After reading "Who Will Stand" (http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2015/04/who-will-stand) by Robert George I determined to stand.
I called my Pastor friends and they were "all in." Yes, they too would stand.
I huddled with leaders in my local church. Yes, they thought the time had come to stand.
I talked to some of my Christian friends. Yes, they too were ready to stand.
All fired up.
All determined.
All ready.
Now what?
Does standing mean we call for a march on Washington?
Does standing mean we write letters and inundate our leaders with phone calls?
Does standing mean we organize political action committees?
Does standing mean we set up new para-church ministries?
Does standing mean we build Christian schools?
Does standing mean we fill stadiums with concerned Christians?
Does standing mean we begin new web-pages, twitter accounts, and social media outlets?
Does standing mean we produce Christian TV, Christian Radio, Christian Papers, and innovative Christian films?
Certainly all of these ideas have merit, but haven't we been trying these tactics? Millions of dollars have poured into these efforts but an honest cost/benefit analysis would prove brutal.
Looking at the moral landscape of our nation, who would argue that we are better off than we were say 50 years ago? 40 years ago? Even 20 years ago?
Not only have Biblical virtues been rejected by the broader culture, professing Christians, fearing the dreadful "intolerant" label, have relaxed their grip on what used to be settled doctrine and practice.
Yes we will stand! Yes we want to stand! But how?
I called my Pastor friends and they were "all in." Yes, they too would stand.
I huddled with leaders in my local church. Yes, they thought the time had come to stand.
I talked to some of my Christian friends. Yes, they too were ready to stand.
All fired up.
All determined.
All ready.
Now what?
Does standing mean we call for a march on Washington?
Does standing mean we write letters and inundate our leaders with phone calls?
Does standing mean we organize political action committees?
Does standing mean we set up new para-church ministries?
Does standing mean we build Christian schools?
Does standing mean we fill stadiums with concerned Christians?
Does standing mean we begin new web-pages, twitter accounts, and social media outlets?
Does standing mean we produce Christian TV, Christian Radio, Christian Papers, and innovative Christian films?
Certainly all of these ideas have merit, but haven't we been trying these tactics? Millions of dollars have poured into these efforts but an honest cost/benefit analysis would prove brutal.
Looking at the moral landscape of our nation, who would argue that we are better off than we were say 50 years ago? 40 years ago? Even 20 years ago?
Not only have Biblical virtues been rejected by the broader culture, professing Christians, fearing the dreadful "intolerant" label, have relaxed their grip on what used to be settled doctrine and practice.
Yes we will stand! Yes we want to stand! But how?
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