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A religious and a secular basis for society. (Part 7)

A religious and a secular basis for society Part 7: Ultimately, our faith leads us to the truth that our sense of self relies on our relationship with God In contrast, because I ignore external categories, and base my life upon my relationship with God, it means that I focus on the values and principlesContinue reading “A religious and a secular basis for society. (Part 7)”

A religious and a secular basis for society. (Part 6)

A religious and a secular basis for society Part 6: Focus on identity categories takes us backwards; ignoring them takes us forwards What is it about identity that is so important for modern secular ideologies? We have already considered the crucial point that – when you’ve abandoned the assurance that comes from your relationship withContinue reading “A religious and a secular basis for society. (Part 6)”

A religious and a secular basis for society. (Part 5)

A religious and a secular basis for society Part 5: Unwittingly, secular ideology is a failed attempt to compensate for the loss of religion I consider that this is an almost completely unobserved factor in the malaise of modern society – certainly I have not heard anyone else comment on it. Because modern ideologies areContinue reading “A religious and a secular basis for society. (Part 5)”

A religious and a secular basis for society. (Part 4)

A religious and a secular basis for society Part 4: The freedom of faith compared with the shackles of identity Compare the joyous, love-filled confidence that I have just described through faith in God with the modern ideologies’ reliance on gaining your identity from certain external categories to which you belong. These ideologies assert thatContinue reading “A religious and a secular basis for society. (Part 4)”

A religious and a secular basis for society. (Part 3)

A religious and a secular basis for society Part 3: Perfectly clear vision, perfect assurance Let’s return to why being a “wretched sinner” has been turned into a positive rather than a negative. It’s because it intrinsically goes together with, “who is loved by God”. Here is my foundation in life. I can ask forContinue reading “A religious and a secular basis for society. (Part 3)”

A religious and a secular basis for society. (Part 2)

A religious and a secular basis for society Part 2: The modern concept of identity is used to escape responsibility and challenge However, as those who promote the pernicious identity politics ideologies have raised the question about my identity, I will try and answer it, to show where my confidence comes from. Many people todayContinue reading “A religious and a secular basis for society. (Part 2)”

A religious and a secular basis for society. (Part 1)

(An analysis in 7 parts of the ideological foundations of today’s secular society, as opposed to the former religious basis. It doesn’t fall easily into my usual three categories, but I have put it in the faith stream as being about fundamental values.) A religious and a secular basis for society Part 1: The emptinessContinue reading “A religious and a secular basis for society. (Part 1)”

Passing beneath Christ’s outstretched arm. (Part 5)

Passing beneath Christ’s outstretched arm Part 5: His shed blood transfers God’s grace to us And you say you are changed? Yes, but forgive me, not changed enough. Yet changed completely, and certainly sufficiently. How can you say that a drop of Christ’s blood fell into your soul but you are not changed enough? IsContinue reading “Passing beneath Christ’s outstretched arm. (Part 5)”

Passing beneath Christ’s outstretched arm. (Part 4)

Passing beneath Christ’s outstretched arm Part 4: It is reality And the blood? How are we to make sense of this? It does not matter that Jesus was just one man, living in one place, at one time. He is a universal person because he embraces and embodies all that is human and all thatContinue reading “Passing beneath Christ’s outstretched arm. (Part 4)”