We are living in an age of profound cultural shift. Up until the early twenty-first century, Western history was dominated by a form of Christianity that was legally established and culturally honored. While not everyone was a Christian, being a Christian was respectable, and Christianity was generally recognized as the dominant cultural and moral outlook in society.
That has dramatically changed in the last ten years, signaling the end of that cultural establishment. Many Christians feel disoriented. What is this new world, and how should we relate to it?
These are questions that we find ourselves rather ill-prepared to address because up until recently, we could assume things that can no longer be assumed regarding how people think and how they react to Christianity. Amid these changes, I have found considerable help in thinking through these issues in the life and work of Abraham Kuyper. Read more»
W. Robert Godfrey | “Pressing Forward by Looking Back” | April 4, 2025.
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It couldn’t be any clearer.
I think wanting a comfortable Christianity and a moral compass for humanity became the problem. The state is OK with Christianity as long as it supports moral and civil impartives and patriotism too.
I remember when to be a Christian was to be clean a cut, religious, ethical, patriotic person. I guess if God wants to give the saint’s rest from trouble He can. But the proclamation of Christ as Lord and the only Savior of men isn’t described as being friendly other than among the saint’s. Men hate substitution.
So much that even professing Christians have added sanctification to their jurisdiction.
That’s Justification