Christians, planning your next retreat? How about an advance instead?
by Calvin Smith
Ephesians 6:10-12 says;
‘ … be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full
armour of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes.’
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Many Christians recognize something is drastically wrong. Why is it that the church
doesn’t affect our culture much, while the culture is affecting the church
tremendously? Many sense a coming battle. Little do they know it’s already
here.
For too long the church has been like a punch-drunk fighter, swinging wildly at
a target that’s always moving and hitting back even harder. It’s important
to realize that God works through His people. However, the opposition is fierce,
and seemingly often victorious. Is it that the enemy’s forces are better equipped,
or do Christians just not understand where the battle is focused?
Western societies once founded on Christian beliefs are being constantly exposed
to vile, anti-Christian attacks. Take actress Kathy Griffin's recent rant at the
59th annual Emmy Awards. Griffin, being ‘honoured’ said;
‘A lot of people come up here and thank Jesus for this. He had nothing to
do with this. … S..k1 it, Jesus! This award is my god now.’
Overall, Christianity is on a full-fledged retreat. History has shown that those
that grow complacent may pay a heavy price. A perfect example? Hitler’s Germany.
A casual read of Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ reveals his acceptance
of Darwinism at the root of his worldview. This fuelled his beliefs that the highest
evolved race (Aryan) should rule the world, which justified his elimination of other
people groups as ‘less human’. Hitler applied ‘social Darwinism’
to his country.
A master propagandist, he convinced millions in his country that Jews, gypsies and
people of color were ‘sub-human’. The result was the Holocaust.
Hitler used a series of steps, convincing people by playing on their pre-indoctrinated
beliefs and fears, convincing them that these ‘corrupt’ individuals
were the source of society’s ‘problem’:
- Identify the ‘problem’
- Marginalize the ‘problem’
- Institute laws against the ‘problem’
- Isolate the ‘problem’
- Eliminate the ‘problem’
Many think the atrocities of Nazi Germany will never be repeated. Can we be sure?
These events happened only 70 years ago in a so called ‘civilized’ society
much like our own. It’s time Christians realized these steps are being repeated.
Hostile step #1: Identify
Richard Dawkins says Christians are deluded idiots, religion equals child abuse
and believes people should have their kids taken away if they teach them about God.
Leading atheists are quick to identify Christian believers as the source of the
world’s problems.2
For example, Richard Dawkins says Christians are deluded idiots, religion equals
child abuse and believes people should have their kids taken away if they teach
them about God. Does someone enforcing what can and what cannot be taught to your
children under threat of losing them sound far fetched? Think again …
Montreal, August 16, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com)
A community of a dozen Mennonite families in Quebec is ready to leave the province
rather than succumb to provincial government demands that would require their children
to be taught evolution and homosexuality.3
Hostile step #2: Marginalize
Christianity is being marginalized every day. Greetings like Merry Christmas change
into ‘happy holidays’ as the secularization programming continues. Mentioning
Jesus name in public in a positive way may lead to persecution,4 but hearing His name blasphemed at your local corner
store is commonplace.
Hostile step #3: Institute laws
Western governments are now demanding that Christians accept homosexuality and adultery,
under penalty of imprisonment under ‘hate speech’ laws. How long before
the Bible is then considered hate speech?
- Dr Chris Kempling, a Canadian Christian, was suspended from his teaching position
by the British Columbia College of Teachers for stating, ‘Many religions consider
homosexuality immoral.’5
- Christian printer Scott Brockie, refusing to do printing for a homosexual group
was fined $5,000, told to deliver an apology and ordered to print material promoting
behaviour that he finds repugnant.6
- A Swedish pastor Åke Green was sentenced to jail for preaching against homosexual
behaviour and other sexual sin.7
So much for religious freedom …
Hostile step #4: Isolate
What faith gets trashed in the media more than any other? Who’s the butt of
the joke in nearly all TV sit-coms and movies Hollywood produces? Who’s the
demented fundamentalist or the irrational prude that doesn’t have answers
for their faith? The Christian.
Western media is unapologetic in its constant attack on Christianity. Whether it’s
the DaVinci Code,8 the Lost
Tomb of Jesus,9 SouthPark
or the Simpsons,10 Christians
seem to be an isolated group that are ‘fair game’ for mockery, insult
and intolerance.
