The War Against Christianity in England
May 29, 2009 – 10:57 amBill Muehlenberg of Christian Today: Australia, reports on the blatant anti-Christian slant of recent events in England, such as
- the appointment of a Muslim as head of the Religion and Ethics department of the BBC
- the Islamisation [sic] of England as Melanie Philips documented in her important book, Londonistan, the Islamisation of England
- the militant homosexual lobbyists who scored another victory recently, as reported in the Telegraph:
Churches will be banned from turning down gay job applicants on the grounds of their sexuality under new anti-discrimination laws, a Government minister said.
Religious groups are to be forced to accept homosexual youth workers, secretaries and other staff, even if their faith holds same-sex relationships to be sinful.
Christian organisations [sic] fear that the tightened legislation, which is due to come into force next year, will undermine the integrity of churches and dilute their moral message.
Entire Telegraph article on employment of gay staff at England churches.
Muehlenberg goes on to say that the whole point of such laws is “to forever rid Christianity from the public square.” The rest of his article develops his concerns further. He nails it on the head when he says
This is a war of worldviews. Just as the early Christians clashed head-on with the ruling powers of the day, proclaiming Christ - not Caesar - as Lord, so too today we have a full-on battle taking place. The secularists want us to be a silent, obedient and docile bunch who do not ruffle any feathers or make any waves.
But that just cannot be. It is said of the early church that they turned the world upside down (Acts 17:6). That forever must be the true nature of the church of Jesus Christ. Christianity will always have a significant social impact, and Christians will never share their allegiance with any other contender to the throne.
He concludes that
at the moment many forces are warring against the Christian church. In England, and much of the Western world, the two main opponents are militant Islam and militant secularism. Both are seeking to crush the life out of Christianity.
The good news is, we know that in the end the church will prevail. But that does not mean that we should now sit idly by, and just pretend the assaults are not taking place. We must be involved in these battles, and do all we can to withstand the twin forces seeking to wipe out Christianity from England and elsewhere.
Bill Muehlenberg’s entire article.
Rather than stick our proverbial “head in the sand” believers in Jesus Christ must wisely, yet courageously, address the sin of the culture and offer the gospel of Christ as the only solution. No amount of political lobbying or heated debate will change hearts and minds. The gospel alone is suitable for that purpose.
Bill Muehlenberg is a Christian Today, Australia columnist and publishes commentary on everyday events - particularly ethics issues - at his Culture Watch blog. I just added his RSS feed to my Google Reader; you should do the same.
