This time we live in is truly a contest between ideas of darkness and ideas of light. Ideas of darkness, or lies, are destroying unity and goodwill among humanity. The source can often be darkness itself, which has supernatural intelligence and thousands of years of experience deceiving man. Jesus fought this repeatedly and warned his apostles about the shrewdness of the sons of darkness. The problem is so few believe in the devil, which is why humanity is struggling so much to prevail against it. Our problem is not each other, it is the forces of darkness that seek to divide and conquer.
I’m grateful to see another Christian writing sensibly. I sometimes worry about using “dark” and “light” as substitutes for bad and good, since the same words can be used to describe skin color. In some instances that idea can be used to associate the two meanings. Do you think this might be an issue? Otherwise, I am happy to follow your publication as a reassurance that there are others who look at more than the surface of the Bible.
Hey Rachel - I appreciate you reading the post and the comment. I'm just using the same descriptions found in Scripture (such as John 1 or Colossians 1). Their usage there is unrelated to race, so my intent is the same. Thanks for following!
This time we live in is truly a contest between ideas of darkness and ideas of light. Ideas of darkness, or lies, are destroying unity and goodwill among humanity. The source can often be darkness itself, which has supernatural intelligence and thousands of years of experience deceiving man. Jesus fought this repeatedly and warned his apostles about the shrewdness of the sons of darkness. The problem is so few believe in the devil, which is why humanity is struggling so much to prevail against it. Our problem is not each other, it is the forces of darkness that seek to divide and conquer.
I’m grateful to see another Christian writing sensibly. I sometimes worry about using “dark” and “light” as substitutes for bad and good, since the same words can be used to describe skin color. In some instances that idea can be used to associate the two meanings. Do you think this might be an issue? Otherwise, I am happy to follow your publication as a reassurance that there are others who look at more than the surface of the Bible.
Hey Rachel - I appreciate you reading the post and the comment. I'm just using the same descriptions found in Scripture (such as John 1 or Colossians 1). Their usage there is unrelated to race, so my intent is the same. Thanks for following!