Woke? With David Kenebrew, Th.D.

2022 May 8th Streaming

It has been stated and echoed for many years that “words” are important. Not only that, but their meaning are just as important as the words themselves. While the “words” may stay the same over time, their meanings can change. These changes happen for various reasons, some simply personal and subjective, or based on the user’s point of view. When this happens the “word” and it’s “meaning” are hijacked to meet that personal need.

A few examples of “words” and their “meanings” hijacked from their original to meet personal and subjective meanings:

Christian

Amazingly, this word is used only three times in the Bible, but is used in conversation more than any other word written in the Bible. I am amazed because over 99 percent of the people you talk to about the word Christian does not know or understand the difference between its original meaning and the hijacked meaning used today.

Patriot

The original meaning of this word carried with it the ideas of honor, dedication, service and personal sacrifice to country. With today’s jacking, everyone is called a “Patriot” (like the word Christian) because they acknowledge a particular political or religious view. Those views do not necessarily carry with them honor, dedication, service and personal sacrifice to country. The meaning today is purely subjective.

So it is with our word in today’s message, “Woke.” Woke has been hijacked from its original meaning to a new personal and subjective meaning today. There is a deeper meaning for this word we will review in this message. Let’s talk about it…