{"id":25610,"date":"2017-01-09T12:46:02","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T18:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=25610"},"modified":"2017-04-17T21:57:34","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T01:57:34","slug":"coming-through-the-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/coming-through-the-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming Through the Storm","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Fort Lauderdale Airport aftermath… when will the madness end?\u00a0<\/em> Courtesy nydailynews.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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THERE<\/strong> has been a great deal of attention on this website to the exterior <\/em>dimensions of the Storm that has descended upon the world… a Storm that has been in the making for centuries, if not millenia. However, what is most important is being aware of the interior<\/em> aspects of the Storm that are raging in many souls that are\u00a0becoming more evident by the day: the storm surge of temptation, the winds of division, the rainfall of errors, the roar of oppression, and so forth. Nearly every red-blooded male I encounter these days is struggling against pornography. Families and marriages everywhere are being torn asunder by divisions and fighting. Errors and confusion are spreading regarding moral absolutes and the nature of authentic love… Few, it seems, realize what is happening, and it can be explained in one simple Scripture:<\/p>\n

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He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. (Col 1:17)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So, when society en masse <\/em>rejects God, as has happened almost entirely in the Western world, all things begin to come apart<\/em>. More than that, if we reject the presence of Christ in our societies, guess who takes His place? [1]<\/sup><\/a>cf.\u00a0The Great Vacuum<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span>