day no. 16,301: no to all of it

"Herein lies the central point that Christians across this great nation must get deep down in their bones: You will have Christ as Lord of all, or you will have Pharaoh's tyranny. In the main, our problem is that we want Pharaoh's melons, leeks, and onions, but we do not want his chains. Pharaoh's offer, however, is a package deal. And we must say no to all of it." — Jared Longshore

When we beg to be bought, we make ourselves slaves. When we implore the State to adopt us, we make ourselves its wards. If you make the State your father, you can't be shocked to find that it wants to hold the remote. If you ask the State to set your table, you can't complain when it picks the menu.

"The conflict has always been and will be until the end, Christianity or Paganism; the idols or the living God." —  Abraham Kuyper

Secularism cannot hold itself together. There is no neutral force out there that can keep someone else's hands off of your body or out of your pockets. There is only Christ or Chaos. And you cannot merely keep the chaos at bay by throwing a little bit of Christ at it one day a week.

If Christ is not Lord of all, He is not Lord at all. He also puts forth a package deal: Lord and Savior. You cannot parcel out what you prefer and discard the rest. You either have all of Christ or you have none of Him. You either embrace all of Christ for all of life or you can expect strange men in your women’s restrooms. That’s an entirely different kind of package deal and one we all should be eager to avoid.