Finding Rest in a Hurried World – (Part 3)

   Antisemitism is on the rise. We recently witnessed a murderous rampage by two Islamist men, a father and son, in Australia. Of course, the Australian government gave a weak and woke response. Jews in the Ukraine have to register now. You know, this happened before back in the 1930s. They made them register, and then they brought them out, and they machine-gunned them down in ditches. Hostility toward Christianity is on the rise. The world is being prepared to accept a “Mr. Fixit,” somebody who seems to have the answers to all the problems, is going to fix things, and make everything good. The Bible calls that personage or that personality the Antichrist.

   I could go on and on and on, but I think you understand that we live in some pretty interesting times. But listen, I don’t share all of that for you to wring your hands because that’s what some people do. There’s a danger in sharing this kind of stuff because people, when they get their eyes open for the first time, think, “Wow, we’re not in Wonderland anymore.” No, you’re not; you never were. You were made to believe you were — it’s time to wake up. The day is almost over. We have work to do.

   We have work to do as the Church. We’ve sat back and gotten fat and lazy as the Church, and we believed the lies that the culture has told us — that we’re not permitted to share our fai ...