A House Divided Against Itself

BBC News

Some American Christians seem to think that things are getting worse for believers in this country. And while the United States is certainly not receptive to the Church and her ways as a whole, we are in paradise compared to Europe. An entire continent, which had once been the bulwark of Christian civilisation, has now been overcome by despair and atheism. When Christians in both Europe and the United States find themselves unable to take Biblical stances on issues like abortion and homosexuality, as the Church of Scotland is on the verge of doing, we are going to have problems. If Christians allow wholesale murder to continue on their very doorsteps, without saying a word against it, how can they expect to further Christ's kingdom? As for me, I will continue to pray for the church in Africa and Asia, because when our time comes, and our churches are in need, we will have brothers and sisters in those parts of the world that were once dark. We are not immune. American Christianity is a mile wide and only half an inch deep, European Christianity is under assault, and those places which we once ministered to are now beginning to reach out towards us. We must not concede ground. Even if our nation won't listen to us, we cannot conform. As long as portions of the Church are willing to give in to post-modernism, we, as the catholic, universal church, will not be able to move forward.