Last night Sarah, Daniel, and I were priviliged to be able to watch Ken Ham's D.V.D. "The State of the Nation" with a few fellow Gen-J members. It was a GREAT talk. As usual, Ken Ham did not mince words, and said thing like they were. I'm telling you, I LOVE frank people! :) Basically, the idea of the d.v.d was to take a look at America, and try to explain where things are going wrong, and what we can do about them. Here are some of the main points that stuck out to me:
1. We as Christians need to stop saying the reason we are against certain issues is because "they are wrong", "the founding fathers....", "well, traditionally," "we shouldn't...." and other weak excuses. Those terms are merely matters of opinion to the World. There is no absolute in that. No. We need to clearly tell others that the reason we are against abortion, euthanasia, same-sex marriages, and other issues, are because they are against God's Word. When you take God's word out of the picture, then you have virtually come to a duel and laid down your sword in preparation to face an enemy who is fully armed and prepared for war.
2. Generally in these days, when someone talks about science, they are no longer speaking about science as a study of experiments and documentation to try to figure out the natural world. They are speaking of "science", but truly meaning "evolution, and millions of years". That is why people always suggest that science and religion don't mix. If you take away all the politically correct terms shadowing it, what you come up with is, "atheism and Christianity" do not mix. And that is entirely true. But people, we need to say it how it is without sugar coating it.
3. Everyone has a religion. You cannot be "non-religious" because religion is a system of beliefs, and whether your system of beliefs is the One True "religion", or some little idol, or "nothing", you are still believing something.
4. Yet another word is being twisted to mean more than it seems in this culture. And that word is "religion". When they say that they want to take "religion" out of the schools, that is code word for "Christianity". I could carry around a pocket idol of Buddha all day long, or wear a little red dot on my forehead, but if I pray in the name of Jesus Christ in any public sort of place, I could very well cause a riot! :/ In one part of the d.v.d., it showed an atheist professor at a school, mocking Jesus in the name of "science". In one part, he was talking about how stars exploded and made us, and then he said, "Forget Jesus! The stars died for you!" and the whole room errupted in laughter and applause. It almost made me cry seeing how blasphemous that class room was. There is another clip he used on the d.v.d. that was a GAP commerical from this past Christmas that really states the attitude of our culture currently: "You 86 the rules, you do what just feels right. You do whatever you "Wannakuh", and to all a cheery night!" (Or something like that.) So the main part of the d.v.d came down to this: Are we living our lives on God's Word, or Man's word? The whole problem in today's society, is that the attitude is "Forget Jesus", and "do whatever you Wannakuh!". We must not be ashamed of the gospel, and we must use God's word as the double-edged sword it is.
1. We as Christians need to stop saying the reason we are against certain issues is because "they are wrong", "the founding fathers....", "well, traditionally," "we shouldn't...." and other weak excuses. Those terms are merely matters of opinion to the World. There is no absolute in that. No. We need to clearly tell others that the reason we are against abortion, euthanasia, same-sex marriages, and other issues, are because they are against God's Word. When you take God's word out of the picture, then you have virtually come to a duel and laid down your sword in preparation to face an enemy who is fully armed and prepared for war.
2. Generally in these days, when someone talks about science, they are no longer speaking about science as a study of experiments and documentation to try to figure out the natural world. They are speaking of "science", but truly meaning "evolution, and millions of years". That is why people always suggest that science and religion don't mix. If you take away all the politically correct terms shadowing it, what you come up with is, "atheism and Christianity" do not mix. And that is entirely true. But people, we need to say it how it is without sugar coating it.
3. Everyone has a religion. You cannot be "non-religious" because religion is a system of beliefs, and whether your system of beliefs is the One True "religion", or some little idol, or "nothing", you are still believing something.
4. Yet another word is being twisted to mean more than it seems in this culture. And that word is "religion". When they say that they want to take "religion" out of the schools, that is code word for "Christianity". I could carry around a pocket idol of Buddha all day long, or wear a little red dot on my forehead, but if I pray in the name of Jesus Christ in any public sort of place, I could very well cause a riot! :/ In one part of the d.v.d., it showed an atheist professor at a school, mocking Jesus in the name of "science". In one part, he was talking about how stars exploded and made us, and then he said, "Forget Jesus! The stars died for you!" and the whole room errupted in laughter and applause. It almost made me cry seeing how blasphemous that class room was. There is another clip he used on the d.v.d. that was a GAP commerical from this past Christmas that really states the attitude of our culture currently: "You 86 the rules, you do what just feels right. You do whatever you "Wannakuh", and to all a cheery night!" (Or something like that.) So the main part of the d.v.d came down to this: Are we living our lives on God's Word, or Man's word? The whole problem in today's society, is that the attitude is "Forget Jesus", and "do whatever you Wannakuh!". We must not be ashamed of the gospel, and we must use God's word as the double-edged sword it is.
5. There is also a movement called "I am not ashamed", that is sponsoring billboards such as the one up at the top of this post. You can get to that website here.
The d.v.d was very convicting and sobering, and I suggest you all watch it if you are given the chance! It was really great, and I'd watch it again if I could! :) -Rachel
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