Posted on 11/07/2017 9:59:19 PM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
On Sunday, the day of the church massacre, cultural commentator David French tweeted, “The amount of anti-Christian hate on Twitter the same day Christians were massacred is stunning and chilling.”
If ever there was a time when we might have expected sympathy for Christians, or at least restraint in attacking them, the opposite proved true far too many times. Why?
On Fox News, Laura Ingraham noted that some of the reactions to the shooting pointed to “elite hostility to people of faith,” stating that “hostility to faith infects the popular culture.” She also spoke of a rising “militant secularism,” drawing attention to comments which mocked the prayers of believers on behalf of those affected by Sunday’s church massacre.
This is more than heartless and tactless. It is intentional and quite focused: Faith in God is to be mocked, in particular, Christian faith, and when Christians are slaughtered during a church service, that is the perfect time to pile on.
To paraphrase: “Where was your God, you stupid Christians? A lot of good your praying did! Go ahead and stick your head in the sand some more and keep praying to your imaginary deity. You deserve each other!”
On Sunday, someone posted a picture on my Twitter account of three lions holding up signs that looked like those held up by cows on popular Chick-Fil-A ads. Except these signs were not saying, “Eat Mor Chikin.” The signs read, “Eat Mor Cristins,” with a caption adding: “America. Yeah. It’s getting that way.”
Unfortunately, at this point in time, these sentiments should not surprise us at all, as despicable and ugly as they may be. The truth be told, there is an increasing, palpable hostility towards the gospel in some quarters in America, and it can easily be explained.
First, it is a natural fruit of the harsh and condescending “new atheism,” which continues to poison many hearts and minds with its venom. God is not simply to be rejected; He is to mocked and ridiculed, as are His followers.
Second, the hatred is a result of the culture wars, in which conservative Christians are targeted because of their opposition to LGBT activism and abortion. Bible-believing Christians are commonly compared to ISIS, accused of wanting to establish a Taliban-type theocracy, and called bigots and haters and Nazis. (Just search for any of these keywords at AskDrBrown.org for a plethora of relevant articles. You’ll even find examples of gay activists calling for us to be thrown to the lions.)
On a regular basis, I receive death-wishes (in perverse and graphic terms); on occasion, I receive death threats. And this is quite common for those of us on the front lines.
Others, whose voices may not be as prominent, receive ugly, personal attacks on social media, and those attacks are filled with malice and bile.
Consequently, when tragedy strikes conservative Christians, it brings the hatred against us to the surface, especially when we respond with faith in God.
Third, evangelical Christians, in particular, are lumped together with President Trump, as if we are responsible for (or in support of) every statement he makes and every stand he takes. To the extent that he is divisive, we are blamed for his shortcomings, and just as many on the right despised President Obama, many on the left despise President Trump. And as they despise him, they also despise us.
Fourth, the darkness hates the light, and this is an age-old battle that will continue until Jesus returns. To the extent we stand for sexual purity and biblical morality, and to the extent we preach Jesus as the only true way to God, we will be mocked and scorned.
That’s the way it has always been, and that’s the way it will always be, and that’s why we must not deceive ourselves in terms of the cultural climate in America. The hostility against us is reaching a crescendo, and things could get even uglier in the days ahead.
That’s why we should remember the words that Peter wrote almost 2,000 years ago: “Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed. If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. But let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler. Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name” (1 Peter 4:12-16).
And that’s why we should also remember the words of Jesus, who called us to pray for those who persecute us (Matthew 5:44), as well as the words of Paul, who called us to overcome evil with good (Romans 12:21).
Many of those who ridicule us viciously today will be preaching our message tomorrow, and some of the finest gospel ministers in the world were once profane gospel mockers. So, we can expect more abuse in the coming days. We can also expect some of our abusers to have a change of heart as they encounter the God whom they mock.
