Lyle's Blog

Have you ever asked yourself why you are here, why you were born, what your purpose for being alive is? Many would say it’s to leave this earth a better place for our children. You know, clean the place up whether it be pollution of the planet itself or the pollution of the mind. This seems correct and reasonable and I do agree that we do have to consider our children’s future. But we perpetuate the myth that we can make this a better place, that we are better than our ancestors. Take a long look around the world; are we really different from men of two or three thousand years ago. Sure we’ve advanced in so many areas, but I’m not talking about modernity. I’m talking about sin. The desire and ability to do evil to one another has merely become more sophisticated. Our technology enhances our enslavement to wicked living. As a nation we ignore the blight of human trafficking, sexual deviancy, the abuse and killing of our innocence, and corruption of leadership that is supposed to protect us from ourselves. In America we have come to believe that everyone has a right to believe anything with the resulting robbing of Peter’s liberty for Paul’s reward. We’re not supposed to judge anyone. That notion is quoted from the Bible by people who disdain the Bible. It is used to parlay there support for unscrupulous actions by squelching opposing views that Bible believing people may hold to be true. It is seldom challenged which has brought us to our present dilemma: the total corruption of our culture. By allowing secular deviants to cherry pick the truth we have relinquished our moral duty to protect liberty which leaves everyone at risk from the tyranny of the few. Man does not become better with education. Knowledge is important if not purported to be an end all. Man is better when he humbles himself to God instead of being humbled by the whims of the state. This is our one hope: that as we become more humble we may submit ourselves to the will of God and bring upon the world His desire that none should perish. We need to encourage others to seek liberty by being humble, to love life and encourage innocence, and allow everyone to pursue happiness which is the contentment of an easy smile.
“Question 1: What is the chief end of man? This most basic question confronts each of us. Why am I here? What is the reason for my existence? What is the purpose of my life? The catechism on the basis of 1 Corinthians 10:31 and Psalm 73:25 provides the familiar answer. “Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever.”