“The use of fashions in thought is to distract men from their real dangers. We direct the fashionable outcry of each generation against those vices of which it is in the least danger, and fix its approval on the virtue that is nearest the vice which we are trying to make endemic. The game is to have them all running around with fire extinguishers whenever there’s a flood; and all crowding to that side of the boat which is already nearly gone under.” — C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
The lowerarchy wants us worried about our least concerns and indifferent, or even excited (if possible), about our biggest problems; but enough about the Gospel Coalition.
Can the family become an idol? Of course. Anything can be an idol.
Is that the biggest threat to Christendom in general and most Christians, in particular, at this moment? Far from it.
Is society as a whole in danger of becoming too family-centric? Or too interested in having children as a result of the influence of Christians? Read the room. The answer is a resounding, "No!"
Can politics be consuming? Obviously.
Are Christians too politically active with respect to their faith? Not nearly.
2 Corinthians 2:11
Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
Satan wants us whacking at ants with baseball bats while selling our silver bullets to werewolves.
But God has given us eyes to see and ears to hear that we should not be so easily swayed.
1 Chronicles 12:32
And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.
May God grant us more men of Issachar to understand how we got here and what to do about it beginning of course by keeping our silver bullets and using them to decrease the current werewolf population.
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