Wrong Think I

Extracted Verses and Quotes from the Sermon

Biblical Verses

Declaration of Independence (quoted)

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, and they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among those are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Deuteronomy 6:12

Take care that you do not forget the Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

Psalm 119:11

I treasure your word in my heart so that I may not sin against you.

Proverbs 6:21

When you walk they will lead you, when you lie down they will watch over you, when you awake they will talk with you.

Hebrews 10:25 (paraphrased)

Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and to good deeds, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the day approaching.

1 Thessalonians 5:11

Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, as indeed you are doing.

Jesus, John 8:31-32 (paraphrased)

If you continue in my word, you truly are my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.

Memorable Quotes

“I was a loyal Soviet citizen until the age of 20. What it meant to be a loyal citizen was to say what you were supposed to say, to read what you were permitted to read, to speak to vote the way you were told to vote—and at the same time to know that it was all a lie.”

“Totalitarian regimes are built on an ideology of lies, and the system survives only because people are afraid to challenge those lies. In contrast, democracies thrive because of shared truths.”

“Today in America, we are being forced to live with lies. These lies include that men can have periods, that there are dozens of gender identities, that a man can become a woman, and a woman can become a man. These are lies.”

“Totalitarianism means: ‘all within the state, none outside the state, and none against the state.’ Totalitarian forms of government do not permit any individual freedoms such as freedom of conscience, and they seek to subordinate all aspects of an individual’s life to the needs and priorities of the dominant state.”

“We are now a postmodern society trying to live within the structures of a modernist nation state, which is almost impossible.”

“In the postmodern era, truth is no longer absolute but variable, situational, unknowable, personal, subjective, fluid—your truth, my truth, his truth, her truth, their truth.”

“We are a post-privacy society. What is normal today may be recorded and used against you tomorrow.”

“Loneliness has become an everyday concern for the ever-growing masses of our century. Social media has increased our disconnection from real people, replacing meaningful community with atomization and isolation.”

“Marxism is a secularized version of the kingdom of God, providing a powerful socialist alternative for a post-Christian America.”

“The biblical worldview answers why we exist, why our world is broken, and how redemption is possible through faith in Jesus Christ. Marxist ideology provides a similar structure but replaces God with matter, private property with oppression, and revolution as redemption.”

“We are witnessing the legal separation of biological sex from gender identity for the first time in human history, threatening religious liberty and biblical truth in America.”

“In Nazi Germany, Adventists were torn between fulfilling their mission, preserving their structures, and accommodating the demands of an intolerant regime. This difficult position led to painful compromises and divisions.”

“Within North American Division Adventism, we have fractured: some proclaim progressive views and LGBTQ+ allyship, while others hold to biblical convictions. This division threatens the unity and witness of the church.”

“God will have His faithful remnant who will not bow the knee to the bales of modern Western society, just as Elijah was told there were still 7,000 who had not bowed to Baal.”

“We cannot change what is happening in the West, but as individuals and families of faith, we can determine our response. We are not helpless.”

“Retell your history. Without a cultural memory, you have no culture, and without a culture, you have no identity. Totalitarian regimes seek to erase cultural memories to impose their dogma.”

“Memorize Scripture. Prisoners of conscience repeatedly testify that memorized Scripture is absolutely crucial in bringing people through times of stress, imprisonment, and torture.”

“Reconnect with each other. Invest in human relationships because when all institutions are closed, the visible manifestation of the body of Christ will be those relationships.”

“Reprioritize your finances. Use what God has blessed you with to be a blessing in God’s kingdom, helping those in need and investing in literature to spread the gospel when other platforms are closed.”

“Retool spiritually. Every believer is called to be a seed sower—learning to listen respectfully, love sacrificially, share the gospel simply, and lead others to Christ.”

“Ideology gives evildoing its justification and steadfastness. The 20th century experienced evildoing on a scale calculated in millions because of ideology. We see the rise of the same Christ-hating socialist ideology in America today, imposing itself via cancel culture and soft totalitarianism.”

“Sooner or later, cancel culture will not be enough and soft totalitarianism will be replaced by a harder form here in America.”

“You can choose to live with the lies and keep your well-paid middle-class job, joining online mobs, but living with lies means living with fear, degradation, and loss of rights. Or you can choose to live for the truth, knowing Jesus who is the truth, and be set free.”

Other Quotations

Alexander Solzhenitsyn

“Ideology—that is what gives evildoing its long-sought justification and gives the evildoer the necessary steadfastness and determination. Thanks to ideology, the 20th century was fated to experience evildoing on a scale calculated in the millions. This cannot be denied nor passed over nor suppressed. How then do we dare insist that evildoers do not exist? Without evildoers there would have been no archipelago.”

Hannah Arendt

“What prepares men for totalitarian domination in the non-totalitarian world is the fact that loneliness has become an everyday concern for the ever grown masses of our century.”