Our postmodern world of fascist madness is full of propaganda - political, philosophical, religious, psychological, and otherwise. While postmodernism does not believe in any kind of truth, it spends much time propagandizing folks 24/7 through the boob tube, radio, and especially through our universities which are just indoctrination camps these days that have little interest in facts or truth. Only revelation from God can respond and answer this very great crisis that is currently drowning our entire planet with so much superficiality coupled with the emptiness of thought and/ or mind, overcharged with speculative idealism that invariably leads to deep disappointments this side of the grave - all of which are foolishly overlooked, ignored, and not taken as seriously as demanded of sober thinking. The problem was always bad, very acute, but is now off the charts on steroids in never, never land filled to the brim with all kinds of do-gooder political and religious mysticism that has confused, divided, and hardened so many minds and hearts today so that we are all but guaranteed to talk past each other.

Yet the day of New Testament grace remains and the responsibility of the church is still to make disciples of the nations. We thus continue the work of the ministry in spite of difficult odds, many barriers, deaf ears, and hardened hearts - all of which are even prophesied by the apostle Paul (2 Timothy 3:1-5). All Christians also struggle with the same spiritual maladies that make it all too easy for their opponents to charge them with hypocrisy and other sins. After spending much time highlighting the heroic struggles of the saints throughout the Old Testament with one biblical history lesson after the next (Hebrews 11), the sacred author thus goes on to strongly exhort us at the same time not to be discouraged in the face of daunting circumstances and spiritual tests, "Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart (Hebrews 12:1-3)."