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Finding Peace Without Compromise (What Jesus Meant by “Overcome the World”–Part 3)

Constantly rejoicing in hope [because of our confidence in Christ], steadfast and patient in distress, devoted to prayer [continually seeking wisdom, guidance, and strength], contributing to the needs of God’s people, pursuing [the practice of] hospitality. Bless those who persecute you [who cause you harm or hardship]; bless and do not curse [them]. Rejoice with those who rejoice [sharing others’ joy], and weep with those who weep [sharing others’ grief]. Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty [conceited, self-important, exclusive], but associate with humble people [those with a realistic self-view]. Do not overestimate yourself. Never repay anyone evil for evil. Take thought for what is right and gracious and proper in the sight of everyone. If possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. (Romans 12:12-18 AMP)

The 2024 presidential election has long since passed, but the divisions in our nation have not. This fact was tragically highlighted on September 10 by the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

In such times, when political violence has claimed a fellow Truthseeker, our holy calling to be peacemakers becomes even more necessary. But how do we even do that in an environment like this?

The answer is the same as it has always been.

Seek Truth in the common ground.

But how do you find common ground with people who literally shoot at us for speaking Biblical Truth? A good place to start is THIS Biblical truth.

We are not fighting against humans. We are fighting against forces and authorities and against rulers of darkness and powers in the spiritual world. (Ephesians 6:12 CEV)

The same hatred that crucified Christ and murdered Charlie Kirk seeks to divide Christ’s people. However, since it seems to me that strife and discord are continuing to ramp up significantly, I would like to focus on the concept of peace and the part we play in it.

Be sincere in your love for others. Hate everything that is evil and hold tight to everything that is good. (Romans 12:9 CEV)

The murder of Charlie Kirk was evil. The ideologies that drive young men to assassinate peaceful speakers are evil. However, it’s too easy when emotions are running high to go from hating WHAT is evil to projecting that righteous hatred onto people, which is the line we should never cross.

If the news is raising your blood pressure, watch something else. If your “friends” on social media are stirring the pot with their ignorance, get off Facebook and go put your face in a book. Better still, put your face in THE Book. Remember, all evil things will eventually pass away, and the good will remain. So why expend our energy on things that won’t last?

Therefore, in a climate such as the one we currently inhabit, I would suggest that we focus on the “holding tight to everything that is good” part.

Compassion in Conflict

We must judge righteously – recognizing evil ideologies and actions – while showing compassion to individuals ensnared by deception. After all…

We also were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various desires and pleasures, living in evil and envy, filled with hatred and hating each other. (Titus 3:3 MEV)

No one’s inherent worth as God’s creation is diminished by their political errors, though their actions may require righteous judgment. A Truthseeker’s objective is to speak truth boldly, ending arguments through love, not starting them through hate. It is not our place to boast in moral superiority but to exemplify Christ’s humility.

For this reason, I urge patience above all. Resist the temptation to correct people, even if they are obviously wrong. When people are angry or upset, you aren’t going to reach them with logic anyway. Pray for peace and reason to return to our society and wait patiently for God to do His work in His time. Dust can’t settle if you stir it up.

As Far as It Depends on You

Look for ways to show Christ’s love even to those who oppose you. The needy are still needy, so don’t forget them. Create “safe spaces” in your conversations where Christ’s love transcends politics. There are so many other things to talk about.

Don’t take the bait when some fool on the internet calls you a Nazi or a fascist or whatever other political buzzword they don’t understand the meaning of. Many who supported the ideologies of violence now find themselves on the losing side of both the election and public opinion.

I am not suggesting that those who riot, destroy, and murder should escape justice. We do have an opportunity, though, to practice forgiveness while demanding earthly justice through proper channels.

As for the rest of the people who were led astray and now face the collapse of their ideological strongholds, be compassionate while they confront the emptiness of their beliefs. Give them room to grow, even as God did for you.

Where Peace is Found

Make the most of every opportunity to establish common ground with people, preferably face to face. Listen to their stories. See people as individuals Christ died for and not as members of a group. Come alongside people in their difficulties. Focus on Christ-centered solutions rather than worldly problems.

Pray first, and listen carefully for an answer, before presuming to dispense wisdom. When tensions run high, even well-meaning advice can be perceived as an attack.

