Sanctioned Chaos

An Unsanctioned Christian Perspective on Cultural Disintegration and the Crisis of Principles and Values

De: Jeremy Poulsen

Narrado por: Jeremy Poulsen

Principles are the order that surrounds us. They simply exist, whether we practice them, or not. They’re always present, and there are no substitutes. Their effects are known and repeatable, even when their cause isn’t. They're more enduring, in fact, than the elements on the periodic table.

So, why does it feel like society is in a perpetual state of chaos, and decay? The answer is simple, perhaps confounding for some. Because principles are eternal to the dimension in which they’re fixed. Chaos does not have a natural state. It’s the fallout that results when we ignore, or perhaps don’t understand, principles.

Truth is truth, you see. It either is, or is not. It is neither abstract nor relative. It’s not nearly as complex as nuclear fusion, but when a culture attempts to redefine, or distort it, dangerous chain reactions can follow. When this happens at scale in any society, it will disintegrate.

Welcome to Sanctioned Chaos in the age of infotech! A completely new level of control in a post-internet, Un-United States. It makes FDR’s New Deal seem amateur. It’s the world’s most sophisticated marketing system complete with engineered speech, and behavior. Unimaginable power that the political puppeteers could only dream of a generation ago. It can fix elections, shut down the economy, and unchecked, it will re-synthesize the American way of life. But it's fascinating, the solutions are as rudimentary as the elements. Or, are we so educated that we no longer need faith? Perhaps so cultured that we no longer need families?

Sanctioned Chaos confronts the cultural exodus from religion toward secularism. It reframes the family as the centerpiece of the American dream, and the real solution to macro societal problems. Each chapter traverses the chaos and noise of pop culture, stepping the listener through deeply personal life questions. Answers are distilled with biographical snapshots from the author's life, seen through the lens of eight contemporary cultural crises.

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