The Occasion Is Piled High With Difficulty

Abraham Lincoln once said, “The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present.  The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion.  As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew.”

What Lincoln said holds for Christians today.  The stormy present requires that we think anew and act anew.

Consider how our occasion is piled high with difficulty and why we must rise to the occasion:

The rise of Islam requires that we understand how Islam is shaping the world.

Developments in science will keep introducing more and more complex medical ethics questions.

The church landscape in North America is changing rapidly.

Due to technological and political changes, Globalization is taking place at dizzying speeds.

There is a barrage of attacks on Christianity.

There are at least three ways you can begin thinking anew if that is your goal.  (1) Read and study God’s Word.  (2) Go to a Bible believing church where the Word is preached.  (3) Take some time off from video games and television, and sharpen your might by reading some really quality Christian literature.

Published by Chris

4 thoughts on “The Occasion Is Piled High With Difficulty”

  1. Good post Chris. I would add to number 3 taking time off the internet, too! 🙂

    May the children of God, by His grace, rise with the occasion!

    Have a great weekend!

  3. Thanks Chris. Oddly enough, it’s a beautiful sunny day here. Maybe the quiet before the storm. Thankfully, both we and the church are above sea level and not in an evacuation zone but lots of talk about the likelihood of shutting down the MTA entirely. Yikes! At any rate, thank God for Jesus. 🙂

  4. I have a hunch that if someone has to “take time off” of Video games and TV they may not even be able to read quality Christian literature. A part of the cost of our “junk-food” habits is that they not only rob us of time, but of the abilities, even the desires, to experience something better.

    Of course, all things are possible with God. May irresistable grace lead many to higher thinking.

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