Welcome to 2023. This is a new year that has brought a new beginning to us all, a beginning that is full of new expectations, whether we deserve this newness or not. My life in retirement is simple, my house, my dogs, my trees and my blog. For the last fourteen years I have shared some of my hard-fought understandings of the Bible and American politics on my blog, ggoslaw.blogspot.com.
Blogging has
been a learning experience. I am not an
accomplished political writer nor a creditable biblical theologian, no degrees
and no allies to quote. I am a
reprobate, a profound sinner who is just trying to separate fact from
fiction. My most important discovery while
learning some of the history of both politics and religion is that both are awash
is seemingly never-ending confusion dumped on us by those who make groundless assumptions. Most, if not all, historical attempts to bring clarity just seem to further muddy the
water. The assumptions are the real target.
Both the Bible and in American politics, if you don’t
know your history, you are doomed to repeat the egregious errors of the
past. Generally, we the people are
ignorant of both our factual American history and the history of the Christian
Church. America is supposed to the land of the free. Are we free? Maybe we are, maybe not. The Church is supposed to be
biblically based. Maybe it is, maybe not. We the people just tend to swallow whatever
is fed to us. Because we don't know our history, we do not have the facts
to make a just judgement and confusion reigns.
This is not
a slam on the intellectual prowess of the people. There
was a time in my life when the swallowing was the only viable option, after
all, there are jobs to perform, finances to manage and families to raise, who has
the time? Who has the time to ask
questions? I am extremely grateful that
now God has given me the time to ask questions because questions are a delight.
G.Goslaw
Landers, CA
