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Dear Mr. Biden-State of the Union 2023

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While watching the State of the Union address by Mr. Biden last night, several things stuck out to me. I’ll try to favor the more subtle things people may not have first recognized, in my remarks.

Firstly, the D.C. swamp is real, and we need to be more vocal in our rejecting the status quo. It’s not enough to simply elect leaders with an R behind their name if all they will do is kowtow to and thereby become the swamp. Kevin O’Connell, Mitch McConnell, and many other “Republicans” are all too chummy with the democrats whom they supposedly oppose. Therefore, the first few minutes of Mr. Biden’s address were consumed by Washington self-congratulating.

Secondly, Mr. Joseph Biden is supremely unfit and unwell in numerous ways, whether it be his stumbling slurred speech, the outright anger displayed at his opposition, and more concerningly his health seems to be draining from him as we watch. I don’t say these things merely to attack the man, but as the last week has shown, we need strength in a Commander in Chief. We saw the Chinese balloon floating all the way, coast to coast, across America, and a very lackluster response from the gentleman in the Oval Office. We can recognize that there are still threats in the world that require strength and fortitude. The Constitution allows for the removal of persons who are incapable of performing their duty, and this seems to be a perfect candidate.

I also want to focus on how outright divisive Biden was. I’ve watched quite a few State of the Union’s, since I was a teenager. I don’t remember almost the entirety of a political party booing for any length of time, not just making noises/or signs of disapproval, but actual booing and shouts of “Liar.” I am glad to see the response from a group of Republicans, it was refreshing, and I don’t blame them for it. However, it is a sad reality that a poor leader will divide rather than unite opposing forces. Much has been said about the seemingly fake or disingenuous nature of the State of the Union address. While I am not a fan of staged political theater, over time this exercise has become less a statement on our unity and more a topical “whack-a-mole” of division. Let’s remember this divisiveness is a symptom, not the disease. The disease is something I will get to shortly.

I could go point for point on the policies that he presented, and many will, but I want to focus on something that I have not heard from other commentators to this point. Mr. Biden said, “the world is watching.” This may be true, and I do believe that, while I hold to non-interventionism in global politics, I do understand that we should, (as many of the first citizens, pastors, and founding fathers extolled) be “the shining city on a hill.” However, he paired those remarks with policies that are not only extremely “regressive” in a political sense, extremely immoral in a societal or moralistic sense, but more importantly they are profoundly ungodly, sinful, and degenerate. A lot of noise was made about the Grammy performance being satanic, and I’m glad people disapproved, but frankly what a musician does on TV bothers me less, than what a nation does to its citizens, or what leaders fail to do in promoting goodness or decency. Promoting LGBTQA+ godlessness and the slaughtering of the unborn is damnable, wicked, and unbecoming of a leader of a Nation whose founding principles were that of the Bible. This is the disease I referred to earlier.

Ironically, Biden would then go on to say, “we are all created in the Image of God.” If he had any sense of logic or reason, he would know that anyone who bears the image of God, deserves protection from being slaughtered in the womb, and is also called to follow God’s precepts and to live a life devoted to God’s standards of holiness.

Biden also unequivocally stated, “we are strong” and “we are good people.” I must tell you I don’t believe that “we” are either, not all of us. All of us know people who are weak or wicked. However, most of us also know people who have been made strong and redeemed. It must be rejected that our strength comes from our acceptance of each other as we are. Instead, our strength must come from our fostering holiness in one another as a nation devoted to God who is merciful to repenting sinners. If anything is to be done about the current state of things, it must come from a repentance and return to faith and living according to God’s law, not merely contrarian “conservatism” or halfway policies.

Lord God, forgive our wickedness as we repent, strengthen our hearts and our passion to burn for a renewed righteousness in our country, cause hard hearts to be shattered and reminded of their need for you. Remind us that “Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord.” (Psalm 33:12) We praise you because you have remained faithful, even as we have turned away from you. If it is your will raise up new shepherds of your people, and of this country, to reinvigorate goodness, holiness, and justice in our country I pray this in the name of the Lord Jesus. Amen.

Abortion Heartbeat Bill (LB 626) Testimony

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Below is testimony I planned to give in person on February 1st, 2023, but was unable to do so due to illnesses in my family. I was able to give this virtually through written testimony.

