Ten Commandments in stone

They are a nation without sense, there is no discernment in them. If only they were wise and would understand this and discern what their end will be!

Deuteronomy 32:28-29 New International Version

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From time to time, we have been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is superior to government for, by, and of the people. But if no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capacity to govern someone else? All of us together, in and out of government, must bear the burden.

– Ronald Reagan, First Inaugural Address (1981)

The real clash of civilizations will not be between the West and one or more of the rest. It will be between the West and the post-West, within the West itself. This clash has already taken place within the brain of Western civilization, the American intellectual class. It is now spreading from that brain to the American body politic.

– Os Guinness

The only way to discuss the social evil is to get at once to the social ideal. We can all see the national madness; but what is national sanity? I have called this book “What Is Wrong with the World?” and the upshot of the title can be easily and clearly stated. What is wrong is that we do not ask what is right.

– G.K. Chesterton

Warfare with the powers of hell is the experience of every individual member of the true Church. Each has to fight. What are the lives of all the saints, but records of battles?

– J. C. Ryle

Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt I had to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints.

– Jude 1: 3, New International Version

The “fundamental question” which [moral theorists] pose in a particularly forceful way is that of the relationship of man’s freedom to God’s law; it is ultimately the question of the “relationship between freedom and truth.”

– Pope John Paul II

The real clash of civilizations will not be between the West and one or more of the rest. It will be between the West and the post-West, within the West itself. This clash has already taken place within the brain of Western civilization, the American intellectual class. It is now spreading from that brain to the American body politic.

– Os Guinness

To be right with God has often meant to be in trouble with men.

– A. W. Tozer

If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless. Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

– James 1:26 – 27, New International Version

Impeachment was “‘the false acquittal that revealed the rottenness in American institutions . . . Deceit at the highest levels. A verdict that ignores the facts. A verdict rationalized because a revered institution must be protected. Popular approval of the verdict. A disdained minority protesting it.’ And then, of course, history’s unraveling of the lies, a reversal of public opinion, and an overturning of the verdict.”

– Os Guinness

The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.

– Exodus 14:14, New International Version

Welcome to Culture War College

If you possessed the keys that would unlock the doors to the end of the culture wars, what would you do with them?  The problem with these keys is that we can’t see every door.  Those doors belong to you.  In fact, you are the doors.  The end of the culture wars resides with you.  You have always been the doors, but our enemy has disguised them or hidden them from your sight or confused you about where they are in your life.

The Bible I read and, actually, you read says that our enemy is not flesh and blood.  You are not the enemy.  You may oppose others, and perhaps me.  But our enemy is much more terrible than a person or group of people ever could be.  That’s why the Bible says we should only stand firm in opposition to the enemy.  The good news is that Satan is already defeated.

Culture War College offers you three courses of instruction. The Bible I read and, actually, you read gives us clues as to how we are to stand fast in the face of our terrible enemy.  These courses are designed to help you discern the direction of the enemy’s advance in your life and in what strength he arrives.  Then, Culture War College offers ideas for what to do next.

First, there is a Basic Course of instruction to explain what the enemy’s advance looks like and identifies for what he is battling.  This course teaches how to stand firm for yourself, your family and your circle of influence—your neighbors, friends, co-workers.  You could be dismissive of or caught up in the militarized jargon on these pages, but we seek to translate in secular terms how our enemy fights for the culture.  The battle is spiritual to be sure, but our enemy fights in worldly ways so that we would feel his blast effects.  We don’t seek to operationalize culture war, but our enemy Satan does just that.  The Basic Course will translate that for you.

Next, there’s a second course that helps support your efforts to stand firm called Reality Dreaming. This course enables you to push back a little further and ward off our enemy’s attack by taking the initiative in the future of your family and friends (and yourself) and focuses your future away from the enemy and invites you to dream with God.

Finally, once you’ve discovered that you can stand fast against Satan’s attack, our Answering Questioners course teaches you not only what to say to others about hope in these days of cultural conflict, but how to approach them with gentleness and respect.  Our enemy seeks to separate us from a God who commands us to love our neighbors.  So now is not the time to be silent with them.

Most of what we see in social media is people who want to deliver to you a monologue, not engage you in conversation.  This website seeks to enable you to unlock the doors of dialogue and do so in a way that will bring you closer to your family and friends.  When people start talking with each other again, and not past them, you’ll be amazed at how quickly the doors to the end of the culture wars will make their appearance in your life, and you can use these keys to unlock them.

Join me, as we journey together through this website and hold Satan at bay while we engage others in our culture.  And if you’re a Christian, you’ll be assured that you’re already on the winning side.  Either way, the keys to the end of the culture wars are right in front of you.  Like me, I hope you’ll conclude that finding those doors and using these keys are worth the time you spent on these many pages.

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