Hostile step #5: Eliminate
For those that think the comparison to the Nazi regime ‘over the top’,
consider the following quote from Hitler himself.
When an opponent declares, ‘I will not come over to your side’, I calmly
say, ‘your child belongs to us already…What are you? You will pass on.
Your descendants, however, now stand in the new camp. In a short time they will
know nothing but this new community.’11
According to Barna Research,12
70% of children from Christian homes that attend public schools lose their faith
by age 18, so the elimination process is well underway. If that trend continues,
the ‘Christian population’ is rapidly headed for extinction. And what
is the atheists’ ‘final solution’? Secular education …
I am convinced that the battle for humankind's future must be waged and won in the
public school classroom by teachers who correctly view their role as the proselytizers
of a new faith … The classroom must and will become an arena of conflict between
the old and the new; the rotting corpse of Christianity … and the new faith
of Humanism …13
So what is it that is being taught as fact in schools and the media that is so effective
in indoctrinating people in the faith of humanism? Evolution …
‘The most devastating thing though that biology did to Christianity was the
discovery of biological evolution. Now that we know that Adam and Eve never
were real people the central myth of Christianity is destroyed. If there never was
an Adam and Eve there never was an original sin. If there never was an original
sin there is no need of salvation. If there is no need of salvation there is no
need of a saviour. And I submit that puts Jesus, historical or otherwise into the
ranks of the unemployed. I think that evolution is absolutely the death knell of
Christianity.’14
A wake-up call to believers
Hey, Christians! Do you think the creation/evolution issue is a side issue? Think
again.
Many leaders in Europe, not wanting to get involved, ignored the clear warning signs
coming from Hitler’s advancing juggernaut, much to their regret. No longer
can the church ignore the devastation brought about by the evolutionary indoctrination
in state schools and public media.
The great reformer Martin Luther once said;
If I profess with the loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of the
Word of God except precisely that little point which the world and the devil are
at that moment attacking, I am not confessing Christ, however boldly I may be professing
Him. Where the battle rages there the loyalty of the soldier is proved; and to be
steady on all the battle front besides, is mere flight and disgrace if he flinches
at that point.15
It’s time to prepare for battle, get equipped, put on the full armour of God
and advance where the battle is raging the fiercest—the battle for the beginning.
Resist the enemy, spread the truth and retake the ground.
Recommended Resources
References
- A term of offensive origin used today in the vernacular to
express hostile, arrogant and extreme defiance. We felt it was nevertheless important
to retain this oblique reference to it, to highlight to believers the degree of
open impunity and disrespect with which the secular world regards the things of
our Lord. Return to Text.
- Atheist with a mission.
Return to Text.
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Forced Education in Homosexuality and Evolution Leads to Exodus of Mennonites from
Quebec. Return to Text.
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Florida Chaplain Says Hospital Fired Him for Saying ‘Jesus’ in Prayers.
Return to Text.
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Religious Freedom in Canada. Return to Text.
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Freedom of conscience debated in Ontario Christians support right of printer to
refuse homosexual group’s business. Return to Text.
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Swedish Pastor Sentenced for ‘Hate Speech’. Return
to Text.
- The Da Vinci Code:Fiction masquerading
as fact. Return to Text.
- The Lost Tomb of Jesus:
Another ‘Titanic’ Disaster. Return to Text.
- The Simpsons and Scopes.
Return to Text.
- Adolph Hitler, Speech Nov.6 1933. Cited in The Rise and
Fall of the Third Reich by William Shirer. Return to Text.
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Christian Parents Are Not Comfortable With Media But Buy Them for Their Kids Anyway.
Return to Text.
- John J. Dunphy, Official Journal—American Humanist
Association (1983). Return to Text.
- Frank Zindler, American atheist, in a debate with William
Craig, Atheism vs. Christianity video, Zondervan, 1996. Return
to Text.
- Luther's Works. Weimar Edition. Briefwechsel [Correspondence],
vol. 3, p 81f., as translated by Dr Werner Gitt from the German.
Return to Text.
Published: 4 December 2007(GMT+10)
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