Fay Voshell "Scarcely any moment in American history is as important for America's Christians as the developing crises over religious freedom now happening in California.
"The legislature of Sacramento not only is underhandedly banning books opposed to the doctrines of the transgender religion (including the Bible), but also has threatened Christians' rights to free assembly and freedom of speech.
"According to its website, Summit Ministries, an organization devoted to advising Christian youths on how to live out a Christian worldview, has canceled its scheduled appearances at Biola University in Los Angeles "due to concerns that California will forbid some of what it teaches."
"Summit's concern is real." . . .
. . . "Summit apparently preferred the Munich solution. It preferred peace in our time. But by capitulating to the state's threat, Summit Ministries has made the battles California's Christians face even harder. The heat will inevitably be turned up on churches and ministries that teach Christian morality.
The truth is that Summit's capitulation almost ensures there will be no peace for Christians in California. Unfortunately, the next battles to be won or lost also will have the odor of Summit's capitulation and defeat, no matter which state Summit flees to for refuge.
Alas, the Christian church in America is generally as weak as Summit has shown itself to be in the face of opposition to its God-given constitutional rights. She is almost constantly capitulating while preoccupied with attacking other Christians. She is far too subject to think herself safe in her subculture bubble, constantly retreating into a non-relevance auguring the first step into nonexistence. Meanwhile, she is too often leaving the mighty but outnumbered 144,000 to fight the onslaught alone.
The American church, for the sake of the Christians among her and for the sake of those outside her walls – their freedoms are also threatened – must wake up and take up the motto, "We have not yet begun to fight."
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