Dave’s Monday Blast – September 26, 2022
Last week we were chatting about the cultural battles that are being waged in our country and around the world. Like it or not, you and I are called to be Cultural Warriors. As I continue to reflect upon this metaphor, I conclude that our culture wars are going to get progressively worse. Consider, for the first time, our society has legalized unbiblical morality and made it obligatory for everyone, including Christians. Slavery was tragically legal for much of our history, but no one was required to own slaves or to facilitate slavery. Abortion is tragically legal, but no one is required to get an abortion or to perform abortions (at least not yet).
But same-sex marriage and LGBTQ+ advocacy are the civil rights issue of our day, according to our secular, globalist, gnostic culture. To disagree is to be branded homophobic, discriminatory, and frankly, dangerous. We are likened to KKK members burning crosses in yards. From the so-called Equality Act to the Religious Exemption Accountability Project to the so-called Respect for Marriage Act, unbiblical morality is proceeding with no protections for religious freedom. If these acts, and others like them become “law”, Christians will have little or no recourse to First Amendment religious protections or the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
Pastor Jim Denison comments: “We could see Christian Doctors forced to perform abortions and sex-change surgeries, Christian ministers and churches forced to perform same-sex weddings, and Christian schools forced to choose between receiving federal student aid and affirming traditional biblical morality. These are challenging times, indeed.” (I encourage you to subscribe to the Denison Forum through this link)!
You and I are called into this conflict as cultural warriors. Fortunately, the Lord has equipped us for such a time as this as we recall the Old Testament account of Queen Esther. Of course our Men’s Ministry model is fashioned after the tribe of Issachar where we read in 1 Chronicles 12:32; “Of the sons of Issachar, men who understood the times, with knowledge of what Israel should do…“ Likewise, as Men of God we are called to this conflict in our times and we have the knowledge from His Word of what we must be doing.
Next week I want to examine some passages from the New Testament book of Titus as Paul unpacks the role of INTENTIONAL Biblical Christian Leaders during his days and ours. His words equip us to take on those who contradict biblical truth, but to do so in ways that allow us to retain our witness. So…stay tuned.