I’d like to open my brief comments with a couple verses from Psalm 139….

“For you formed my inward parts, you wove me in my mother’s womb. I will give thanks to you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made… “This is only one of the myriads of passages from the Bible that proclaim that life is the first gift of God.

From even before the founding of the United States of America, western law recognized, as we see in the writings of William Blackstone, “Life is the immediate gift of God – – a right inherited by nature in every individual.”

After the founding of our country Justice James Wilson, one of the original justices of the supreme Court, wrote down, “with consistency, beautiful and undeviating, human life, from its commencement to its close, is protected by the common law.

The Founding Fathers believed that the right to life is evident from our founding documents, such as The Declaration of Independence. President John Quincy Adams later in his life would write, “ask the declaration of Independence and that will tell you that its authors held for self-evident truth that the right to life is the first of the inalienable rights of man, and to secure and not to destroy that right governments are instituted among men.

What person who learns first aid, when they are presented with someone who needs medical attention and is unconscious and not able to speak for themselves, doesn’t immediately think to check for a pulse. This is what it means to be human, fellow children of God, to look after one another in whatever state we are in. If you, as is only decent, would go to check for a pulse on an unconscious person to determine that they are alive, what difference is there in checking for a heartbeat and when we are sure that there is a heartbeat to know that person, a fellow human being, is alive.

So, my final thought for all of you senators and fellow citizens is to check your own pulse, see if you are alive, if you find that you are, and you of course value your life, I plead with you, don’t take life away from another. Please advance LB 626 and protect life.  

Thank you,

Joshua Ramsey

My Political Platform

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“I have alternately been called an Aristocrat and a Democrat. I am neither. I am a Christocrat.”

Benjamin Rush Founding father

As a Christian and constitutionalist, I wish to focus on the principles of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. Leftists, progressives, and R.I.N.O.’S assault each one of these foundational principles. If elected, I will defend and reinvigorate these principles.

Life:

Regarding abortion, I am powerfully pro-life, and I believe that every human being is made in the image of God.

Marriage and family: As a Christian I also believe that we are created to live as God intended us to. The nuclear family has been attacked repeatedly and needs to be protected. I will do that in the legislature, and I will encourage others to stand up and be the change.

Liberty:

Autonomy and Freedom. Our founding fathers in the constitution state, “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.” Yet repeatedly over the last few years we have seen the erosion of Rights and freedom of the individual. Rights are not given by the government they are given by God and therefore cannot be taken away by tyranny. Unelected officials and bureaucrats hold too much power and need to be reined in. I propose that any directive given by unelected officials, must go through the legislative process meeting a 2/3rds majority.

Additionally, all mandates to force compliance should perpetually be seen as unconstitutional and rejected.

Furthermore, our state cannot maintain its belief in the integrity of elections if there isn’t strict protection of the ballot box. More transparency in the process is necessary. Also, requirements for identification must be adopted.

Our country cannot be free if our children are not moral and loving of their country. School choice will allow parents to raise their children as they see fit and increase their bargaining power to inform what their children learn in public, private and homeschooling. The curriculum of public schools must teach truthful history and foster the American and Biblical concepts of Truth, Freedom, Equality, Reverence, and Duty to God, country, and one another. We must reject modern racism found in C.R.T. and the sexualizing of children. Let them focus on whatever is “good, noble, honorable… etc.”

Pursuit of Happiness:

Costs of Living. There is a rather sad situation in America specifically Nebraska and our counties in this district that the price of housing, food, gas and other necessities are rising fast, while our income is not. There are multiple factors that all play into this, but Nebraska and other states must take action to help citizens by removing obstacles. My plan is to have our state join others in pushing for American energy independence. This will cut a variety of rising costs like gas, heating, petroleum products, shipping costs etc.

Additionally, I would push for a review of the housing market. Affordable housing should not be unattainable for anyone who works hard. There should be more emphasis and incentives given to property ownership and good stewardship.

I would also support greater opportunities for bringing jobs to smaller communities like Utica, Seward, York, or Milford. Hopefully increasing the wages available for anyone willing to work by competition and benefits packages designed to attract great workers.

