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The West is becoming increasingly post-Christian.
Many of the more progressive nations are not merely overlooking or ignoring their Judeo-Christian heritage, but actively destroying it.
They are making their way through their laws and constitutions, their definitions and traditions, to divest it all of any remnants of the biblical principles and assumptions upon which these nations were built.
There is nothing that is sacred, nothing that can’t or won’t be touched in this great scouring.
Those of us who live in these nations are having to operate with some new assumptions.
Some of these pertain to the way churches operate
We have always assumed that when we give money to churches and ministries we will receive a tax receipt, but those days may soon be over for organizations that will not bow before one of society’s sacred cows.
Some of these pertain to family
We have always assumed that as parents we have the right to educate our children as we see fit, but it’s not hard to foresee a future in which that is no longer the case.
Some of these pertain to marriage
We have always assumed that marriage is between one man and one woman, but now marriage has been extended to same-sex couples and many assume polygamous relationships cannot be far behind.
It extends through education, business, politics, and everything else.
Because Judeo-Christian values are so deeply embedded in the warp and woof of our nations, there is really no area that can’t or won’t be changed.
As so many nations revoke their heritage, Christians will need to learn how to live in a post-Christian world.
We will need to learn to live in a world where the laws inhibit our ability to worship freely rather than assist it, where traditions oppose the Bible instead of complement it, where the assumption is no longer that Christian people and their churches are a help but a hindrance to a thriving, prosperous society.
It may be an intimidating time, but we won’t be alone in it.
There will be help for us if some of our brothers and sisters are willing to offer it and if we are willing to receive it.
Though the West is becoming post-Christian, much of the rest of the world is either pre-Christian or a-Christian.
Much of the rest of the world is either just beginning to embed Christian values in their laws or constitutions, or never has. Continue reading
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