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Avoiding Being Trampled Underfoot by the World

Written by Paul Dean

Monday, 04 August 2008

It is not news that we live in a culture hostile to Christianity. That begs the
question: why do people treat Christianity and Christians this way? The primary
answer is that Christ is real and evokes only two responses in the end. He is
either received or rejected and if rejected, He is rejected because He is hated.
There is a spiritual dynamic there that is not present when someone rejects
Buddha for example. He is not hated because he is no threat to anyone or their
worldview. Christ on the other hand is a threat to those who do not embrace Him.

There is a strange dynamic at work in our culture. On the one hand, because
Christ is a threat to all other worldviews, He is intentionally marginalized.
The church is being trampled under foot as it were (Matt. 5:13). At the same
time, because the church is being trampled underfoot, it is in retreat. Even
when it is on offense it is often fighting the battle along the wrong lines with
the wrong weapons. On the other hand, the strange dynamic is that while the
church is being marginalized because Christ is a threat, no one is really
worried that the church in America is turning the world upside down (Acts 17:6).
We have not filled this city with our doctrine (Acts 5:28). The spiritual
reality is astounding: that Christians alone should be pushed out of the public
square. And yet, the practical reality is missing: that the church is being
pushed to the sidelines not because she is turning the world upside down, but
because she has lost her influence. Christ and His church would still be hated
if they had real spiritual influence. People would be afraid. But others would
be saved and our culture would be different.

On today’s edition of “Calling for Truth,” we’ll talk about these dynamics under
the heading of “avoiding being trampled underfoot by the world.” May it be said
of us, “Those who have turned the world upside down have come here too (Acts
17:6).”

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