‘Woke’ Revolution

Hawley: Leftists Want Men to Stand Down, but We’re Standing Up Instead

Why Biden’s Climate Agenda Is Bad for America?

8 Reasons Some Church Members Are a Thorn in a Pastor’s Side

May you have a blessed, productive, and peaceful week.