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7/15/2020

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Wrong is the new Right? (rr)

 
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What happened? Was I out for 5 minutes when everything changed? Didn't up used to be up and down .. down.. not the other way around?  And I am pretty sure too that WRONG is now the new RIGHT.

Let's start with a few easy Wrongs declared Right from where I sit observing our society. 
  • Crass is the new clever/cultured, 
  • Profane is the new profound, 
  • Gender is now a fluid state of being, 
  • Same Sex Marriage is the law of the land,
  • The LGBTQ movement is an alphabet gobbling tour de' force adding a new letter/alternative life style on a regular basis.  And let's not forget 
  • Abortion (the ending of a beating heart) is a woman's CHOICE.  Choice?, Such a gentle word for such a horrific violent end of the preborn child.

So you see.. Wrong is the new Right.

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We are numbed and dumbed down to vulgar language and violence in movies, TV, and pop/hip hop/rap music. Sex before marriage, and teen sexuality is assumed not discouraged.. in fact sex without boundaries is encouraged. Everyone claims to be a victim, or bullied which muddies truth of those who truly are victims and/or bullied. AND anyone who voices a contrary view is expressing HATE SPEECH.  

The #MeToo movement, terms like toxic masculinity, white privilege, systemic racism, and systemic police brutality often dilute if not poison truth and justice. Note: There is only God's Truth & God's Justice and it is for all. Then we throw the old KKK in with the new rage (literally)  Antifa (anti-fascists? not!). They are nothing more than masked domestic terrorists. And BLM black lives matter is a statement that is true just as all lives matter, but the organization BLM is a Marxist hate group.

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We are a culture who on one hand munch on popcorn while being entertained by horror, violence, the occult, or the sorted story of a serial killer, BUT.. think that our 2nd amendment rights are the root of all evil.  Wrong is new Right.

Now in 2020 the Wrong is the new Right has been amped up with the reality of Covid-19. I will not go into my opinion about what should or should not be done, but I will say it has divided us.. and divided the church. We too quickly condemn each other over this virus. We can't just disagree on the solution we decide to label each other naive or selfish.. and these feelings become something maybe just short of hate.  This is Wrong, but this Wrong is also the new Right.


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Even in the church simple choices of right and wrong are more carefully handled than a suicide vest by a bomb squad whose only training was using the old 'Operation board game'.  We are so deathly afraid to call sin.. a sin in fear others will judge us as judgmental.  

My concern/observation is The church (as a whole) is 1/2 afraid to speak truth in love afraid of the mess it may cause, and the other 1/2 appears to be like the frog in the boiling pan of water slowly cooking in our new boiling Baptismal Jacuzzi unaware the temp is rising. We are no longer salt and light as commanded in Mt 5:13-16, but excuse this compromise with the broad brushed statement.. We are about love, Jesus is love. 

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I agree Jesus is love, but his love included speaking directly about sin. He may have called the religious leaders a brood of vipers, but he also lovingly spoke truth to the woman at the well. How would Jesus have been loving if he did not speak the whole truth?  In fact I believe Jesus referenced Hell 46 times. Hell is the scary truth regarding sin.

Same with Paul, he was loving but so direct about sin not because it was on his legalistic DO NOT DO list but because sin is harmful to the body and soul.  

Let's even be more basic about TRUTH.  We as Christians believe there is one way to Heaven and that is Jesus. To share this truth should be the most important truth we can share.  BUT agnostics, atheists, Muslims, Buddhists, etc would disagree.  So do we quit sharing this truth because it might offend.. but let them go to Hell?
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Do we just gently say, well we all believe generally in the same thing 'higher power' so.. peace be still..  Or remain silent because I respect your feelings so much that I would rather let you go to Hell for eternity than offend you today on Earth. This is so very Wrong, and.. the new Right
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​I also believe there is a growing population in the church that doubt the Inerrancy of the Scriptures. It's understandable to have questions on Bible issues we do not understand, but it is alarming to doubt that it is truly God's word.  -Insert Head Slap here-

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MY OWN MESS - Let me be very clear, I am such a sinner.. aka made 'lotsa' mistakes.  I have trouble with my temper, watched movies and laughed at jokes I should not have. I have made compromises, told altered truths (aka lies) and all the other goodies that many of us do.

I am also a man who compromised too many years with alcohol (aka alcoholic), and it was ruining my life.  I share the cartoon on the left that is typically received understandably with collective cringes as it is NOT FUNNY, but it is was becoming my story.

So in response to my drinking my wife expressed to me in love and sometimes the appropriate amount of anger "YOU NEED TO QUIT DRINKING.  This is not good for you, it is not good for your family."  So my question is.. was my wife intolerant and judgmental of me as a person, or was she directly and loving me tell me my alcohol use was hurting me and my family?  

Well, I believe I would be dead now if I continued drinking. And.. to be honest I did not always welcome her words and would soften them by saying I would do better next time, but bottom-line my wife's loving admonishment CHANGED MY LIFE. I thank God for my wife and my three adult kids who lovingly told me truth. Changing a Wrong in my life to make me return to doing Right.


So in this world where WRONG is the new RIGHT how shall we participate?  In our society compromised by ignorance, arrogance, and self we need to stand firm, in love and always stand for God's Truth.. because as they say.. Two Wrongs don't make a Right. 

May God bless each of you to boldly go each day into a world that may hate you for saying RIGHT is still right, and WRONG is still wrong.

Thank you for indulging me sharing this topic of societal angst that is on my heart.

Jeff ​​​​
6 Comments
Kathy Kexel link
7/15/2020 09:39:27 am

Jeff, I appreciate your wisdom and insight. Your cartoons deliver truth in ways that get past what C.S.Lewis called the "watchful dragons" of this world's culture.

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Jeffrey Dean Larson
7/16/2020 11:33:15 pm

Thank you Kathy, I appreciate your kind words of support. You truly made my day.

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Art Pederson
7/15/2020 11:20:49 pm

I may not totally agree on the COVID-19 or BLM or issues around Police racial violence, but your words and cartoons strongly and courageously speak the truth on all other issues you discussed. Thank you once again, my brother.
In Christ, Art

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Jeffrey Dean Larson
7/16/2020 11:32:20 pm

Thank you Art, I would advise you to go to the BLM webpage and look up their mission statement, and statistics do not support the racist police narrative, and the amount of misinformation and false stats on covid are alarming. this being said, God says all lives matter PERIOD, bad police should be in MONSTER trouble when guilty, BUT not assumed guilty and RIOTING is not justified or intelligent. There is only God's Truth and God's Justice in each and every situation and we should never (not saying you are) that a person is racist, guilty or innocent. Thanks as always for your comments and support. Know you are respected and appreciated.

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Doris Ehlenfeldt
7/19/2020 08:22:14 pm

Hi Jeff,
Thank you for being courageous and bold - exposing what is wrong . . .sin.
We need godly men and women, to speak up declaring what you have said in your cartoons and blog post. I thank God for your family's love for you and God's mercy to you.

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Anon
8/10/2020 11:05:48 am

So you believe abortion is death?
The embryo
Within one week of conception, the fertilised egg, known as a blastocyst will make its way to the uterus. Within days the cells will arrange themselves into two masses: the outer coat will become the placenta, while the inner cell becomes the fetus. All being well, the developing embryo will settle into the folds of the womb lining.
An egg is released and fertilised. It takes about nine weeks for the resulting embryo to develop into a fetus. Head Face begins to look human and the brain is developing rapidly. Heart All the internal organs are formed and the heart is able to pump blood around its body. Movement Fetus moves around to encourage muscle development. Weight 10g Length 5.5cm.

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