You can always tell what a culture worships by its blasphemy laws, the things that you aren't allowed to say. Blasphemy laws in America, whether on the legal books themselves or merely stigma present in society, are turning against God's truth. That's all there is to it. America's god is not God. America's god is Man's ability to rebel against his creator. As someone who is studying to be a Christian educator, will be going to seminary, and possibly entering the ministry, these sorts of trends are scary because of the fact that within the next twenty years, certain aspects of my profession will almost certainly be criminalized on the federal level. This should be scary for all Christians, really. But even so, I welcome this turn of events. The church has always flourished under the rod of persecution, and this will be no exception. As America continues to descend into the pit of atheism and despair that Europe has fallen into, Christ Triumphant will make his church stronger than ever.
"Though there be those who hate her,
And false sons in her pale,
Against both foe or traitor
She ever shall prevail."
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
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Wow. I'm glad I stopped by today. Very encouraging!
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John 15, If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you.
ReplyDeleteSobering thoughts, no?
Indeed. People seem to have this expectation that Christianity will be treated equally with other religions, movements, and what have you, but this is simply not the case. We've all known about this since the time of Christ, and yet we're still surprised when we're treated injustly and rejected by our own culture.
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