Posted on 05/07/2014 2:53:03 PM PDT by xzins
The White House is waging an all-out assault on religious liberty. Public schools are indoctrinating our children with the gospel of secularism. Hollywood is spewing toxins into our homes. The soundtrack of our lives is a pulsating mix of sex and violence and filth. The American family is in ruins. What was once wrong is now right and what was once right is now wrong.
Our nation stands on a precipice. Freedom hangs in the balance. We live in a postmodern and post-God nation. The perfect storm is brewing. Do not be deceived. There may be a war on religious liberty, but the true target is Christianity.
Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, and Kelly Shackelford, president of Liberty Institute, penned an open letter to the American people last year. Hostility against religious liberty has reached an all-time high, they warned. The freedom of religion is being pushed out of public life, schools and even churches.
The freedom of religion is being pushed out of public life, schools and even churches.
“Our Founding Fathers considered religious liberty our ‘first freedom,’ and the bedrock upon which all other freedoms rest,” the men wrote. “They understood that one’s right to worship God and follow his conscience according to the principles of his religious faith was foundational to civic tranquility. A man whose religious faith was repressed could never be a loyal citizen since the state was usurping his first allegiance and costing him his primary freedom. This is one of the most important distinctions that makes America an exceptional nation -- if not the most important.”
Both groups document more than 600 recent examples of religious hostility. Six hundred. American stories. Our stories. Their documentation included many stories I have covered during my career at Fox News Channel.
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http://www.christiantoday.com/article/church.leaders.in.nigeria.we.will.stand.first.for.christ/36960.htmOpen Doors reports that over 200 pastors in Maiduguri, Nigeria have either fled, been forced to close their churches, or have been murdered as a result of Boko Haram's (a terrorist group with Al Qaeda ties) activity in the region. In response to this violence, however, those that remain have committed to fasting and praying for one week each month.
"We have to stay and uphold the name of Christ in this state," one pastor named only as James told Open Doors. "We are willing to pay the price for our calling. We don't only share the Gospel when things are rosy. It is to be done in every situation. Hunger and want will never discourage us. Swords and guns, even the roar of the devil, will only encourage us to stand first for Christ. "If we die, our blood will speak about Christ to our killers."
Harmless as doves and the wisdom of serpents/wisdom of adults with the malice of children...that’s all I’m saying...’nuff said!
Bttt
We don’t have to take it......Please go see ..God’s Not Dead..a powerful movie!
Who can stop God from doing something?
Amen!.......
However, God had a purpose for Corrie tenBoom & family, devout Christians.........some of which died, and some were sent to a concentration camp during the Holocaust because they sheltered Jews.
God had a purpose for Pastor Dietrich Bonhoffer.....who at one point was safe in America, but chose to return to Germany to help his people.....only to be hanged.
I too want to find that higher, safer ground........but God’s will is what I desire most.
Their commitment to Christ will be rewarded.
The wicked world hates salvation.
All they can see is that it would poop their wickedness party.
They can’t see God’s amazing love.
Jesus used to be respected more, partly reflecting more believers and partly reflecting unbelievers who were more practical minded.
There is a time to sacrifice as a witness (i.e. a martyr).
There have been stories of large groups saved who watched a martyrdom and were overcome with a supernaturally inspired wonder about what would ever move someone to such an “illogical” act.
Thank God for these pastors!
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