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Keeping it Real Did you know there is a group of men and women trying to push their values on us? This group has a clear agenda which includes trying to get us to return to the past. They actually want us to live part of our lives in pre-1950 America! They say we will be better off for it; healthier, happier all the way around. Who are these radicals? Are they a cabal of crusading Amish demanding our return to “the good old days”? No these radicals text, tweet, and watch high-definition television. These radicals are… nutritionists and chefs! That’s right! These men and women actually want us to do away with post-1950 processed “convenience” foods and eat real food like fresh vegetables, free-range chicken and eggs even grass-fed beef… yes the feared “red meat.” Are these radical out of their minds? No not at all. They insist that the rise of modern processed food lies at the root of the explosion in obesity rates and all these rates entail like an early death… which is really bad! They see the damage we’ve done by getting away from eating food the way God gave it so their advice is to get back to eating the way we should. We must return to eating “real” food not what some call “industrial food” or others “Frankenfood” – my favorite term! So a rising chorus of folks are telling Americans we’ve blown it with our diet, are reaping the results and we must return to better ways before it’s too late. Well I have a thought: does this same outlook apply to spirituality and morality? It definitely does! About the same time we as a nation turned to monstrous Frankenfoods, we also turned to what at first was called “the new morality.” This morality was touted as better than the old, up-tight Christian way of viewing right and wrong. This new morality freed each one to be his or her best; to decide what’s right for them. The 1950s saw the stirrings of this modern “morality” and by the mid-1960s this morality ruled the day. And what have we gained from this new moral diet? I will give you three guesses but I doubt you will need guesses two and three. Will the day come when, as with our diet, America realizes we’ve blown it spiritually and morally and that it’s time to get real and get right? It is my prayer that that day will come soon. Pray with me about this. American is already on life-support morally but miracles do happen! God is still sovereign and in His grace He may revive us anew! Pastor Allan Wooters, D.Min. www.livingwaterchurchplattsmouth.org
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