Life's Inanities and Ironies

  “The angel of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him, and delivers them.” — Psalm 34:7 (NKJV) We live in an age characterized by a aggressive, functional materialism. Our culture trains us to believe only what can be seen, measured, weighed, and verified by human faculty. Sadly, this skepticism often creeps through the doors of the church, leading believers to live as practical deists—acknowledging God with their lips but operating as if the physical world is all that exists. Yet, Holy Scripture completely rejects this sterile view of reality. The Bible pulls back the veil to reveal a universe teeming with spiritual activity. Among the most comforting doctrines for the saint is the reality of God’s holy angels: mighty, created beings deployed by a sovereign Creator to execute His will, wage spiritual warfare, and stand guard over the local church and the individual believer. To anchor our hearts in these perilous times, we must bypass modern myths and plant our feet s...

When we look back at the birth of America, our minds naturally drift to the secular monuments of history: the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia, the fiery speeches in Virginia's House of Burgesses, or the tactical brilliance of George Washington on the battlefield. But if you were to ask the generation of 1776 where the fire of liberty was truly lit, they wouldn’t point you to a government building. They would point you to the wooden pews of their local churches. Long before the first shots were fired at Lexington and Concord, the American Revolution was reasoned, preached, and sustained from the colonial pulpit. From a conservative Christian perspective, the founding of America wasn't an act of lawless rebellion; it was a deeply theological movement rooted in a biblical understanding of covenant, liberty, and human dignity. 1. The Great Awakening: Spiritual Freedom Preceded Political Freedom To understand the Revolution of 1776, we have to look back to...