Last week was very enlightening. North Face showed its face. Target was targeted. And the LA Dodgers got as far away from baseball as the organization could get. Along with Bud Light, much of the controversy around these corporations relate to their affiliation with drag queens, the trans-movement, and satanism.
It is the satanism that some of these organizations are promoting that I would like to address in this post. Last week was kind of a watershed moment in that now, corporations are taking their satanism and throwing it “in your face.”
The Dodgers invited the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (SPI), a trans and queer nun group out to its ballpark to honor the group in “Pride Month.” Of course, the Catholics took offense because they have real nuns. Apparently the meaning of “nun” is being redefined today. With the rise of religious nones, I’m not sure how many people are even paying attention.
Then Target’s clothing partner company Abprallen produced an apparel collection to celebrate pride month which had satanic and occult images and themes attached to them. The owner of Abprallen is openly satanic. There are member(s) of the SPI that attend the Church of Satan. The point is this: Satanism is in our face now.
Things like these are really nothing new. They’ve been happening all along. Just a casual observance on any form of media and you can walk away feeling something isn’t right. What these events do however, is put feet to the fire. You’re not just feeling something hellish is happening. Now, you’re seeing it with your own eyes.
Today is Memorial Day. Traditionally, this has been a day where the ideals of faith, family, and values were upheld. Of course, the Day was originally created to honor those in the Armed Services who died to give us the freedoms we enjoy. Because of their sacrifice, all churches and corporations currently have the freedom to promote that which they choose.
I’m just one who thinks it would be best if baseball teams stuck to playing baseball, if soft drink companies stuck to selling soft drinks. During Covid, many a corporation showed their true colors. Woke companies decided to politicize their products. For example, one couldn’t down a Coke without wondering if it was “socially just” to do so.
Here’s the bottom line: What we have today is not a black and white issue. It’s not even what we humans, left to ourselves, would classify as “right vs. wrong”. This is because left to ourselves, we humans often misdefine that which is right and wrong. Only God’s Word, the Bible, can rightly define that which is right and wrong. No, what we have today is a battle of “Good versus Evil”.
Underneath much of what surfaces as wokeism, socialism, marxism, totalitarianism, and many other ism’s is satanism. The SPI is an organization that holds annual Easter events which mock the crucifixion of Christ. They’re openly anti-Christian and they’re not the type of nuns you want your children hanging around.
After some backlash, the Dodgers decided to cancel their invitation to the SPI. But, you know what they decided to do next? That’s right — after a few days, they rescinded and re-invited the SPI.
According to the LA Times, “The Los Angeles Sisters say they’ve accepted the apology from Dodgers leadership over the decision Wednesday to dump them from Pride Night under pressure from conservative Catholic groups. The Sisters said they will indeed be honored with the Community Hero Award they originally were to receive.”
This is the world our next generation of Christ-followers is growing up in. It’s not a playground. It’s a battleground. And it’s only going to get worse. What’s in our face now will one day be . . . well, I won’t go there . . . We need to do something now and that something is to stand up, pray, and to raise our children in a godly way where they can understand the culture that is around them and how to navigate it in a way that honors Jesus.
