Reclaiming Reality

Wondering under what Rock the Reclaiming Reality Team has been hiding? Here is a quick (and somewhat sappy) message on what keeps us going and why we are super excited for the release of Season 2! 

You stand naked, stripped of all your group memberships and roles...what do you have left? That's right. Today we are talking about Collectivism vs Individualism, two competing ideologies for how you determine your own value as a member of society and/or as an individual. You might find yourself between these two ideas more often than you think.

What is the one thing that humanity knows that not even angels understand?

I wish someone had pressed me harder about my own forgiveness or lack there-of. I spent all my time holding resentment against others that I forgot to forgive myself. I didn't realize how badly I was hurt until someone pointed it out. Now that I see it, I can't be the same.

If we want to be fair judges of all matters, let us convince ourselves first of all of this: None of us is without Guilt. 

-Seneca

First, let me say that Christ is not guilty of any of the things discussed here. We, sinful men, are guilty. An apology is in order. I cannot speak for all of the church, but as a student of the bible, I can tell that we have messed up in some ways. There are things that the church has done that are not reflective of Christ and we need to discuss that.

Ben moves on to tackle Neo-Marxism as well as Identity Politics.

Have you noticed how pornography seems to just "show up," even if you are not a usual buyer? Have you noticed how accessible pornography has become? Have you ever stopped to think about why our society seems to condone porn much more than it condemns it? Let's talk about pornography and investigate its role in our everyday lives...and brains.  

FUNDAMENTAL ATTRIBUTION ERROR.

You wanna know what's wrong with the world?

I am. Let me tell you why.

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, are classic characters form Childhood bible stories. Let's take a second to look at, and we will see that the story is just as much about Nebuchadnezzar as it is about our childhood heroes. 

But if that's the case, then our lives cannot be about us alone.

Who are you? What makes you up as a person? With rhetoric about 'identity' everywhere, Ben begins to tackle this massive topic by giving a brief overview of Karl Marx's philosophy.

What does your church's Sunday worship look like? After discussing how everyone worships something/someone, regardless of faith or religion, we turn our conversation toward the American Christian Church. If you have been to a church in America, you may want to explore why we sing, dance, and praise God every Sunday morning...and what God thinks about it all.