Spiritual things are good. Earthly things are bad. Right? Wrong.
And not only wrong, but dangerously wrong. This is popularly called dualism, this idea that the spiritual things are sacred and natural things profane. It’s easy to slip into if you are a Christian, and the fall can be devastating to your destiny.
The danger with dualism is it induces Christians to withdraw from the world. If earthly things are unholy, then Christians are better off just staying in their churches and prayer meetings and not getting involved in the world, lest they be corrupted by it.
This leads to a self-fulfilling prophecy because when the yeast is removed from the dough it falls. When the salt is removed, the food has no flavor. When the light is removed, only darkness remains. Continue reading “Why Dualism Is A Destiny-Killer”