Over the course of these last three years we've seen a lot of people say you know what this is not right this is not the way that

American capitalism is supposed to function this is not the way American democracy is supposed to function. This is not the way American democracy is supposed to

function and it's important for us to get this right because if we don't then we

lose everything. Outstanding is a production of the Washington Stand where you can

find news and commentary from a biblical worldview.

Welcome to Outstanding where we have critical conversations about the news of the day and the ideas that shape us.

Once again, I'm your host Joseph back home welcoming you to

another exercise and taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ. Now

the reason this is important is because we are in an ideological battlefield. In obvious and less obvious

ways we're constantly being bombarded with arguments and ideas, constantly forced to decide

which ideas are worth listening to and which must be disposed of as a matter of survival.

Now ideas like armies conquer ground, an idea that once had no influence at all can first win someone's heart, then a community,

then many communities until it's eventually captured a nation.

This is how moral revolutions take place for better or for worse.

Now we see evidence of this kind of moral revolution

during our global month-long celebration of pride,

which we're all in the middle of.

All the paint, flags, and stickers are just visible evidence

of ideological ground that has been conquered.

Now, that doesn't happen at once, all at once in all battles you have to move one step at a time

You conquer a bridge a hill then a town you keep piling up small victories and then eventually until eventually you realize a significant

amount of territory has been conquered this is how ideological warfare happens.

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