(inspired by Dan Celia yesterday)
Demilitarized Zone
—in war
—in politics
—in America
—in church
—in future
In war there is a marginal status between a Demilitarized Zone and a No Man’s Land. A DMZ is supposed to be a safe area between sworn enemies who agree to leave you alone there. A NML is a similar area between sworn enemies who agree to not leave you alone there—fair game.
In politics, tonight there is a presidential debate, where some will pretend a DMZ format. It’s America, where we agree to disagree in a civil conversation, and afterward come together for the best interests of the country. That’s the America I grew up in. Not today. We are in a NML worse than any war in our history. Nothing safe. Nothing sacred. If we don’t take out the enemy now, he will laugh, because he couldn’t care less about America.
The church in America has been told we belong in the DMZ. If we stay between their lines, we will be left alone. Don’t offend, don’t fight, don’t meddle.
The spiritual DMZ in this country has a bunch of rules and aka’s:
—freedom of worship, not freedom of religion
—political correctness in the pulpit
—sedated saints are safer
—state approved churches (what country are we in?)
—tolerance (for their way, or the highway)
—follow all the rules of pacifist democracy, and you won’t get hurt
—501c3 or else ACLU
—DMZ shrinks into NML
Is spite of all the outcry of “No Fair,” “You Can’t Do That In America,” the Demilitarized Zone is now the No Man’s Land. And strangely enough, Christians are the main target—just like old times of the first century.
The zone between the lines becomes a line, a fence to straddle.
The devil owns the fence.
“Because you are lukewarm, I will vomit you out of my mouth.” —–Jesus said that, to the church.
(Europe had it and lost it, for the same above reasons.)
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