secularism

Most Secular Americans Don't Know the Peril They Face

Most Secular Americans Don't Know the Peril They Face

Here’s America’s great problem: most secular Americans don’t know the peril they face.

They don’t know that their sins have separated them from God and his best for them (Isaiah 59:2). They don’t know that their rejection of biblical morality is poisoning their minds and corrupting their souls (cf. Isaiah 64:6). They don’t know that they are one day closer to divine judgment than ever before: “While people are saying, ‘There is peace and security,’ then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape” (1 Thessalonians 5:3).

This is why we owe it to them to tell them. A person with the only cure for a deadly pandemic has a moral obligation to share it with everyone they can. Whatever it takes for America’s Christians to lead Americans to Christ will be worth it for all eternity.

The Popularity and Peril of Secular Spirituality

The Popularity and Peril of Secular Spirituality

Here’s the problem: “Your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear” (Isaiah 59:2). As a result, “truth has stumbled in the public squares, and uprightness cannot enter” (v. 14).

'Technoshamanism': Why a Post-Christian Future Is Still Religious

'Technoshamanism': Why a Post-Christian Future Is Still Religious

In the history of the world, the wholesale rejections of the supernatural is a quirk of Western secularism. At the same time, it will not ultimately survive the human longing for transcendence and communion with the supernatural, no matter how far technology advances.

Why Is Our Secular Culture So Broken?

Why Is Our Secular Culture So Broken?

Why is our secular culture so broken? For the simple reason that it views Jesus in the same way it views Confucius, Muhammad, or other long-dead religious leaders. If you and I do not make Christ our living king, we treat him in the same way.

'Western Civilization Is in Evident Decline,' Author Argues

'Western Civilization Is in Evident Decline,' Author Argues

Secularists have been predicting the death of Christianity in Western culture for a very long time, but God refuses to abandon us. In fact, as Os Guinness notes in his marvelous new book, Signals of Transcendence: Listening to the Promptings of Life, our Creator continues to draw us to himself in ways we might expect and ways we might not.

'Signals of Transcendence' in a World of Practical Atheism

'Signals of Transcendence' in a World of Practical Atheism

One way that Christians can intentionally swim against the secular currents in today’s culture is to constantly look for and point out those indications of God that He has placed in the world about Himself. God has infused His world with glimpses and reflections of His character and His grace, experiences that can wake us from our secular stupor. In God’s common grace, a stubborn sense of discontent, an unresolved question, a deep sense of some foundational truth become profound gifts to draw people outside of themselves to the eternal. He has, as the author of Ecclesiastes stated, “put eternity into man’s heart.”

Every Person You Know Is Looking for God in Some Way

Every Person You Know Is Looking for God in Some Way

We read of rising animosity against our Father and our faith, then we look at our capacities and ask, “What are they for so many?” We look at the spiritual, financial, and material needs of our day, then turn to our resources and ask the same question.

In response, consider the counsel of Pope St. Leo the Great (died AD 461): “Do not be put off by a lack of resources. A generous spirit is itself of great wealth, and there can be no shortage of material for generosity where it is Christ who feeds and Christ who is fed. His hand is present in all this activity: his hand, which multiplies the bread by breaking it and increases it by giving it away.” Will you put your “lunch” in his hands today?

America's Religious Future 'Looks a Lot Like' Secular Australia, Wheaton Dean Says

America's Religious Future 'Looks a Lot Like' Secular Australia, Wheaton Dean Says

A Wheaton College dean says the future of America's religious landscape will likely be similar to secular Australia – and that means Christians must be bold in sharing the love of Christ.

Ed Stetzer, executive director of the Wheaton College Billy Graham Center and dean of the college's School of Mission, Ministry, and Leadership in Illinois, made the comments in a social media post while visiting Melbourne. Stetzer posted the video moments after delivering a sermon at a local church, City on a Hill.

Don't Call on Demons You Don't Believe In

Don't Call on Demons You Don't Believe In

A post-Christian society may be about to learn what Christians have always taught: Not all spiritual entities are friendly or helpful. A chilling 2018 article in The Atlantic  chronicled the growing demand for official Catholic exorcists, even while practicing Catholics dwindle as a share of the population. Something is going on that psychologists can’t handle. Modern Westerners’ naïve approach to the spiritual realm — treating it as a game or a joke or a political sting — leaves them especially vulnerable to attack.

The Great Impediment to Revival

The Great Impediment to Revival

God knows everything I have discussed today and is still on his throne. He is working to redeem the brokenness of our secularized society by using it to draw people to his amazing grace and love. And, as the Asbury revival shows, he is using all who will be used in his agenda of restoration and renewal.

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