Everyone — everyone — frames their world within a body of literature that they have consumed. This could be anytime from nursery rhymes to National Geographic to the NYTimes to the ancient Hebrew writings. Theo (God) logy (from Logos, the Word) takes it’s worldview form the Hebrew and Greek writings, often called the Bible.
The Christian Cross is not a symbol of defeat. It is not a symbol of a pathetic man. It is not a symbol of humiliation. The Cross is a symbol of defiance. It says, “bring it.” It says, we mock your tortures. We defy your threats. We treat your punishment as weakness. What you meant for shame we hold in mockery — bring it! We will overcome you because greater is He who is within us that he who is in…
Welcome to Blood and Faith. These are the two foundations of culture. These are the twin pillars of communities. Without these foundations, there is no meaning. The Left has a faith. Part of their faith is to deny that it is a faith. They claim it is “scientific materialism,” but it is neither scientific nor materialist except when it is convenient for them. Marxism, socialism, social justice progressivism is more than a faith, it is a hard core religion…