Father Stephen writes about the Death of Religion or rather, the non-existence of a lukewarm Christianity that is as far removed from the life of God, as east is from the west.
Religion, Father Stephen says, is what happens when we seek God outside of ourselves. We have externalised God to such an extent that we see him only as an extension of state or party. The Church in the West has not been immune from this, indeed it seems to have taken a lead from political parties by presenting not one way The Truth, but diverse ways antagonistic to each other:
We have become a nation of red Church, blue Church, neither of which have any relation with The Church, the fullness of Him that filleth all in all. This also makes the Church into a political instrument, or politics into a churchly instrument. Thus the victory of one party or the loss by another is seen as a victory of religious significance. Both major parties this election season embraced “faith,” and generally found themselves embraced in return. — Father Stephen Freeman
The world labours under the burden of rebellion that seems inescapable, though it grasps and clutches at straws which only masquerade as truth. God however, provides a clear plan of salvation that can be experienced in the Church, but cannot easily be defined.
Jerusalem will be a city without walls — I myself will be a wall of fire around it and I will be it’s glory within, declares the LORD – Zechariah 2: 3-5.
Be still mankind, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling place — Zechariah 2:13
