Q: What is the connection between climate alarmism, abortion, and transgenderism?
Q: Or between feminism, critical race theory, and postmodernism?
A: The answer begins with an important truth about human beings, revealed in Genesis 2:7: “The Lord A: God formed the man of dust from the ground.”
This truth tells us that we are not gods. It tells us that we are only creatures—part of the stuff that God created.
However, a whole other side of God’s nature is totally inaccessible to us, such as his infinity, omnipotence, self-existence, omniscience,
and so on. God will always be the great and mighty Creator. We will always be his dependent and finite creatures.
Remember, the serpent tempted Eve by falsely promising, “You will be like God” (Genesis 3:5). The first humans wanted something more than mere creatureliness. They wanted to be like the Creator Himself.
Transgenderism is fed by the belief that the fingerprint of God on our biology has no bearing on how we ought to live. We can redefine ourselves, rebelling against the definitions the Creator gave when he made the human race, male and female.
Abortion is an act that makes us the lord of another life. We can decide when life is life, or if a pre-born human should live. But, in reality, that decision has already been made by the Creator of life at fertilization.
As for LGBT, in Romans 1, the Apostle Paul argued that homosexuality opposed God’s creation authority. He did so because God has left a blueprint for sex in our anatomy. Biologically, it’s not hard to see how various parts of our bodies work together. But we deny this blueprint when we apply those parts in ways which they were evidently not designed to be used.
Climate alarmism puts mankind on the Creator’s throne. It says that we are in control of the climate’s destiny and therefore the planet. While we may see real value in being environmentally conscientious, God has told us that the ultimate destiny of the earth is in his hands—it will end in his time, according to his plan.
Critical race theory teaches that skin shades create insurmountable divisions between people groups. As different “races,” we experience different truth paradigms which cannot be shared. White will oppress black, and black will be victimized by white forever. But we know that God the Creator made just one human race—a radically shared humanity.
God made the first woman, Eve, with the commissioning word
“helper.” Then, she is called “mother.” Whether or not she marries and has children, a woman is created as a person-centric human, with many relevant gifts and abilities.
But feminism enters the picture with one defining word—“independence.” It undermines the emphasis of her creation entirely. It totally redefines woman when God had already defined her.
In these examples of contemporary sociopolitical issues, the theme should be clear.
A: The answer begins with an important truth about human beings, revealed in Genesis 2:7: “The Lord A: God formed the man of dust from the ground.”
This truth tells us that we are not gods. It tells us that we are only creatures—part of the stuff that God created.
However, a whole other side of God’s nature is totally inaccessible to us, such as his infinity, omnipotence, self-existence, omniscience,
Remember, the serpent tempted Eve by falsely promising, “You will be like God” (Genesis 3:5). The first humans wanted something more than mere creatureliness. They wanted to be like the Creator Himself.
Transgenderism is fed by the belief that the fingerprint of God on our biology has no bearing on how we ought to live. We can redefine ourselves, rebelling against the definitions the Creator gave when he made the human race, male and female.
Abortion is an act that makes us the lord of another life. We can decide when life is life, or if a pre-born human should live. But, in reality, that decision has already been made by the Creator of life at fertilization.
As for LGBT, in Romans 1, the Apostle Paul argued that homosexuality opposed God’s creation authority. He did so because God has left a blueprint for sex in our anatomy. Biologically, it’s not hard to see how various parts of our bodies work together. But we deny this blueprint when we apply those parts in ways which they were evidently not designed to be used.
Climate alarmism puts mankind on the Creator’s throne. It says that we are in control of the climate’s destiny and therefore the planet. While we may see real value in being environmentally conscientious, God has told us that the ultimate destiny of the earth is in his hands—it will end in his time, according to his plan.
Critical race theory teaches that skin shades create insurmountable divisions between people groups. As different “races,” we experience different truth paradigms which cannot be shared. White will oppress black, and black will be victimized by white forever. But we know that God the Creator made just one human race—a radically shared humanity.
God made the first woman, Eve, with the commissioning word
But feminism enters the picture with one defining word—“independence.” It undermines the emphasis of her creation entirely. It totally redefines woman when God had already defined her.
In these examples of contemporary sociopolitical issues, the theme should be clear.
We are in a struggle to pry the scepter from the Creator’s hands so that we may rule with it instead."
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