Two somewhat related thoughts…
First, recasting Hitler as some misunderstood, persecuted, well-intentioned leader is false. It’s historical revisionism, and no doubt part of a broader effort to corrupt the way people think about evil, power, and history.
You don’t have to buy into every prevailing narrative about the twentieth century to recognize that. A society that loses the ability to clearly identify genuine evil is a society that becomes vulnerable to it.
Second, so much (which is different from saying all) of what has been going on in the online Reformed world over the last few years is a strange mix of proxy wars, bitterness from soured relationships, and influencers fighting one another over what they treat as a zero-sum audience. It’s a mess. The more things moved in that direction, the more I moved away from it. And I have no intention of getting pulled back into it.
Even posting this will bring out the “name names” and “declare your allegiance” crowd. You get it from both sides. Disavow this guy or declare your loyalty to me. If you don’t publicly denounce someone, you’re secretly with him. If you don’t publicly pledge your allegiance to another person, you’re not a real friend.
Oh well.
The response to a false Christianity that worships black people is not a Christianity that worships white people.
It's a Christianity that worships Christ. The true One.
Christ actually is King.
“Gays shouldn’t be allowed to get married.”
Not a single barely literate Southern Baptist that foamed at the mouth while berating my generation as teenagers could explain *how* gay marriage would lead to them buying, trading, and raping kids and dogs, but by God they were right.
@LoxleyKieran@Eric_Conn It was a pattern with the sons of OT priests too. Yes it’s theological, yes it is a tragedy, yes it can happen to men who walk with the Lord.
If I set the sun beside the moon,
And if I set the land beside the sea,
And if I set the town beside the country,
And if I set the man beside the woman,
I suppose some fool would talk about one being better.
(Gk Chesterton)