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Throughout our history, there are many who have been unable to turn around their lives and abandon the path of destruction they have set themselves upon. A very ill, chronic alcoholic for example may tragically persist in his addiction although it is destroying his liver, his brain and his life. But he will almost certainly not claim that alcohol is actually doing him a world of good! But nowadays, not only do the gravely damaged and deluded pillory the truth, they claim that the lie is in fact very good for them!
In the New Testament, Jesus describes the deluded of His time and the similarly deluded of every age:
“they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.”
And therein lies hope for us all - and the possibility of release from the dungeon chains of delusion.
In the parable of the prodigal son, Jesus raises the glorious possibility of redemption, when he proclaims that the prodigal “came to his senses” - and soon after, started the journey back home to his Father’s house.
The millions of our deluded countrymen, friends and family may also “come to their senses” - and by a miracle, return to the embrace of Him who is the Way, the Truth and the Life.
- Surgeon Dr. Francis Christian
A few weeks ago, an image went viral. In Belgium a migrant used the eternal flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to cook an omelette. For many, the desecration brought to mind a quote from French author Jean Raspail, written in 1973 in his novel Camp of the Saints, about a sudden invasion of Muslim, Indian and African migrants into France:
“Your universe has no meaning to them. They will not try to understand. They will be tired, they will be cold, they will make a fire with your beautiful oak door.”
“Beware of two errors: despising the world God sustains, or worshipping the culture He restrains.”
— Abraham Kuyper, Common Grace Vol. 1, Ch. 30
"[Successful NY Mayoral candidate] Mamdani built his campaign on the infrastructure of the Democratic Socialists of America. The DSA and its city allies can dispatch activists across New York and, with a network of progressive partner organizations, can mobilize young people, get out the vote, and do the work of door-to-door politics.
"We saw this dynamic many times in the twentieth century: socialists rise to power, their policies degrade the quality of life, and, as they enter the endgame, they tighten their grip on power and offload resentments onto their ideological, racial, and economic enemies.
"...the twentieth century taught us that left-wing voters have extraordinary defenses against reality."
-- Christopher Rufo
