Reflections as we await the coming year
Kenneth Koole offers a sobering reflection on 2018 and the year ahead, confronting societal hatred, war, and despair rather than offering shallow optimism. He grounds his pessimistic assessment in biblical realism about human sinfulness and God's sovereignty, ultimately pointing to Christ's promised return as the true source of hope. The piece challenges readers to maintain a Reformed perspective on cultural decline while trusting in God's providential governance.
Hatred. War. Lamentation. Despair. Not words found on too many year-end Christmas greeting cards, are they? The words love, peace, joy, and hope? These dominate as the world looks towards a new year. But not their antonyms, that is for sure. But it's hatred, war, lamentation, and despair that are loose in this world of sin and evil. These are what dominated AD 2018, and they will only intensify in the Year of Our Lord 2019. Sorry to put such a sour ice-cube in mankind's New Year's...
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