Women run the show in compromised Israel

From a church article that speaks a truth. Please forgive use of titles and hellenist pronunciation of the Messiah.  —****

Elon Musk is absolutely correct.

Christianity has become toothless.

How did we come to this point of crisis? Why is Western Christendom rapidly crumbling? There are a few obvious reasons we must address.

First, there is feminism.

God designed and commanded men to lead the home, the church, and the state.

But at the turn of the century feminist activists subverted the role of men as leaders in these spheres and elevated women. Their ultimate prize was the pulpit, and they were successful.

Today we have masculine women and effeminate men not only in the culture, but also and perhaps especially in the church. Some denominations now openly have women pastors and elders, but even the most conservative churches have shadow governments of church ladies that actually run the show, managing the direction of the institutions according to feminine sensibilities. Meanwhile the pastors, even conservative male pastors, face enormous pressure to cater toward those sensibilities.

All of these dynamics lend themselves toward even a Christian culture where women are elevated to girlbosses rather than nurterers with gentle and quiet spirits, and where men are rendered servile doormats rather than leaders.

Second, there is pietism.

God has elevated Jesus Christ to his right hand and coronated him as Lord and King of all.

Yet Christians in our culture are largely convinced that the outside world does not matter, and that our Lord and King does not currently possess all authority in heaven and on earth. There is a mindset of restricting Christianity only to Sunday morning church and Wednesday evening small group, rather than correctly seeing our faith as a totalizing force that impacts every area of life.

Much of this phenomenon is driven by an escapist and pessimistic eschatology that believes we are awaiting an imminent rapture as the world simply decays around us. Many Christians are rendered impotent by these beliefs, albeit with some notable exceptions, and even see increased hostility toward us and our Lord as a sign of faithfulness rather than a consequence of our withdrawal from the world.

The failure of Christians to be salt and light in politics, economics, medicine, media, art, culture, and other domains has produced nothing but absurdity, decay, misery, destruction, and death.

Third, there is materialism.

Jesus famously warned that the seed which falls into the weeds represents one who cannot grow because the cares of the world choke the faith.

Many are simply too distracted by the blessings of overwhelming prosperity to recognize the spiritual war raging all around us. They are far too worried about college football or their retirement in Florida to build institutions, lead family worship, or check what their teenager watches on TikTok.

Christians in our culture are paradoxically pietists without piety. They make bold assertions based on cliche to justify their impotence, yet their lives are marked by deep unfaithfulness and a complete lack of zeal to serve the Lord. Meanwhile they squander any financial and spiritual inheritances they may possess on meaningless and gluttonous consumption.

How do we repent and reform?

How do we reclaim a Christianity with teeth?

We must return to the Bible and to church history, recovering a Christianity that does not despise boldness. In other words, we need to imitate not only meek and mild Jesus, but the Jesus who flips tables and harshly rebukes his enemies.

We must embrace nature. So many of the errors in our day stem from a disdain for our Creator and the world he made. Christians must be the first to uphold the simple goodness of marriage, sex, family, and children, serving as anchors of sanity in a world of chaos and confusion.

We must obey our Lord in everything and be filled with his Spirit, repenting of our cowardice and becoming courageous by his strength.

May Jesus awaken and build his church.