ARE WE LIVING IN A POST-CHRISTIAN WORLD?

When I first thought about writing a blog, I wanted to write about how the world would be like if Jesus had never been born.  As I did my research and contemplated about it, I realized that we are living in a world that is rapidly becoming a post-Christian world. 

”Before Christ, human life was cheap and expendable all over the world.  In the Americas, the Near East, Africa, the Middle East, and the Far East child sacrifice was a common phenomenon. Babies, particularly females -- who were considered inferior -- were regularly abandoned. Author George Grant points out: “Before the explosive and penetrating growth of medieval Christian influence, the primordial evils of abortion, infanticide, abandonment, and exposure were a normal part of everyday life…” That changed in the West with the 6th century Christian Byzantine Roman Emperor Justinian whose Law Code declared child abandonment and abortion a crime.” (What Would the World Look Like if Christ had Never Been Born? Scott S. Powell, December 25, 2017)

“In general, in a post-Christian culture, the dominant world-view is no longer founded on Christian principles — or at least we can no longer assume that it will be. The Church no longer shapes the culture. But in a very real sense, this “post-Christian” world is actually coming full circle to resemble the pre-Christian world — the world in which Christians were persecuted because they criticized the ethics of the culture and refused to participate in its idolatrous practices, which involved the exploitation of human beings.” Are We Living in a Post-Christian World?”  (Mike Aquilina & James L. Papandrea  May 3, 2019)

We have entered the era of “Cultural Christianity.”  What does this mean?  The Church, seemingly, is not impacting the culture, but the culture is impacting the Church.  Unfortunately, many Church leaders have not stood up to the political correctness of the left. The Achilles heel happened when most of the churches closed down instead of standing up for freedom of religion. There were a few Pastors that did not close their churches, in spite of the government’s persecution of religious freedom.  They put their faith in God knowing that the Church is essential, especially in these times. 

Where was the Church in the 1973 when Roe vs. Wade became law?  Yes, there were marches but it was most of the Pastors in the churches who did not lead the way and continue leading the way and get directly involved. 

Christians have been “asleep at the wheel” when it comes to voting.  I have been awakened to the fact that I need to get more involved with those on my local school boards, etc. and vote for those who are conservative.  We can only make a difference if we get involved because politics is part of our world system and we, as Christians, need to be the ones who are shaping the world and overcoming the world because Jesus came to change the world.  

Of course there is hope because the Remnant Church is arising!  Many Christians are awakening to the fact that we are living in a time when “good is bad and bad is good.” 

John 1:5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. Isaiah 5:20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.  NIV

We need to be taking a stand whenever we can and be the light in the darkness because one life can change the whole world!

“This is a popular poem about the life of Jesus Christ. Although the author is frequently cited as "unknown" the poem is actually attributed to James Allen Francis.” (Tullylish Parish, County Down, Ireland)

                                                                       One Solitary Life

 
He was born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant. He grew up in another village, where he worked in a carpenter shop until he was 30. Then, for three years, he was an itinerant preacher.

He never wrote a book. He never held an office. He never had a family or owned a home. He didn't go to college. He never lived in a big city. He never traveled 200 miles from the place where he was born. He did none of the things that usually accompany greatness. He had no credentials but himself.

He was only 33 when the tide of public opinion turned against him. His friends ran away. One of them denied him. He was turned over to his enemies and went through the mockery of a trial. He was nailed to a cross between two thieves. While he was dying, his executioners gambled for his garments, the only property he had on earth. When he was dead, he was laid in a borrowed grave, through the pity of a friend.

Twenty centuries have come and gone, and today he is the central figure of the human race. I am well within the mark when I say that all the armies that ever marched, all the navies that ever sailed, all the parliaments that ever sat, all the kings that ever reigned--put together--have not affected the life of man on this earth as much as that one, solitary life. (Tullylish Parish, County Down, Ireland)

 Marcella Ward December 8, 2021 (Author of “Stolen Identity: Plan of the Evil One”)