The Myth of the Sacred/Secular Divide - The American Vision

 “When error comes, it always rides in on the wings of truth.”[2] Error has been smuggled into the church under the pretense of truth since the beginning of time (Gen 3:1-7). Jesus warned His disciples not to be led astray by traditions that have the effect of setting “aside the commandment of God” (Mark. 7:9). It is no less true today than in John’s day that “many false prophets have gone out into the world” (1 John 4:1), many of whom “went out from us” (2:19). It’s an old story, and we shouldn’t be surprised that it happens today.....

.....Irenaeus, a second-century Christian writer, describes the insidious nature of error wrapped in a veneer of truth:

Error, indeed, is never set forth in its naked deformity, lest, being thus exposed, it should at once be detected. But it is craftily decked out in an attractive dress, so as, by its outward form, to make it appear to be inexperienced (ridiculous as the expression may seem) more true than truth itself.[3]

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..... God has made us stewards of His good creation of which one day He will demand an accounting (Matt. 25:14-30). Instead of following the directive of Abraham Kuyper who said, “There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry, ‘Mine!,’”[5] we often choose, “there is not one inch of creation of which Satan doesn’t say ‘Mine.’” Historically, the church did not divide the world into two opposing realms, consisting of sacred/secular, spiritual/ material. More importantly, the Bible does not divide the world this way. The Bible is concerned about the distinction between good and evil, right and wrong, moral and immoral wherever such distinctions can be made.

• How much longer will the pulpits of America remain silent on this issue? - https://dfreality.substack.com/p/week-in-review-031-3aug-9aug25?publication_id=1240700&utm_campaign=email-post-title&r=y7h5a&utm_medium=email