And PLEASE avoid the temptation to seek revenge, whether in word or deed. That is NEVER our job no matter what happens to us.

It is natural to feel a sense of satisfaction when the times shift in your direction after they have been against you, but it is not our place to rub anyone’s nose in their own misfortune. You will never earn someone’s respect by spiking the football. Just hand it to the official and go back to the sideline. Justice is God’s job, and part of that is righting wrongs. It will happen in His timing. Don’t force the issue.

Most importantly, it is up to us to make the first move toward peace. You will have to use discernment with each individual you encounter as to whether that means actively extending an olive branch or being still for the moment. Things have been ugly for a while, and we’ve seen the ultimate ugliness in Charlie’s murder. You have a choice to reflect Christ’s light or add to the darkness.

You may not be able to single-handedly fix what’s broken in our nation, but how you treat other people is one thing that you CAN control. So, stand firm on truth like Charlie Kirk did, pray without ceasing, and keep hoping in Christ’s ultimate victory. Things WILL get better because He has overcome the world.

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October 24, 2025
God Bless America? (Part 2–Fight the Real Enemy)

The most popular post in the history of this blog was Part 8 of the Overcoming the World series, entitled, “The Struggle.” I think the reason that so many people related to this post was simply because we all have the same struggle, that is, remembering that the real enemy is Satan, not the people under his control.

The media has been trying to turn us against each other for years. Social media has driven this divide far deeper.

And the government has only made things worse. The people that side with the political party in power demonize the other side, and vice versa. And the people in power just stoke the anger and hatred instead of trying to put out the fire.

Nevertheless, even the government is not our real enemy, because the government is made of individual people. Peter explained it like this:

Friends, this world is not your home, so don’t make yourselves cozy in it. Don’t indulge your ego at the expense of your soul. Live an exemplary life in your neighborhood so that your actions will refute their prejudices. Then they’ll be won over to God’s side and be there to join in the celebration when he arrives.

Make the Master proud of you by being good citizens. Respect the authorities, whatever their level; they are God’s emissaries for keeping order. It is God’s will that by doing good, you might cure the ignorance of the fools who think you’re a danger to society. Exercise your freedom by serving God, not by breaking the rules. Treat everyone you meet with dignity. Love your spiritual family. Revere God. Respect the government. (1 Peter 2:11-17 MSG)

So, the message here for Truthseekers is that our mission is not to take America back from the radical left. It’s to start taking the individual members of said radical left back from Satan. Remember the second tenet of the Truthseeker Manifesto:

A Truthseeker makes the most of every opportunity to learn and grow, striving to understand other points of view, with the purpose of establishing common ground.

The problem with our discourse in America now is that nobody seeks the common ground. Nobody even seems to believe that there can be such a thing. “How can I possibly reason with someone so stupid as to think that a fetus is not the same thing as a baby?” “Why do I even have to breathe the same air as these domestic terrorists who are a threat to our democracy?”

But if we all just take a breath and look at the situation as it really is, we will see that no matter how polarized our political points of view, we do have common ground. Our common enemy.

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The Real Enemy

Looking back over the years that I have been posting here, it seems I keep coming back to this theme—Fight the real enemy. This is the rule I cling to when the world gets stupid, and I want to break out my beatin’ stick and go to town.

In Reasonable, our study of Romans 12, we observed that people who persecute us are not our real enemies. The biggest reason that Satan doesn’t want us seeking common ground with our earthly adversaries is because if we find it, then we might start doing crazy things like listening to each other, encouraging each other in our common struggles, even (gasp!) praying for each other!

Might lead to dancing!

So, while our real enemy is trying to divide us all into Us and Them, God is trying to create an Us of every tribe, tongue, and nation. Anyone who responds to the Holy Spirit’s message, and is faithful to obey it, can be one of Us.

This point is absolutely critical, for everyone everywhere, but especially here in America in such a time as this.

Every “Them” is a potential Us. Even though “them” may deny that God even exists, the reality is that “them” were created in His image, the same as Us. This is why God calls us to love our “enemies.” Because “them” are not the real enemy.

