Ongoing effort

Published: Friday, December 23, 2005 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, December 22, 2005 at 11:00 p.m.

I am writing in response to the April Barber Hill letter to the readers, published Dec. 16, 2005. Ms. Hill, this isn't about one store that doesn't say "Merry Christmas." This is about the left-wing secularists slowly but surely trying (and succeeding) to remove God and Christ from every aspect of our society because it might offend someone. I would like to know when we as Christians are going to get tired of being offended ourselves, and take back our nation. As a Christian I am offended pretty much every time I turn on the TV ... but hey, that's freedom of expression, right? If it bothers me then I don't have to watch it. It's fine to have a show about two homosexual cowboys even though every Christian should be offended by it, but one atheist has a fit about a show that deals with God and angels, or the words "under God" in our Pledge of Allegiance and it has to go. If we let this secularist movement continue, it won't be long until it becomes a crime to even mention the name of Jesus.

You are right Ms. Hill, the Bible does teach us we serve a God of love. It also teaches us He is a Holy God with a zero tolerance for sin. That is why we needed a Savior. We hear all the time about freedom of religion and tolerance, etc. That seems to apply to everyone but Christians. We are called intolerant haters, but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to look around and see that we are the ones who are hated and are not tolerated. Some of our best educational institutions make it mandatory to read the Koran, but you better not be caught with a Bible there. You might offend someone. Yes, we are to be peace makers but that doesn't mean we sit back and let them do this to our country which, like it or not, was founded by Christians, for Christians. It is even happening in the church itself.

Many "Christians" go to a church simply because they are told what they want to hear, not what they need to hear. God's word says this will happen. In 2 Timothy 4:3 & 4, "For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables." You don't have to look very far to see it happening. It pains me to continually see people who claim to be Christians, giving in to the secular left wing because they don't want to offend anyone and they want to be tolerant. How many people do you think Jesus offended in His preaching? "If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first." John 15:18. When Jesus was here on this Earth, He never forced anyone to follow His ways. But He did warn them of the consequences of not following Him, and made sure they knew that He was and is the only way, truth and life, and that offended many.

We have a freedom of "religion" in this great nation. It is about time Christians started exercising that freedom. I certainly don't want anyone trying to constantly find my faults. I have as many as anyone else. The Bible tells us to love; it also tells us that when we see our brother in sin, we should tell him. This isn't about that. This is about keeping the United States one nation under God. I do have a relationship with Christ, Ms. Hill, and I believe our purpose as Christians is to glorify His name and win souls for Christ. But let me ask you, if we don't take a stand, how long will it be until our purpose becomes a crime? There are already many places in the world where it is. Plus, we are to witness to a lost and dying world. If Christians do not share the Gospel, who will?

Brett Trommler



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