Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord, would have none of my counsel and despised all my reproof, therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way, and have their fill of their own devices. For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacency of fools destroys them; but whoever listens to me will dwell secure and will be at ease, without dread of disaster.

Proverbs 1:29-33

This week’s sign recognizes that true knowledge begins with and involves Christ. When our schools promote the LGBTQ agenda and teach critical race theory, when they actively redact history to omit Christ’s positive influence on the world through the innovative and brilliant services of Christians throughout history, choosing instead to instruct our children in the latest scientism derived from evolution’s godlessness, when they remove even the mention of the Bible from English and History classes and fly rainbow flags in biology classrooms, when they villainize the great contributors to the Western world because their sins are currently politically incorrect, while propping up other sinners to hero-status because they have a socially acceptable skin color, bedroom behavior, or victimization classification, then our kids are receiving a worldview that hate’s the Lord. Christians recognize that America’s public school system is teaching our children to despise God’s counsel, and so our choices counter this evil as we intentionally and continually return to the study of the Holy Scriptures… for ourselves, for our children, and for all of our neighbors. See the following video.

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Romans 12:2

[Y]ou yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 2:5

We rest from the false teachings of woke America every time we gather around God’s Word and Sacrament. In this rest, our Lord equips us with what we need to know in order to resist the sinful and godless influences all around us. Not only that. He also gives us the power to resist evil by giving us His Holy Spirit. He does this for each of us. Together we are built into a community (the church), which, by God’s design, shapes the culture around us, bringing truth to the lies and light to the darkness. However, if we resist God and stay away from His Word and Sacrament, which He promises to give to us when we are gathered together in His name (Matthew 18:20), we remain wearied by the world’s ways unequipped to combat the advances of our adversary.

How did the first generation of Christians resist the evil of their day and convert their culture? By “not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.” (Hebrews 10:25).

And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.

Acts 2:42