The Word and Today

The name of my site, The Word and Today, has a striking effect on my personal thoughts recently. What does the Word of God mean to our nation and its people? Lately, it has become increasingly clear to me that two of the things that make this life what it is, and can be, the Bible and the United States Constitution, are not viewed as they were in the past. Books, editorial pages, recorded statements, and the media are filled with the philosophy that "the Bible evolves" and "the Constitution evolves".

This is not a new philosophy but the volumes of people and churches that buy into this theory are growing rapidly. We cannot rely on the history scholars to explain the fallacy of revisionist history to our younger generation. Each of us has to pick up the founding documents and inform others on the principles and freedoms established for our republic by those who debated and labored over the writing of the Constitution. Our sovereignty, a free and independent America, may be threatened by international treaties in years to come. Social norms are changing quickly, as well. As recorded in the April 19, 2009 Arkansas Democrat Gazette, former U.S. Sen. David Pryor spoke before the American Civil Liberties Union of Northwest Arkansas April 9. He said America is headed toward a period of "redistribution, not just of wealth, but a redistribution of culture."

Currently, there are church denominations that are embracing the thought that the Word of God evolves with time. Some are combining Christianity and Zen Buddhism from the same pulpit, changing words in the Scriptures and the Apostles' Creed, an ecumenical statement of faith. The lives of our grandchildren and generation to come could be shaped very differently if we don't educate and train those in our circle on the truth. The need to repeat, again and again, that there is one loving and forgiving God, who will speak wisdom and knowledge into their lives, if they just but ask, is paramount. Christianity is no longer revered by many, and stifled in its open expression, in many corners. Long gone are my elementary school days when we began each class day, in public school, with a reading of scripture, prayer, and the pledge of allegiance to our flag.

Preamble To The Constitution of the United States

WE THE PEOPLE of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this CONSTITUTION for the United States of America.

John 14: 6, 7 Jesus said to him,

"I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him."