Monday, February 4, 2019

A CRUCIAL MISCONCEPTION


A CRUCIAL MISCONCEPTION
Monday, February 04, 2019

   Exodus 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
   Romans 12:1-3 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

  Trevin Wax, LifeWay Christian Resources publisher has personally authored THIS IS OUR TIME: EVERYDAY MYTHS in LIGHT of the Gospel. (Released March 2017 this year.) WORLD magazine, May 13, featured edited excerpts from his interview in front of Patrick Henry College students. I read such items as I don’t want to be trapped in a geriatric gulf.
  One question and answer definitely stirred the old synapses as Wax did not narrowly confine his answer to any one generation. (For the record: I am without doubt of the GI Generation.)
  “What’s one crucial assumption that millennials make?”
  “Eighty percent of Americans, including millennials, believe enjoying yourself is the highest goal in life. Not one goal, not a goal, but the highest goal of life. The number of practicing Christians that go to church at least once a month is in the high 60 percent. So the idea that the goal of life is enjoyment is the dominant framework of thought for people all across our country, including in our churches. In church we sing the same songs and listen to the same sermons, but one person may have the idea from the Westminster Catechism that the chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy Him forevermore, with worship foundational, and others see enjoying life as the highest goal, with the church as a help for them to fulfill their own dreams.”
  Regardless of your generational identity, what think ye?
EBB4

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