Always Reforming

There is a generation of young Christians who believe that their political and social worldview is informed by the principles of Scripture, particularly by the direct teachings of Jesus Christ, but who have actually imbibed the tenets of Humanistic Marxism taught to them in government schools and leftist colleges. Conversely, there is an older generation, Boomers , if you will, who believe that they lay claim to the truly Biblical worldview, but who actually hold to the religious politic (or political religion) of American Nationalism . These views are, of course, not strictly differentiated by generation, but there is nevertheless a large generational divide when discussing political and social issues. The Biblical perspective aligns perfectly with neither of these ideologies, nor with any other political movement.  In fact, devotion to Biblical principles regarding political and social issues does not require adherence to any specific economic, social, or political system devise...

    My place of employment (one of the two) offers me the unusual opportunity to see in people's backseats and trunks on a daily basis (we sell bottled water and salt, which I sometimes load into customers' cars).  Besides the expected junk, things like clothing, sports equipment, and other oddities, I often spot Bibles in these cars.  Now, before I proceed any further, let me mention that I work in Green, Ohio, which, as with Northeastern Ohio as a whole, is pretty religious, Roman Catholicism being especially strong, so Bibles are not exactly unexpected.  Let's proceed.  These Bibles are usually lying placidly on the backseat or hiding in the seat pockets, that is, they're usually somewhere that does get much attention.  When I first started working at this employer (five long years ago), I had a wide array of reactions to seeing these Bibles.  Sometimes I was surprised, like, "They have a Bible in their car?"  Sometimes there was no surpr...