Christianity represents good. There’s a lot of Satanic evil out there that the left espouses and revels in (and look no further than tonight’s election results when evil is allowed to flourish).
John 3:19
This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.
Because the Protestant work ethic is associated with Capitalism.
As The Bible says ... satan is working angrier etc because he knows his time is short.
I thought I heard today, that 100% of mass murderers in USA ( excluding Muslim terrorists) are athiest
Yup, it’s good v evil.
And Trump is the modern-day Gideon raised up by the Almighty to lead us out of the mess we are in.
Why? Here is why: when Barnes and Nobels keep putting antichristian garbage and nothing about islam or atheism...
As the Bible predicted. Satan at work.
End Days
MATTHEW 24
Later, Jesus sat on the Mount of Olives. His disciples came to Him privately and said, “Tell us, when will all this happen? What sign will signal your return and the end of the world?”
4 Jesus told them, “Don’t let anyone mislead you, 5 for many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah.’ They will deceive many. 6 And you will hear of wars and threats of wars, but don’t panic. Yes, these things must take place, but the end won’t follow immediately. 7 Nation will go to war against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in many parts of the world. 8 But all this is only the first of the birth pains, with more to come.
9 “Then you will be arrested, persecuted, and killed. You will be hated all over the world because you are my followers. 10 And many will turn away from me and betray and hate each other. 11 And many false prophets will appear and will deceive many people. 12 Sin will be rampant everywhere, and the love of many will grow cold. 13 But the one who endures to the end will be saved. 14 And the Good News about the Kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world, so that all nations will hear it; and then the end will come.
Jesus was tempted in the desert 3 times by the devil. The last time, he showed Jesus all the kingdoms of the world, past, present, and future. And he said “All of these will be yours if you bow down and worship me”. How could Satan offer Jesus the kingdoms of the world if he did not already own and control them? He is called the god of this world in the Bible. Until the end comes and the real God reclaims what is His.
A) Christianity is perhaps the most prominent representative of Capitalism (see: Protestant work ethic, how Captialism got its start in Calvinist communities)
B) Christianity speaks out against sexual depravity. Sexual depravity makes a lot of money for evildoers, and also leads to a breakdown in society.
C) Christianity keeps society from breaking down by providing stable values, discouraging criminality, and teaches that people should provide for their families without the help of the government.
D) Christianity is hostile to man-made governments and systems of taxation.
E) Christians are very peaceful; in fact, too peaceful towards liberals. The fact that liberals aren’t afraid to blather their toxic, malignant, and retarded opinions has caused society to suffer greatly.
American liberals are worse than Communists and Muslims, in that they deliberately pick the worst possible position on every single facet of life entirely out of spite. They are losers and failures in the physical world, and they are losers and failures in the spiritual realm. They pick and choose from Marxism and Postmodernism; these are contradicting theories, since Marxism has a specific narrative and Postmodernism claims to be skeptical of all narratives.
The Left is repelled by God, its a visceral reaction, they recoil as a vampire to a cross.
Because Christians judge, and the amoral/immoral Left dont want to be judged.
The nation is being judged.
Because there’s nothing new under the sun.
They hated Christ.
They hate His followers.
I don’t get why this shocks us. Jesus warned us that it would be so.
Do we not believe Him that we are so surprised by this?
Which is not a valid argument against homeschooling.
Homeschoolers are not that sheltered. That is a weak accusation and generalization to try to discredit it.
I homeschooled for 12 years and my kids were far from sheltered and isolated. Every one of them is a productive, working, masters degree pursuing, member of society who know what they believe and WHY they believe it.
Yes, they did encounter kids who were taught to think very differently that them, and they were well prepared to deal with it because we discussed the stuff that was going on in the world around us
The problem isn't the homeschooling. The problem is the parents.
Blaming homeschooling for producing sheltered kids is like blaming guns for killing people.
John 15:17-19
***17This is My command to you: Love one another. 18If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first. 19If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.…***
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