Here's the picture that got me started:
After losing his wife and daughter in a tragic accident early in his career, Biden promised his sons he would come home every night. And he did.
For 36 years as a senator, he kept that promise by commuting daily on Amtrak, earning the nickname “Amtrak Joe.”
So seeing him on a regular flight isn’t unusual, it reflects a lifelong pattern: despite holding high office, he has tried to remain grounded, prioritizing family and staying connected to ordinary life.
The Loss of Discernment in Christendom
A Molue Monologue by Don Kenobi
#OldManInTheMolue #MyFrancisEssays
This is a man that most wicked amongst us have trained otherwise decent Christian folk to hate.
Just as they trained them, even Africans, to hate Obama.
A tragic loss of Christian witness.
And it is not accidental. It is deliberate.
When Guardrails Are Removed
When guardrails are removed, the unwary fall when they stumble.
Decency is a guardrail.
So when decent men are systematically rubbished and demonized, one after the other, it is not a coincidence:
Bill Gates
Barack Obama
Joe Biden
Jimmy Carter
On and on
It creates a vacuum, one that allows far less decent voices to rise and take their place.
Evil always seeks to replace good by pretending to be what it is not.
The Question We Refuse to Ask
The New Testament repeatedly warns about deception and spiritual wickedness.
So let me ask plainly:
Are we saying there is no deceit in the world today?
No spiritual wickedness in high places?
None even within the church?
Or was Scripture warning us about nothing?
Gullibility matters. It is not harmless. At some point, it becomes a choice.
And that choice has consequences.
A Picture of Humility
Now consider this:
Joe Biden, portrayed by some as a villain, sitting quietly on a commercial flight.
Strange, isn’t it?
The very picture of humility, one of the great virtues of Christendom.
Now compare that with the figures celebrated by the so-called “Christian right.”
Isn’t it startling that we carry on as though there is no grand deception unfolding in Christendom?
The Warning We Prefer Not to Hear
“Should I quote 2 Thessalonians 2:11, or are we ‘winning’ so much by obeying its warning that we’d rather not hear it one more time?”
Well, let me quote it just this once, along with the surrounding verses:
2 Thessalonians 2:8–13 (New Catholic Bible)
Then the lawless one will be revealed, and the Lord Jesus will slay him by the breath of his mouth and destroy him by the splendor of his coming.
His coming will be the work of Satan made manifest in all power and signs and wonders of falsehood, and in every wicked deception designed for those who are perishing because they refused to accept the love of the truth and thereby gain salvation.
For this reason, God imposes on them a powerful delusion. They believe what is false, so that all who have not believed the truth but instead have taken pleasure in wickedness will be condemned.
However, we must always give thanks to God for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in the truth.
A Sobering Note from the Footnotes
The footnotes that accompany the Catholic Bible are striking. They must be read carefully:
2 Thessalonians 2:8 — Paul describes a final offensive of evil, a great apostasy, before the triumph of Christ. The lawless one appears powerful, but he is ultimately defeated by Christ.
2 Thessalonians 2:10 — “Love of the truth” refers to embracing the Gospel fully. To reject it is to reject love itself.
2 Thessalonians 2:13 — Salvation requires perseverance: fidelity to truth, active good works, and adherence to apostolic teaching.
The passage also reveals the harmony of the Trinity in salvation:
The Father calls, the Son shares His glory, and the Spirit sanctifies.
Final Word
Deception is not theoretical.
It is active.
It is persuasive.
And it is often welcomed.
Thank you for your attention.
Don Kenobi
#OldManInTheMolue
#MyFrancisEssays
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