And along with this devil, you must renounce his ways, and our ways are these:
- Love of kin, which Scripture says will grow cold amongst the apostate near the end (Matthew 24:12).
- Love of our own over foreigners, which Scripture says sets the righteous apart from those who are worse than unbelievers (1 Timothy 5:8).
- Love of our own over and against alien dilution or corruption, which Scripture calls wisdom (Proverbs 5, et passim).
- Love of place, which Scripture says the righteous respect (e.g., Proverbs 22:28).
- Love of truth, which sets apart those who are of God and hear His voice from those who are perishing (2 Thessalonians 2:7–11, Ephesians 4:15).
- Love of things imperishable, which contrasts with the greed and avarice and impatience of the wicked (Romans 2:6–9, 1 Peter 1:3–9)
- Love of the faith of our forefathers, which Scripture says does not change with the times (Luke 21:33).
- Love of the narrow way that leads to life, which contrasts with the broad path that leads downward into damnation and eternal fire (Luke 13:24–30, Matthew 7:13–14).
The choice, then, is yours: Either the New Global Religion or the faith of your forefathers, who sleep now in expectation of the Resurrection and life eternal; either the pantheon or the Lord God; either the New York Times Op-Ed and the clerics who echo it or the podcast you are not even supposed to name.
“But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”