Christology and the Current Crisis, Post 26

Changes are coming. The size of government, particularly the portions of the government most removed from the citizenry, will begin to shrink. Persons will be displaced. Our trillions of dollars of government debt will begin to be considered. The rate of inflation will slow, though the damage to the economy from four years of career politicians will take more than one administration to fix.

Meanwhile, in our state of Texas, non-traditional educational options will be explored Parents will choose to do what they think is the better for their children. Administrative and athletic costs will be strained in public schools, as parents demand safety, security and stabity for their children.

Local political decision makers will be even (and ever) more important. The generations we are raising may want too much individualism, the end of which will be to make everything smaller, more geared to personal desires. These generations may not respond well to the old Headquarters Down mentality so prevalent in generations born out of war and able to respect authority.

The mega-churches will not go away. I believe they will actually gain in popularity, since size means success to the generations coming into power. I do wonder how the mega-churches will be able to fund their many smaller group opportunities, for these will matter more than the mass meetings and mini-concerts on Sunday mornings.

I fear we will continue to despise Jesus. You know I use the word “despise” over “ignore,” for the simple reason “ignore” does not carry the same weight. To neglect Jesus in teaching and preaching is to despise His sacrifice. To despise Jesus means we neglect cost-counting in the salvation story until the feather-weight of doctrinal emptinessin the Church starts to drain the mass meetings. Sooner or later, even now, people will want something real.

What does the Church have to offer in the realm of the authentic?

Jesus. He is our greater subject. In Jesus we have the perfect, ideal manifestation of what it means to live as human for and before God.

The purpose of this blog is to reinvigorate some (many?) with the Truth of the Gospel. Jesus is that Truth. Today I have offered a glimpse into our political and economic future as a nation. Please know what I really mean is we must give ourselves over to Jesus, no matter what the future brings.

If the Church will not choose Jesus, I wonder how the world will opt for Him. Post-Christian Era ‘worship’ services seem more like pop psychology self-help seminars. A strong infusion of Christianity would ameliorate some of the effects of poor content, though I fear the damage is too deeply infected in some places.

I am arguing for Jesus in our Christian churches. Let us get to the doctrine of Christology before we lose two more generations.