Security and “peace through strength:”
Preparedness is extremely important. I support more funding to law enforcement designated to specialized training and equipment. I also support everyone’s right to self-defense as prescribed in the second amendment. I whole heartedly support efforts to secure our country’s southern border and to reform immigration.

Purpose and Hope:

It would be a shame to not to take this opportunity to share with you the most important stance I can have. I am a Christian and I believe God has given a purpose and has a plan for each of us. Therefore, I support a greater return to the principles of honesty, decency and morality that made America what it was. I am saved by faith in Jesus Christ and that gives me immensely more purpose than what I would contrive for myself and informs all policies and decisions I will make.

Mystery of the Manger

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These are the notes for a sermon I was blessed to deliver on Christmas morning. Praise God that he became flesh for us. God be with you this Christmas and always.

Photo by Juan Carlos Leva on Pexels.com

Isaiah 7:10-14

Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz: “Ask a sign of the Lord your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven.” But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, and I will not put the Lord to the test.” And he[b] said, “Hear then, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary men, that you weary my God also? Therefore, the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Matthew 1:18-25

 Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:

“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us). When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife, but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And he called his name Jesus.

When examining what the Gospels tell us about the Christmas story, let’s remind ourselves what the Gospels are about. Simply put, the Gospels are perfectly inspired and accurate histories and accounts of Jesus life, miracles, death, and Resurrection.

Secondly, while the Gospels all tell the same story, sometimes almost using the same words, each gospel writer is unique. John, who called himself the beloved disciple, writes firsthand accounts of things that the other three don’t really mention much. There’s some overlap, but he is probably the most unique of the Gospels.

Luke is probably the most concerned about the outsider, the marginalized, and it seems like because he spent so much time with Paul it’s almost Paul’s gospel rather than Luke’s, but we call it Luke’s gospel since he’s the one who wrote it down.

Mark, or the disciple of Jesus known as John Mark, was connected to Peter and his account is action driven and puts in focus a lot of the actions of the apostles and Christ as they moved through time at a very rapid pace. In fact, there have been people who can read the entirety of the Gospel of Mark on stage in a little over an hour and a half. Don’t worry I’m not planning on doing that today.

For today I want to focus on Matthew, however. Matthew is interesting because he is directly the author of the Gospel, he writes it himself and he’s very detail oriented.

One of the details that he focuses on most is Prophecy, and more specifically, Jesus’ fulfillment of prophecy. Jesus is fulfilling every prophecy found in the Scriptures right in front of Matthew, and Matthew wants the audience to know that this is who everyone has been waiting for. Again, Matthew is looking at the facts and the details and is coming to conclusions.  In this way Matthew is a lot like a detective or investigator.

My wife Jaimie and I enjoy watching or solving murder mysteries. Whether it be watching a TV show like Sherlock or Columbo, or solving puzzles in an escape room, we enjoy the “whodunnit” or the puzzle solving a lot. Matthew’s gospel is written in a way that demonstrates that the apostle Matthew had connected the pieces of the puzzle. He was working on finding out who this Jesus person was.

Of course, he’d seen the miracles and he’d been there for the resurrection, but he started to realize that there was more to the story. That’s really the fun of an escape room or a good mystery, finding out what the story is behind the story. Matthew would have read passages from the Hebrew Bible such as the prophecy of Isaiah in chapter 7. Isaiah prophesies about how this promised Emmanuel would come to us and be born of a virgin.

This prophecy alone would be enough to make somebody wonder and question how such a thing is possible. Mary the mother of our Lord wonders at how exactly this is going to happen, she wasn’t married and questioned how she could conceive.

BUT!

That’s not even the most important part, it’s important, but it’s not the most important part of that prophecy.

Let’s just focus on that one word, Emmanuel. What is it exactly that Emmanuel means? I know, everybody knows or thinks they know that Emmanuel means “God with us” So, we know what it means technically, “God is with us,” okay that’s nice, but let’s look at it a little deeper. How do we know that God is with us? Let’s think about it from the perspective of a Jewish Shepherd, or the prophet Isaiah, or any of the Jews who lived before Christ’s birth. What exactly would it mean for “God” to be “with us”?

