Hey all.... We now live in Murfreesboro, TN!!! I know that's hard for the thousands of followers (sic) out there to understand, but, we moved here on March 15th.
So, since I've been attaching the URL for this blog to some of my correspondence, I figured I better begin using it more regularly. I have been writing in a journal, but not posting it because it is much more personal and rambling, of course. But, now, here I am and I'll become more regular in my postings. (pray for me .... )
I believe I said that I wanted this blog to be about 'Christian reconstructionism'. I have been walking down that path, probably since last October or earlier and it has been a great spiritual exercise. I don't know if I have posted this before, but the mantra for the entire exercise became;
"Practice godliness and participate in His work to renew America one man at a time through regeneration in Christ."
I hope it sounds like the great commission to you, because that is what it has become for me! After walking through the Gary DeMar book and series; "God and Government", it became clear that we were established as a Christian nation; growing up men and women of God, but, by acquiescing our Godly heritage and allowing worldliness to promulgate in our culture, we have lost America's true direction; growing up in our salvation or sanctification. Men slowly, but with greater and greater acceleration, walked away from godliness and fell victim to their own lusts and desires so that Romans 1 has become more and more prevalent in America;
16 .... the gospel ... it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes... 17 For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: 'The righteous will live by faith.'
and further
18 The wrath of god is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19 since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.
(God made it plain to them)
20 For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities - his eternal power and divine nature - have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.
(Men are without excuse)
21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.
(They neither glorified God nor gave thanks to Him)
22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
24 Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. 25 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator - who is forever praised. Amen.
26 Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. 27 In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.
28 Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. 29 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; 31 they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32 Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.
This is the condition of our America. Because we refused to recognize God as God, God gave us over to the sinful desires of our hearts.
We need to 'renew America one man at a time through regeneration in Christ'.
More next time....
Love you;
Bill/Dad
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