Dr. Couch, how can things get worse? On all fronts we find a rushing
collapse of morals, values, Christian truth, international stability.
Only we dispensationalists who teach a coming apostasy (it’s here) and a
rapture and tribulation seem to understand what’s happening. Thanks for
your insights.
Your question prompted me to share a quote from the Holman Old Testament Commentary (I & II Kings) by Gary Inrig. He writes:
“Ours is a society that does not feel very comfortable with “either-or”
choices. A postmodern culture embraces a “both-and” mind-set. We want to
multiply options, to insist that we can blend different traditions and
perspectives. We celebrate diversity and tolerance, embrace ambiguity
and uncertainty, and insist on individual autonomy. We must value all
viewpoints, and it is arrogant to question someone else’s beliefs. It is
intolerant to call someone to choose or commit rather than to validate
opposites and to respect all ways. Ours is an age that celebrates
pluralism, relativism, openness, inclusivism, and mutual respect.
“In many areas of life, these are valuable and desirable attributes.
But they confront one major obstacle: the living God, the Lord of heaven
and earth, revealed in His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, is not satisfied
with respect. He insists not only on our loyalty but on our exclusive
loyalty. He will not allow Himself to be reduced to one possibility in a
cafeteria of spiritual options. He forces us to decide. There is no
middle ground.” (p. 144)
Thinking about the coming Civil War that was about to come on America, poet James Russell Lowell wrote:
the moment to decide,
in the strife of Truth and Falsehood,
for the good or evil side.
This and Inrig’s statement are excellent thoughts that you need to
read to your Sunday School and to the people in your congregation!
Thanks for asking.
Dr. Mal Couch
