Think About This: What Are We?
Keith Lowery is the author of a blog I’ve recently come to appreciate, entitled “Stuff I’m Thinking About.” I’ve never met Keith in person, but I feel like he and I could have an interesting conversation. He is a thinking guy with a thoughtful faith.
He has a lot to say that is well worth your attention. I don’t agree with everything he writes, but he can make you think about things. For example, check this out:
Most of the culturally contentious issues of our time really boil down to a long-running disagreement over the moral implications of the first few chapters of the Bible’s book of Genesis.
Genesis lays the biblical foundation regarding what we are, and what we’re for. It is these very questions concerning our identity and purpose that animate many of the contentious issues of our day.
In the 21st century, when someone says “I identify as this” or “I identify as that”, they are often doing more than merely making a statement concerning how they conceive of themselves.
They are sometimes suggesting that the actual reality of what they are can be made to give way to what they prefer. In essence, they are operating with the view that their own preferences can superintend material and spiritual reality.
But from a biblical perspective, any declaration regarding identity which contravenes God’s creative design really amounts to a stealthy form of extreme pride – even if it masquerades as authenticity.
Click here for the balance of Keith Lowery’s superb analysis.
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