Justice Thomas then narrates the rise of progressivism and its advances in America in the early 20th century, which challenged the premises of the Declaration and the Constitution
Our nation has spent almost two years being “chilled to the bone” by fear-mongering. Fear is killing us and must stop. During previous times of national emergency, America put its ultimate faith in God and kept fear under control with faith. In 1933, Roosevelt reminded Americans of that characteristic defining our success and demanded we shed fear.
In the end, there are only two choices: Christ, or chaos.
Was I a good person? In my own eyes, yes. Did I love Jesus? Yes. Was I fully living for Him? No, I wasn’t. There is a distinct difference between attending church and being a true Christian.
Before you dismiss this because leader isn’t in your title, hang with me. I don’t care whether you are on the payroll at your church or if you do what you do for free. If you have relationships, you have influence.
Astrophysicists, regardless of their spiritual convictions, are constantly immersed in God’s book of nature. And the cosmological discoveries over the past 25 years have convinced many astrophysicists and other scientists that our universe had a highly intelligent causal agent.
Shriver’s attempt at feigning unfamiliarity with the truth in the Rittenhouse case reminds me of a quote from Aldous Huxley: “Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don't know because we don't want to know. It is our will that decides how and upon what subjects we shall use our intelligence.”
I hate that almost every TV show today forces diversity — especially since what Hollywood labels as “diversity” is actually the opposite of diversity. If every TV show looks the same, is that real diversity?
I expect to see this happen more and more in the days ahead, just as we have been seeing for several years now, as more and more people say, “Enough is enough.”
Our lack of accountability puts us in a position to be more influenced by the world than the church because the negative social consequences of upsetting the world outweigh our commitment to being part of a community that finds joy in suffering and freedom in even the most inconvenient truths.
Humans are attempting to satisfy the spiritual yearnings of the soul with the physical pleasures of life. And it won’t work. It can’t work. The physical pleasures of life can never satisfy the spiritual longings of the soul.
