In 1789, French revolutionaries stormed the Bastille. The ensuing French Revolution tried to excise all vestiges of religion from French society. In October 1793, all public worship was forbidden, church bells were pulled down and melted, and crosses and relics were seized and sometimes destroyed. In their place rose the Cult of Reason which recognized no god but worshipped the goddess of reason in former churches now known as “temples of reason.”
Are we witnessing a similar movement today?
C. S. Lewis stated in a sermon that “Good philosophy must exist, if for no other reason, because bad philosophy needs to be answered.” For Christians seeking to influence our secular culture, this often entails utilizing secular arguments for spiritual ends.
Last week, the Biden administration met with representatives of six major atheist and secular organizations.
The Church is not above our critique, of course, but too many who embrace the habit of criticizing her soon find themselves as no longer part of her. Make no mistake, the Church is Christ’s bride. She will outlast the world. As her members, we work toward her sanctification, but we should be incredibly wary about shouting her imperfections from the pews, especially to those outside the building. We heckle this Bride at our eternal peril.
According to a new Gallup poll, the number of Americans who belong to a church, synagogue or mosque has fallen below 50 percent for the first time since 1937. Moreover, many of the people who have left the church have abandoned religion altogether.
One of the clear messages I sensed from God in recent days is that his people must prepare more urgently than ever for the challenges that are coming. We are in the early stages of a movement the church has never faced before, one which threatens us in ways that are now becoming clearer.
According to a new study, only six percent of Americans hold to a strictly biblical worldview.
Recently, Paul Maxwell, a former Desiring God writer and philosophy professor at Moody Bible Institute, publically renounced his Christian faith.
The last 30 years of seeker-sensitive, don’t-step-on-toes, “let’s do a survey of what people want to hear” Christianity has increased the rate of decay by removing the sharp sting of God’s truth.
On Easter and Good Friday, the Los Angeles Times published two anti-Christian articles. What do the two articles have in common? Both were published on two of the most significant holy days in the Christian year. And both are based on selective arguments that conflate personal opinion with objective truth.
