Those of us who call ourselves Christians are to blame for the moral decline in the West – and much of the world. We call Jesus Lord, but do not do what he asks. It is because of our silence in the face of injustice and immorality that there is so much injustice and immorality not just in the west - but other countries as well. While minorities in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Egypt, Syria and elsewhere are severely persecuted, we look the other way.1 If we don’t stop being cowed into silence, and find our voice, the west will be destroyed. More than ever, the west needs men of courage, conviction, and moral clarity.
And why do many western intellectuals hate the religion from which western values sprang? 2
If the west does not return to the God of the Bible, Europe’s future will be much like its violent past. Few people in the western world know this, but Europe almost became Islamic.
1. For how Christians should respond to injustice see Good News About Injustice by Gary Haugan.
2. Could part of the problem be the image of God they were presented with? (see The Inescapable Love of God by Thomas Talbott).