Our readings in this series are from the book, Understanding the Times Here is a brief excerpt from page 27:
“Ours is a disenchanted, secular age, a world which has relegated God and spiritual matters to the Wunderkammer of history.
“We will not understand the weirdness, violence, narcissism, and sensuality of the times in which we live until we accept that, for most people, even for many if not most of those who profess some measure of belief in Him, God simply does not matter. He is strictly pro forma; our allegiance to Him is merely perfunctory; He’s a good luck charm we call on from time to time, but don’t really expect to deliver on anything that matters.
“Ours is a world without God. The modern age celebrates its liberation from such things as revelation, divine Law, spiritual vision and discipline, or any moral restraints on human freedom. It regards itself as magnanimous in tolerating those who yet believe, though its patience can run short at times. It worships at the altar of reason, science, and technology, for it finds in these the promise of maximum freedom, prosperity, indulgence, and length of life.
|“Ours is an age in flight from God, and it is our duty and calling, who yet believe in Him, to make sure we understand the times, so that we may know what God requires of us for His glory and our good.”
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T. M. Moore