Is God with us in a general sense as he is with everybody? He created everything so I guess that’s true, but what exactly is he doing as “God with us”? Is God with us in battle or struggle or is he just for the one special nation like Israel? Is he with us in a mystical/spiritual sense like the New Age movement says?

Also, if we’re waiting for Emmanuel, as a Jew before Christ’s birth might wonder, “Is God not with us now?” We are waiting for Christ’s return, so if we’re waiting, is God not with us now?

Is God working right now? Was God working before that first Christmas?

These are questions that Matthew would have looked in his (torah) scripture for the answers. He would have wondered, puzzled, wrestled with what it would all mean.

Matthew had to come to some conclusion before he wrote his gospel. I believe it’s evident in Scripture that Matthew did know the truth that God has always been working through history and specifically in people’s lives. That is likely why he includes the genealogy of Christ. Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David. etc.

Matthew is demonstrating by the Holy Spirit that God has been working in history to bring about his plan. As an apostle Matthew had access to and personally experienced THE Emmanuel, THE “GOD WITH US.”

As we said before, Matthew was there for Christ’s death, Resurrection, Ascension, and the giving of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. So, it’s no wonder that much of his gospel and the Bible at large focuses on the death and resurrection of Jesus.

 What is significant about “God with us?” It’s good that God is with us but what does God with us do? What does it mean? What does it mean for me and for you to say that God is with us?

The point of Christmas is always Easter. God with us means that he is taken care of the burden of sin and we’re not alone. God has given us redemption, and not just a simple being forgiven but he then dwells in US. The Holy Spirit makes us his dwelling. It’s not just that we’re neighbors to God, like he’s with us in a general sense, but he’s come to you and me and anyone here who believes. In fact, Christ himself said, “wherever two or more are gathered in my name I am there.” At the end of Matthew’s Gospel, he says “And lo, I will be with you always to the very end of the age.” So, this Christmas and the season of the next 12 days, let’s remember that God is with us now and always in Jesus Christ. God, Emmanuel, be with you always. And Merry Christmas

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Mystery of the Manger

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These are the notes for a sermon I was blessed to deliver on Christmas morning. Praise God that he became flesh for us. God be with you this Christmas and always.

Photo by Juan Carlos Leva on Pexels.com

Isaiah 7:10-14

Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz: “Ask a sign of the Lord your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven.” But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, and I will not put the Lord to the test.” And he[b] said, “Hear then, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary men, that you weary my God also? Therefore, the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Matthew 1:18-25

 Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:

“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us). When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife, but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And he called his name Jesus.

When examining what the Gospels tell us about the Christmas story, let’s remind ourselves what the Gospels are about. Simply put, the Gospels are perfectly inspired and accurate histories and accounts of Jesus life, miracles, death, and Resurrection.

Secondly, while the Gospels all tell the same story, sometimes almost using the same words, each gospel writer is unique. John, who called himself the beloved disciple, writes firsthand accounts of things that the other three don’t really mention much. There’s some overlap, but he is probably the most unique of the Gospels.

Luke is probably the most concerned about the outsider, the marginalized, and it seems like because he spent so much time with Paul it’s almost Paul’s gospel rather than Luke’s, but we call it Luke’s gospel since he’s the one who wrote it down.

Mark, or the disciple of Jesus known as John Mark, was connected to Peter and his account is action driven and puts in focus a lot of the actions of the apostles and Christ as they moved through time at a very rapid pace. In fact, there have been people who can read the entirety of the Gospel of Mark on stage in a little over an hour and a half. Don’t worry I’m not planning on doing that today.

For today I want to focus on Matthew, however. Matthew is interesting because he is directly the author of the Gospel, he writes it himself and he’s very detail oriented.

One of the details that he focuses on most is Prophecy, and more specifically, Jesus’ fulfillment of prophecy. Jesus is fulfilling every prophecy found in the Scriptures right in front of Matthew, and Matthew wants the audience to know that this is who everyone has been waiting for. Again, Matthew is looking at the facts and the details and is coming to conclusions.  In this way Matthew is a lot like a detective or investigator.

