Illustration: Recently I listened to two atheists discuss how atheism has failed, and that they fear the West may likely crumble if it insists upon atheism/secularism. But what interested me even more was how shocked the audience members were at this discussion. It was as if they had never connected the dots in their thinking, that secularism/atheism has its feet firmly planted in mid-air. There is no fixed point in atheism. Because there is no fixed point, no transcendent anchor, what remains is opinion/preference. This seems so simple to understand, but it is taking the West so very long to wake up to the insanity of a progressive/secular/atheist utopia. Folks, when you hear people promise heaven on earth, run. Why? Because terror is at the gate. Like Arnold’s poem phrases it, ignorant armies clash by night. Darkness is the predominant metaphor, not light.

The Anchored Lighthouse: The alternative to the insanity of atheism is Christianity. Why? Because it’s Christ or chaos. If that sounds reductionistic, I welcome someone to prove otherwise. We are in a time of moral chaos because we are trying to sail ships on a sea of darkness. There is no fixed point, no anchor, no lighthouse that is unmoving. But the great truth of Christianity is that there is a fixed point, an anchor, a lighthouse that is not only unmoving, but also holy and who redeems. Will you listen to just one verse from David in Psalm 27:1, ESV: “The LORD is my light and my salvation; who shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?”

Folks, that is not braggadocio or bravado or any such thing. That is a poetic way of saying that God is the anchored lighthouse, that God is the unmoving and transcendent, that God is the fixed point, that God is the Light amidst the darkness. It has always been the choice between Christ or chaos, and the wise person understands the times and knows what he/she ought to do.