Cultural musings

As I observe political, social, religious, and cultural trends I see some great divides. There is the divide between Christianity and Atheism, I guess that has always been around. I see the divide between conservatives and liberals, those that have a liberal view of the Bible and those that believe it to be the inerrant, God-breathed document that it is. The divides among us are great. I was perusing different church growth sites and even there you can see divides between those that want to speak to culture and those who want to blend in better. On one political site I read of the ignorance of the populace today about the Constitution, that we do not even take it seriously anymore. My son called tonight and was taken aback when on Wednesday night the campus minister where he goes to college announced to everyone that he didn't believe in inerrancy, and that homosexuality was not a sin. Everywhere there is a divide.

It seems to me that there is a common denominator between these divides. It comes down to those who believe in an absolute standard and those who do not, relativism rules the day. In all these little "wars" it comes down to the question, "do you believe in anything that is timeless, absolute, and a truth to die for?" When a people believe in nothing, they become slaves to anyone who feels better than they do. It all comes down to feelings, opinions, and sentiment.

Martin Luther King said, "A man who won't die for something is not fit to live."

Our culture is coming apart as we speak. Christians have to giving this dying culture something worth dying for, and then we will truly find a life worth living.