At least, until…

The Mark

Then a third angel followed them, shouting, “Anyone who worships the beast and his statue or who accepts his mark on the forehead or on the hand must drink the wine of God’s anger. It has been poured full strength into God’s cup of wrath. And they will be tormented with fire and burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and the Lamb. The smoke of their torment will rise forever and ever, and they will have no relief day or night, for they have worshiped the beast and his statue and have accepted the mark of his name.” (Revelation 14:9-11 NLT)

There is going to come a day when a great many people will make an irrevocable decision to follow the Antichrist. They will signify this decision by having the real enemy’s mark (the 666 thing) stamped on their foreheads or their right hand.

Before this day comes, any “them” is a potential Us. But after this day…
Then, and ONLY then, will these people become a permanent Them. Not until that day will these people become our true enemies. And many Christians believe that we won’t even be around to see that morning.

We have to always remember that the only unforgivable sin is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit (see Matthew 12:31). Taking the mark of the beast would qualify.

Voting Democrat? Not so much. Marching in a Pride parade? Nope. How about getting an abortion? Believe it or not, even this is forgivable (not without consequences, but still forgivable) in the eyes of God.

So I will say the same thing I say in every election year. It’s not our job to save America from Them. It may not even be in the stars for God to save America at all. But it is always God’s plan to build His kingdom.

As such, it should be our primary goal as well.

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July 10, 2022
God Bless America? Part 1: This Land Isn’t Your Land

Your land must not be sold on a permanent basis, because you do not own it; it belongs to God, and you are like foreigners who are allowed to make use of it. (Leviticus 25:23 GNT)

Anybody else as enthusiastic as I am to have the smoldering ruin of 2021 in our rearview mirror?

I’m sure that many of you reading this are kindling a new sense of optimism that 2022 will be the year we clean house and undo the damage that America has sustained. I feel that as well, to a certain extent. Nevertheless, I have a couple of questions scratching at the back door of my brain.

CAN America truly be saved at this point?

SHOULD America (as we have known it) be saved at all?

Now put down your pitchforks and your Boom Bottles; this is all hypothetical. All I am trying to do here is to keep a Truthseeker’s perspective on some very volatile situations.

None of you need to be reimnded, I expect, of how easy it is to get caught up in the emotion of partisan bickering. I have to remind myself daily to be wise about when to engage and when not to in matters political. I frequently make the wrong choice, so no judging or finger-pointing here.

My point is that we like to say, “God bless America,” but why would we really ever think He would do that? After all…

To him, all the nations don’t amount to anything.
He considers them to be worthless.
In fact, they are less than nothing in his sight. (Isaiah 40:17 NIRV)

So why would we think it was ever God’s plan to save America?

Hail Murica.

People > Places

Jesus’ final command to us before He left Earth was (emphasis mine):

Go to the people of all nations and make them my disciples. Baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and teach them to do everything I have told you. I will be with you always, even until the end of the world. (Matthew 28:19-20 CEV)

We see from this that God’s plan is personal, not national. Yes, His original plan was for Israel to be His chosen nation, but the entire Bible is a testimony to how well that worked out.

Jesus commanded us to go to all nations, not to save all nations. Indeed in John’s vision of heaven in Revelation 7, the great multitude was from every nation, tribe, people, and language.

The reality we don’t want to admit is that the United States of America is not a Christian nation. Rather, it is a nation that has Christians in it. God doesn’t bless America; He blesses faith. There is no promise in scripture that any nation will be saved, but that those who are saved will become a nation:

But you are God’s “chosen generation,” his “royal priesthood,” his “holy nation,” his “peculiar people”—all the old titles of God’s people now belong to you. It is for you now to demonstrate the goodness of him who has called you out of darkness into his amazing light. (1 Peter 2:9 PHILLIPS)

So, to reiterate, the goal of an American Truthseeker is not to try to save America, but to save Americans by showing them what the true and better nation is—the Kingdom of God.

We don’t do this through political campaigning or social media bullying or even street-corner preaching.

We do this by simply living out our holy calling. Even if we only do this much, we will stand out in this culture in a way that will attract attention. Not all of this attention will be positive though.

So, when we find ourselves surrounded by detractors, and we will, we must all remember one thing.

(And to find out what that one thing is, come back for Part 2—Fight the Real Enemy.)

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January 14, 2022

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