Because they did not receive a love of the truth, God sent them a strong delusion that they might believe a lie.
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Moral and Political Essays Index Site Contents
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My Christmas List I once heard someone say that all she wanted for Christmas was world peace. Well, world peace would be good, but it's only possible under two conditions. One is for all nations to surrender their armies and their sovereignty to a global government such as the U.N. Can’t you imagine what a nightmare that would be! Absolute power in the hands of fallen men will always become a horror of oppression. The only other way to have world peace is for Christ to return and establish His righteous Kingdom. For that we can only prepare our hearts and pray, “Thy Kingdom come...” Meanwhile, until Christ returns and begins His righteous reign, my Christmas wish list is more modest. For example, I wish our preachers and pastors would forget about numbers, money, and church-growth movements, and start shepherding their flocks. I wish Bible teachers would toss their ear-tickling, feel-good messages aside and teach the whole counsel of God, including repentance and holiness. I wish America could have a real revival instead of the ridiculous circus that’s being touted as revival. I wish the American people would reject out-of-hand the vacuous cult of celebrity and take as their role models honorable, upright men and women. I wish our churches were changing the world rather than adapting to it. I wish we could somehow reclaim our children from drugs, sex, and hopelessness. I wish our schools taught the truths and traditions of Christendom instead of dumbed-down, multicultural tripe. I wish our chosen leaders were motivated by patriotism and honor instead of vanity and greed. I wish our president would enforce our immigration laws and other principles he once professed. I wish our national parties were not corrupted by Leftist ideology on the one hand and transnational corporations on the other. I wish, I wish...
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