My wife Jaimie and I enjoy watching or solving murder mysteries. Whether it be watching a TV show like Sherlock or Columbo, or solving puzzles in an escape room, we enjoy the “whodunnit” or the puzzle solving a lot. Matthew’s gospel is written in a way that demonstrates that the apostle Matthew had connected the pieces of the puzzle. He was working on finding out who this Jesus person was.

Of course, he’d seen the miracles and he’d been there for the resurrection, but he started to realize that there was more to the story. That’s really the fun of an escape room or a good mystery, finding out what the story is behind the story. Matthew would have read passages from the Hebrew Bible such as the prophecy of Isaiah in chapter 7. Isaiah prophesies about how this promised Emmanuel would come to us and be born of a virgin.

This prophecy alone would be enough to make somebody wonder and question how such a thing is possible. Mary the mother of our Lord wonders at how exactly this is going to happen, she wasn’t married and questioned how she could conceive.

BUT!

That’s not even the most important part, it’s important, but it’s not the most important part of that prophecy.

Let’s just focus on that one word, Emmanuel. What is it exactly that Emmanuel means? I know, everybody knows or thinks they know that Emmanuel means “God with us” So, we know what it means technically, “God is with us,” okay that’s nice, but let’s look at it a little deeper. How do we know that God is with us? Let’s think about it from the perspective of a Jewish Shepherd, or the prophet Isaiah, or any of the Jews who lived before Christ’s birth. What exactly would it mean for “God” to be “with us”?

Is God with us in a general sense as he is with everybody? He created everything so I guess that’s true, but what exactly is he doing as “God with us”? Is God with us in battle or struggle or is he just for the one special nation like Israel? Is he with us in a mystical/spiritual sense like the New Age movement says?

Also, if we’re waiting for Emmanuel, as a Jew before Christ’s birth might wonder, “Is God not with us now?” We are waiting for Christ’s return, so if we’re waiting, is God not with us now?

Is God working right now? Was God working before that first Christmas?

These are questions that Matthew would have looked in his (torah) scripture for the answers. He would have wondered, puzzled, wrestled with what it would all mean.

Matthew had to come to some conclusion before he wrote his gospel. I believe it’s evident in Scripture that Matthew did know the truth that God has always been working through history and specifically in people’s lives. That is likely why he includes the genealogy of Christ. Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David. etc.

Matthew is demonstrating by the Holy Spirit that God has been working in history to bring about his plan. As an apostle Matthew had access to and personally experienced THE Emmanuel, THE “GOD WITH US.”

As we said before, Matthew was there for Christ’s death, Resurrection, Ascension, and the giving of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. So, it’s no wonder that much of his gospel and the Bible at large focuses on the death and resurrection of Jesus.

 What is significant about “God with us?” It’s good that God is with us but what does God with us do? What does it mean? What does it mean for me and for you to say that God is with us?

The point of Christmas is always Easter. God with us means that he is taken care of the burden of sin and we’re not alone. God has given us redemption, and not just a simple being forgiven but he then dwells in US. The Holy Spirit makes us his dwelling. It’s not just that we’re neighbors to God, like he’s with us in a general sense, but he’s come to you and me and anyone here who believes. In fact, Christ himself said, “wherever two or more are gathered in my name I am there.” At the end of Matthew’s Gospel, he says “And lo, I will be with you always to the very end of the age.” So, this Christmas and the season of the next 12 days, let’s remember that God is with us now and always in Jesus Christ. God, Emmanuel, be with you always. And Merry Christmas

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Books: The Founders Bible, Martin Luther’s commentary on Galatians, Jefferson Lies (and many others) by Wall Builders, Lincoln and Davis, US Constitution and the Declaration; Other selected writings of the founding fathers (Franklin Adams Jefferson etc,) Shelby Foote’s Civil War, Tactics, Fault Lines, Cold Case Christianity, Family Driven Faith.

Fiction books: JRR Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings”, C.S. Lewis’s “Chronicles of Narnia”, Sherlock Holmes, Macbeth, Edgar Allan Poe, Death and Life of Superman.

