Kameel Majdali's Road Ahead

The culture war is not a war of bullets and bombs but of words and semantics. In this regard, the leftists and progressives has been very adept. They adopted catchy euphemisms to make their agenda palatable. For example, abortion on demand has been called ‘pro-choice’ or ‘a woman’s right to chose’ or even ‘women’s reproductive rights. Same-sex marriage is called ‘marriage equality.’ Illegal aliens are merely ‘undocumented workers.’ These terms have been stunningly effective in helping advance their cause. On another front, when they have an argument with a conservative opponent, they go on a blistering personal attack - insulting, swearing, demeaning the other party. Terms like ‘hater,’ ‘bigot,’ ‘homophobe,’ ‘sexist,’ ‘racist,’ ‘misogynist,’ ‘Islamophobe,’ ‘intolerant,’ are common pejorative labels throne at conservative and non-conformist debaters. It is like the piranha effect - focus on one target and make they so despised that they don’t dare answer back and others lik...

ELECTIONS APLENTY 2019 is the year for elections. Even the 2020 US Presidential election has become. What lies ahead? 2020 US Presidential Campaign: Other countries continue to stand aghast at how lengthy, and expensive US presidential campaigns are. The upcoming election will be in far way November 2020, and already the gun has sounded and the runners have taken off. If the Democrats can’t remove Trump from office via impeachment, they are hoping to do so at the ballot box. The field of declared contenders for the Democratic Party nomination is already crowded and more and more are ‘mulling over’ a run for the White House. Chances are, the number of Democrats running for President in 2020 will exceed the 17 Republicans who campaigned for their party’s nomination in 2016. Already, more women are declared candidates than ever before. How will President Trump fare? His approval rating at the moment is 44% versus 57% negative. Ronald Reagan was 33% approval rating at ...

REINTERPRETATION OF EVERYTHING We have been exploring the effects of left-leaning progressivism on Christian churches, particularly in the West. Though progressivism is normally and fiercely ‘secular,’ it has made big inroads into some churches. While the change is incremental, the results are large. It starts with a desire to reach the world, often by worldly methods and mindsets. Relevance is a chief goal. After that, the move towards progressive Christianity has a fresh look at Scripture, often resulting in a ‘low-view.’ One progressive Christian leader said that the Bible condones war, slavery in both testaments and relegates women to a second class status. When Scripture is despised and demoted, the ‘little boy’s finger in the Dutch dike’ is removed, and the sea water begins to pour in. In this article, we will explore how progressivism seeks to redefine and interpret everything. In lock-step with postmodernism and progressivism, key phrases and key doctrines of...

Recognising Progressive Churches Part 02: Attitude To God’s Word The Culture War : We have focused on this topic for several months - and for good reason. In order to ‘understand our times,’ we need to gain hold of the single-most critical issue of our day: the conflict between left-leaning progressives and traditional values conservatives. This is part of the half-century old ‘cultural civil war’ or ‘culture war.’ Conservatives wants to preserve the good things of western civilisation: rule of law, parliamentary democracy, constitutional government, and, above all, Judeo-Christianity. Progressives wants to either alter or destroy the West as we know it, all for the sake of ‘progress.’ We learned that this war is no longer strictly a secular phenomena. Progressivism is now affecting Christian churches: liberal, mainline, and even some evangelical. The process happens over time but some constant trends include high emphasis on relevance to the world system and culture. ...

The culture war - progressivism versus conservatism - is ultimately a battle for the heart and soul of western civilisation. Some progressives seek to change the West; the more radical ones want to destroy it. To leftist, the West is viewed negatively: It represents oppressive dominant dead white men, Judaism and Christianity, old fashioned values and morality, and traditional family, along with a host of other traditions. For them, ‘ progress ’ is redefining, overhauling, or rejecting these things. To the conservative, the West, represents democracy, free market capitalism, human rights, rule of law with due process, and, most importantly, Judaeo-Christianity. It delivered us from the dark and barbaric age and made an oversized contribution to civilisation. Its continued survival, and the blessings that go with it, are at stake. Conservatism seeks to retain or ‘conserve’ the good things of the West, as well as Biblical values: traditional morality, traditional marriage, and s...

Progressivism (P) Vs. Conservatism (C) When you understand a problem, you are halfway towards a solution! As we have learned, there are two sides of the on-going, half-century old ‘culture war:’ The left-leaning secular progressives (sometimes called ‘liberals’), versus the right-leaning traditional values conservative (also known as ‘social conservatives’). The secular progressives dominate our political parties, mainstream media, academia, big business, some parts of the judiciary, and the entertainment industry. Many mainstream people and some cultural leaders subscribe, at least in part, to the traditional values side. This handy guide will help distinguish between progressives (P) and conservatives (C). 1. Worldview P: Concerned with economic material side of man; C: Concerned with the entire person, including moral & spiritual. 2. Identity P: Identity Politics; C: Character (Martin Luther King Jr., in his epic 1963 speech, I Have A...