It seems to me that the average American has become totally secularized. Even the Christianity that we profess is secular. We have taken the anti-Christian secular Culture and combined it with our Christianity. So we believe in Jesus but we also accept homosexuality, abortion, fornication, drunkenness, and virtually every religion and philosophy there is.
Our present day popular culture was formed in the 60's and 70's. It was a reaction against the Protestant Christianity which dominated American culture from its inception. As a result it became anti-Christian in nature. Whereas much of western Europe seems to have thrown off Christianity for its version of secularist anti-Christianity, we have combined the two.
It would have been better for us to do what Western Europe has done. At least there one has a clear choice to accept or reject Christianity. Here one can reject Christianity while believing that he still clings to it. It may just be the Devil's masterpiece.
Christians have always thrived when there is a clear choice and even more so when there is persecution. Evangelizing those who know that they are not Christian can be challenging, but at least they know where they stand and can accept or reject. But how does one evangelize those who believe they are Christian but are not? In today's climate they either do not believe they have a need for what the evangelist brings them, or they believe that he is just a far right extremist and dismiss him as such.
It may sound strange but I pray that God would either convert the popular culture or push it into realizing that it is anti-Christian and have it act as such.
Of course that would mean that the rest of the true Christians, who have become soft through lack of persecution, would have to get strong or apostatize. But isn't that the way it is supposed to be?
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"we also accept homosexuality, abortion, fornication, drunkenness..."
This is a practical reality. Many large Evangelical churches de-emphasize church membership. Then they offer communion in non-personal ways so as to remove their accountability. In this way a whole variety of people in deeply sinful states are granted access to the holiest mystery offered to mankind and the pastor my not even know it.
Thanks Willard Preacher.
Jay
Good thought. So, do you think persecution will start first or will Christians wake up?
If you check out my website under persecution you'll see that it is already underway. Fortunately for now the courts are generally on our side. To answer your question I would say that it usually takes persecution to wake us up, but the "Christians" I was speaking of are part of a new "Christianity" which I believe seeks to conform not only to the culture but to all other religions as well. I think it is part of the ecumenism of the Anti-Christ.
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