Music: “I hold on” by Dierks Bentley, “Does to Me” by Luke combs, Aaron Lewis “Am I the only one”, “Life changes” by Thomas Rhett, Aaron Tippin “You’ve got to stand for something”

Christian music: “Build Your Kingdom Here” by Rend Collective, “In Christ Alone” by the Newsboys, “A Mighty Fortress” by Steve Green, “Hymn of Praise” by the Gaither Vocal band, “Jesus the very thought of thee” written by Bernard of Clairvaux, and the Star-Spangled Banner by Francis Scott Key (all verses.)

Movies: The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars (original six films), Avengers/Marvel movies, Zack Snyder’s Justice League, Bond Movies, John Wayne films- (The Quiet Man, McClintock), Magnificent Seven, Passion of the Christ, Braveheart/Patriot, What’s Up Doc, Get Smart.

TV: Dick Van Dyke, Seinfeld, Little House on the Prairie, Rifleman, Smallville, Star Trek/Stargate, Mandalorian/Book of Boba Fett, Bonanza, MacGyver, and World Poker Tour

Hobbies: Chess / poker, board games, reading, woodworking, and DIY.

Response to World Article

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“Stay-at-home dads” are a sign of moral decay.

“…encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be dishonored.

Likewise urge the young men to be sensible; in all things show yourself to be an example of good deeds, with purity in doctrine, dignified, sound in speech, which is beyond reproach, so that the opponent will be put to shame, having nothing bad to say about us.”

In the August 13th, 2022, edition of World, in an article titled “Man on the Home Front.” The two authoresses portrayed the rise of stay-at-home dads as being a natural, mostly positive societal change. There are issues in the choice of sources used, whether it be the decidedly leftist, worldly source of Arielle Kuperberg, or the Presbyterian Church in America “pastor” Tim Lane’s flippant dismissal of scripture that authoritatively lays out the role of a husband, a wife, and the roles they each have as parents.

According to World’s own statement of Faith, “Today, God is known in His written Word, the Bible, which is the inerrant and altogether authoritative revelation of Himself for us in all matters. The Holy Spirit applies that word and opens our eyes to its meaning, even as He opens our hearts to its application.” Therefore, seeking to know the truth, we should not disregard clear scriptural teaching by obscuring it with deceptive philosophy and worldly reasoning as is done by the authoresses in this article. Otherwise, we will be like the people Paul describes in 2 Timothy 4:3 “For the time will come when they will not tolerate sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance with their own desires.”

To appear balanced, the article does mention Titus 2 and other passages that point to the Biblical model for young women as wives and mothers. However, they do so in a cursory and dismissive manner, to obfuscate the power and authority of the word. As such the article does nothing to address the clear mandate of Titus 2 that a Christian, married, young woman must be a “worker at home” or homemaker.

The rest of the article operates on the less Biblical assumption that it is perfectly acceptable to have able bodied men be the caregivers and homemakers while their wives are primary breadwinners. From this I gather some Christian households have adopted a god of money and will do whatever it takes to gain as much money as possible. To this I remind them ““You cannot serve God and mammon” (Luke 16:13) Every decision has a tradeoff. Either you choose to serve God in your family structure, or you choose to place financial comfort over obedience to God. (Proverbs 16:8)

This isn’t necessarily to say that a man can’t or shouldn’t prioritize time with his children and his family. In fact, the Epistle to the Ephesians (written by the same apostle Paul who wrote the epistles to Titus and Timothy) precisely encourages that. (See Ephesians 5:25 and 6:4) Sometimes the most loving thing I can do as a husband is to wash a sink full of dishes, and at other times the most loving thing I can do as a father is to hold a sleeping one year old on my chest. However, the same God who tells me to love my family, tells me to work hard and to provide for my family. While that might look different in each context, the call of a God following husband and father to lead his household remains the same throughout scripture, and to the end of time.  

The editorial staff of World Magazine admitted that they could have done better in keeping to a Biblical Worldview in that particular article. I sent the above to them and they responded and said they would print part of it in their “mailbag” section. The bolded section above is what they printed in their September 24th, 2022, edition.

About Joshua

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A Christian, husband and father. Dedicated to Biblical and Constitutional Principles. Trustworthy, hard-working, determined and principled. Joshua graduated from Centennial High School in Utica in 2009. He went on to Concordia University in Seward where he graduated with degrees in history and theology in 2014. He recently earned a master’s degree in Christian Leadership from Grand Canyon University.