The Danger of Pronoun Confusion

https://familyliferadio.blubrry.net/2022/11/02/22-1102_inside-out_-humility-in-an-age-of-disagreement/

I'm not referring to gender confusion but to the conflation of pronouns when it comes to the Church and the world. All things considered, it's far more concerning than the sodomite rot that now dominates mainstream airwaves.

I watched a recent Jeopardy programme via YouTube and was surprised to see Ken Jennings caving in to this filth and totally abandoning any claim to integrity. I guess for him if there's a choice to made, he'll take Mammon over Mormon anyway.

I happened to catch this segment on Family Life Network's Noon Report. I would never endorse the programme but this one struck me as particularly egregious – even for FLN. The error is glaring but neither the host nor guest seemed to catch it.

The Evangelical feminist theologian (if we're honest, that's what she is), Aubrey Sampson wants to combat division in churches and communities. She calls Christians to humility.

That's fine, but it's already confused when Churchly obligations and postures are confused with community, social media, neighbourhood, and family. The Christian stance toward these divers elements are not always going to be the same. I started listening more carefully but I wasn't expecting what I heard next.

God's people are called to unity.

And then she launches into a conversation about how we're called to unity in terms of these various interactions (community, social media, neighbourhoods etc.) and how that unity will foster tolerance and peace and so forth.

What?

We the Church are not in any way called to unity with the world. We should expect sharp divisions with our neighbours over questions of fundamental truths, ethics, and the like. There can never be unity with the world.

This does not mean that the Right-wing is correct in positing an antithesis on the basis of the largely phoney Left-Right divide in the spectrum of American politics – which is built on a false foundation to begin with. And that already sad reality doesn't even factor in the Right's errors with regard to everything from the celebration of violence and nationalism, to its rank mammonism.

But to argue for Christian unity within the context of American culture is to confuse and conflate the Church and world in a most egregious manner. Unity is not found in the context of American society. America is not the Church. This simple truth seems to be a blind spot for many Evangelicals. When challenged, they deny believing in such a notion, but their actions belie their claims.

Unity should be sought within the context of the Church but there are occasions when people have embraced and/or promote ideologies that are sinful and need to be resisted. Humility is certainly needed but not at the expense of holiness and truth. At that point, the only unity you end up with is the kum ba yah campfire variety which doesn't stand up when tested.

FLN's Inside Out segment is usually psychologically oriented and more often than not involves women teaching doctrine and theology – and usually badly at that. If FLN has any interest in maintaining Biblical fidelity it needs to end the show.