Re: have we forgotten who the enemy is?

Some more examples.

http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=6400

Our schools, academia in the arts and sciences, our courts, and the liberal
media is dominated by multiculturalism and political correctness, but even
worse, it is specifically anti-Christian.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rich Blinne" <rich.blinne@gmail.com>
To: "'Terry M. Gray'" <grayt@lamar.colostate.edu>; <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2005 10:04 AM
Subject: RE: have we forgotten who the enemy is?

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>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On
>> Behalf Of Terry M. Gray
>> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 1:56 PM
>> To: asa@calvin.edu
>> Subject: Re: have we forgotten who the enemy is?
>>
>> I think that a close examination of church history and the history of
>> missions will suggest that a generally theistic culture is favorable
>> toward a *nominal* Christian faith and, consequently, to some extent
>> unfavorable toward the true "counter-cultural" expressions of
>> Christianity. Thus, to some degree, it is "easier" to be a Christian
>> in an antagonistic environment because you must decide whose side
>> you're on. This is one of the pluses of the secular university in my
>> mind, you don't just get carried along by the prevailing culture, you
>> have to choose to stand for Christ and that expresses itself in all
>> sorts of ways: lifestyle choices, opinions, etc.
>
> The command to be in the world but not of it has its own difficulties in
> any
> societal circumstance. When the overall society or subculture is hostile
> there is a tendency to overstress the antithesis. Take the greater
> hostility
> of the Roman Empire. Nevertheless, Paul in Romans 13 instructed the
> Christians to be subject to it. Thus, you have the dismay of your
> Christian
> colleagues when you opposed ID at the CSU discussion group. For many
> people
> you need to be for or against but a subtle combination of the two is too
> difficult to fathom. It also requires a great deal of faith. We all want a
> simple set of reductionistic rules but rather we are called merely to
> follow
> Christ in faith. We each find ourselves in life situations where the
> degree
> of hostility differs. Each situation has its challenges and its easiness.
> Nonetheless, the answer is always the same: faith in Christ.
>
Received on Sat Feb 19 10:48:54 2005