Seven years ago I wrote the passage below. When I do interviews, I would quote from the book where I said we were in the middle of a societal civil war. I was accused of being an alarmist. I said that is because I AM alarmed. So my question to those interviewers is: how do you like me now? Read this excerpt: Many evangelicals may fear that our country is too far-gone and that their vote won’t matter. Nothing could be further from the truth! We can be culturally relevant and it starts in our communities, by reaching out with a loving and helping hand to our neighbors. It starts with our being involved in local politics, electing godly men and women to our school boards, and city and county governments. There is hope for us in this culture because of Whom we hope in. Charles Haddon Spurgeon wrote about the culturally active Christian, saying: “If you wear the {covering} of Christ, you will find him so meek and lowly of heart that you will find rest unto your souls. He is the most magnanimous of captains. There never was his like the choicest of princes. He is always to be found in the thickest part of the battle. When the wind blows cold he always takes the bleak side of the hill. The heaviest end of the cross lies ever on his shoulders. If he bids us carry a burden, he carries it also.” — C.H. Spurgeon, The Statute of David for the Sharing of the Spoil, June 7, 1891 We are in a social civil war and we are losing because too many of us cannot “be found in the thickest part of the battle.” Too often “when the wind blows cold” in the form of opposition or ridicule,” the evangelical does not take “the bleak side of the hill,” but he or she runs from the hill. No more! As Reverend Spurgeon says, we must once again carry “the heaviest end of the cross” on our shoulders.
Posted on: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 16:47:05 +0000