day no. 16,844: history is the outworking of religious commitments

“Inescapably, history is the outworking of religious commitments.” — R.J. Rushdoony, Non-Interventionism as a Constitutional Principle

Whatever we see happening on the surface is a result of religious undercurrents. Worship is never without works. Faith is never void of follow through. The fingertips reveal the heart. What men push for is what pushes them.

"Culture is religion externalized. It is the form that religion takes in the lives of men." — Henry Van Til, The Calvinistic Concept of Culture

Pop culture is the product of pop religion. Popular religion has a "I'm proud of my culture" sticker on the back of its electric vehicle. The prevailing religion in the West is on display on our billboards. Our television screens are merely private billboards where we choose the advertisements we like best and play them on repeat.

Without revival there will be no reformation. We cannot rebuild Christendom with lukewarm bricks. The first place the kingdom needs to be made manifest is in the hearts of men. Where God is moving men, He will move them to build. Men made in the image of God and remade in the image of His Son are not consumers of someone else's culture, but creators of Christian culture beginning in their habits lived out in their homes and then extended out to their respective heritages.