A Christian world-view must be developed in order to navigate in this spiritually dark culture that we live in. Since I’m a simple man, I’ll give you the “how” on developing a Christian world-view, are your ready? Read your Bibles daily. Take notes. Use good, solid commentaries. Discuss Biblical themes with others in the body of Christ. Get a book on Biblical hermeneutics. Hermeneutics is a must. We have to understand context…the author…the recipients…why the letter written, and the date of the letter.  Manners and customs of the times is of vital importance. 

One can’t go to far in the New Testament without instruction on HOW we should think. The Apostle Paul in the book of Philippians even gives us specific things to think on, like…things that are pure and things that are lovely, see Philippians 4:8. The book of Proverbs personifies wisdom. Proverbs tells us that wisdom calls out to us  to forsake wickedness and run after righteousness.  Godly wisdom is also pure, gentle and full of good fruit, see James 3:17. 

We see in the book of Romans the first chapter that when a culture turns from God’s wisdom their minds become empty and their hearts become foolish. We can see this so clearly in our present culture where it is accepted that a man can be a woman or a woman can be a man. The call of the church to our present culture must be a call to repent and trust in Christ alone. The Christian must keep himself immersed in God’s word. God’s truth must be the only thing that matters, all else is rubbish and waste.

How is the Christian to navigate in today’s Twilight Zone culture.

 

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Most of us older folk remember the 1959 TV series the Twilight Zone crated by Rod Serling. The episodes are in various genres, including fantasy, science fiction, absurdism, dystopian fiction, suspense, horror, supernatural drama, black comedy, and psychological thriller, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist. Sounds very familiar to where we are now as a culture. We have fantasy: Men can become women and women can become men. Absurdism: We have over a virus shut down our economy…We have American wearing masks and we have a new vaccine that is being forced on the American people.  Horror: We had last summer our cities burning, cops assaulted and stores pillaged and with all that we had many in our government and all of MSM completely ignoring the chaos while calling it the summer of love. 

There will be no unexpected twist to the Christian. God has revealed Himself to His people through the Holy Scriptures. We find that God’s patience will one day run out on this wicked, dark world and His wrath will be poured out like nothing this world has ever known, see Romans 1:18:“ For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven upon all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, suppressing the truth by unrighteousness”

For God’s people the Lord is a strong tower and we run into it and are safe, see Proverbs 18:10. God is our refuge and the follower of Jesus seeks his safety there, see Psalm 461-2a “God is our refuge and strength, a helper who is always found in times of trouble. Therefore we will not be afraid, …”

So in the middle of all this absolute craziness let us take hope and courage in our Refuge and our strong tower. March on Christian soldiers and keep your armor on and keep look up ^.