Blog with Darrow
On October 7, 2023, the terrorist group Hamas committed a heinous attack on Israel. This has brought the entire Middle East to the brink of a war that has global consequences. The hot war is centered in Israel and Gaza, yet the war of ideas and ideals has been brewing since the dawn of civilization. As Proverbs reminds us: “For as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he” (Prov. 23:7 KJV). Our worldview not only tells us how to see the world but . . .
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The Need for Symbols
In the last post of the series, we reflected on Aaron Renn’s article about the culture’s shift from positive to negative in its attitude toward the Judeo-Christian worldview.
In this post, we will examine the insights of Nathan Stone on the need for new symbols in order to create a context for followers of Christ to fight against the forces of evil that are currently mounting. As we will discover, symbols are essential for us to under-stand who we are, why we are here . . .
The Habitation of the Demonic (includes audio and video links)
On October 7, 2023, the terrorist group Hamas committed a heinous attack on Israel. This has brought the entire Middle East to the brink of a war that has global consequences. The hot war is centered in Israel and Gaza, yet the war of ideas and ideals has been brewing since the dawn of civilization. As Proverbs reminds us: “For as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he” (Prov. 23:7 KJV). Our worldview not only . . .
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Podcast Episode: The Real Reason Behind the Murder of Charlie Kirk & A Christian Response
Why was Charlie Kirk assassinated? For the same reason Karl Marx and Adolph Hitler wanted to kill all the Jews. They hated “the moral God of the desert” who challenged pagan culture. Today, it is the neo-liberals and their woke cousins who hate the Jews and Christians who have spoken in . . .
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Darrow demonstrates that what Francis Schaeffer, Chuck Colson, and others predicted has come to pass. What was theoretical a generation ago is now existential. The good news is that the central Truth of the Gospel is not just theoretical. Christ is risen. He is Lord. We are His agents of renewal.
JOHN STONESTREET
President of Colson Center and co-producer of Truth Rising
In the last three blogs we examined two symbols that should help provide the current context for our lives, The Wilderness and the Evil Dwelling in the Wilderness. In the last blog, we further explored the effects of the demonic realm on society and individuals. Now we will examine Nathan Stone’s third and final symbol: Christ the Knight.
Stone writes, “Finally — perhaps most crucially — the symbol of Christ as good shepherd needs to be replaced with the Christ Knight, the Christ Warlord. It is not that the image of . . .
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Consider two important headlines (below) from October 7, 2024. The first focuses on antisemitism in the United States and the second zeros in on the global crises:
- Antisemitism in US at all-time high as American Jews report ‘explosion of hate’
- A total of 10,000 antisemitic incidents were recorded in the US since October 7 – the highest number of incidents in the ADL’s history . . .
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The Church: The Embassy of the Kingdom of God
Previously, we established that Christ decisively defeated the fear of death, sin, and death itself. With these victories, Christ returned to His disciples as the great King of all of heaven and earth. From this clear position of authority, Christ then commissioned His disciples to go into the entire earth and continue the process of reconciling all things to Himself . . .
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The men of Issachar are described in the Bible as having an understanding of their times and knowledge about what to do (1 Chronicles 12:32). This is no time to sit passively, expecting the Lord to accomplish His work apart from His people. Jesus is not only the Lamb of God; He is the Lion of Judah, the Victor, and the Dragon Slayer. We must not fear going into dark and hard places as His representatives. Ungodly cultures are breeding death and destruction . . .
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Occupy Till I Come serves as a field manual for rising Christian leaders who aspire
to know God, stand firm in His Word, and take action in their communities.
PAULK WEBER
Founder, Pillars on Purpose