In Reply to: Re: Persecution: Interview with David Limbaugh posted by Alan on November 28, 2003 at 10:09:31:
i think you will be "hard pressed" to find anything in scripture that paralells the current penchant for equating culture war w/ biblical discipleship of that fellow who came into an oppressively occupied country, w/ egegious denial of religious liberty, and numerous affronts to israel's worship, and lived his life in reference to another kingdom. i would agree that there is a cultural shift away from traditional judeochristian values in this country, much like that of europe last century. efforts to fight that in the political arena are just that...political. that is not biblical "contending for the faith" as you call it. (see jude 3 for context.) nor does placing monuments in public places amount to discipling anyone.
my point is that comparing this cultural shift to the suffering in the sudan, or indonesia, saudi, etc. is american selfcenteredness. and the politization of the gospel is the thing i find no support for in scripture. one can make a case on constitutional grounds, and defend the vision of the founding fathers, but it is really a stretch to say that this is dictated by the teachings of christ.