Lia Thomas, Women’s Sports and Christian Investment in the System

Recently a man who deludedly claims to be a woman and calls himself Lia Thomas won a major swimming title [1]. This inability to comprehend and accept what should even be evident from nature shouldn't surprise us. The West has for years tolerated a culture that has increasingly permitted fornication, adultery, divorce, remarriage, exploitation, racial pride, imperialism, mammonism, luxury, abundance and idleness. The consequence of such sinfulness is being handed over to sexual perversions (Ezek 16:49, Rom 1:24). This incident was met with widespread outcry, opposition and mockery from the Christian Right. However, their opposition to this wicked delusion did not come from the perspective of a prophetic voice warning sinners to repent and turn to the Kingdom of God, but rather the perspective of a faction deeply entrenched and invested in this world system. A faction that has completely misunderstood God's purpose for this present evil age, this fallen created order and is convinced that it is their calling to stem the tide of lawlessness in the world (as opposed to the Church).

Worldliness and Dominionism in Christian Homeschooling Movements

There's a popular quote by Voddie Baucham that circulates in Reformed homeschooling circles - "We cannot continue to send our children to Caesar for their education and be surprised when they come home as Romans." Taken in and of itself, the quote is spot on and rightly calls out the folly of sending off children to state sponsored schools where they are indoctrinated to become "good" citizens according to the requirement of each nation. However, a general observation of homeschooled children shows that they are just as worldly and likely to apostatize when they leave the nest. There must be something beyond what meets the eye that explains this phenomenon. Ideally, homeschooled children should show a marked difference from their State schooled peers, however, this seldom is the case.

John the Baptist, Political Activism and Military Service

I ran across a post on a popular Dominionist satire page that used John the Baptist's confrontation of Herod as an illustration to shame what the author probably thinks is Two-Kingdom Theology. Such thinking seems to prevalent in Evangelical circles in general wherein it is taught that John's actions are a call to New Covenant Christians to engage in political activism or that John's injunctions to soldiers to be just and content is an endorsement of military service for Christians. Such readings show the importance of reading the Word of God in its context and its specific application. These are preconceived notions that are already widely held in the politically charged Christianity in the West, for which they turn to find Biblical justification, willing at times to ignore the covenantal context of Scripture.

Evangelicals Today and Authority

I'm often surprised by the extent of disrespect for governing authorities in Christian circles. My Facebook feed is often filled with diatribes, snarky remarks, snide comments and boisterous criticisms levied by Christians against the governing authorities of the nations in which they have been Providentially placed (Acts 17:26). The charge of "Tyranny" is oft-levied against anything inconvenient and the assumption is made that every inconvenient action that apparently infringes on one's freedom to do as one pleases is a stepping stone to an absolutist authoritarian autocracy. John Knox's famous quote, "Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God" has become a rallying cry of many a Christian to engage their governments in a cold war.