I published the following article in the Church Bulletin of the Church I pastored some twelve years ago. In view of the rapid deterioration of our cultures since then it would seem the fears and concerns expressed in the article were more than justified and could be viewed as somewhat "prophetic." The article still speaks volumes to the need for Christians to take a stand today.
"I could not believe my ears! A spokesperson for a Queensland Teacher's Union was actually saying on the current affairs programme called, " Summer Diary," that they were pushing the Queensland Education Department to forcibly require all students in Queensland Schools to participate in sex education classes that would include details about homosexual lifestyles and present this aberrant behaviour as normal and acceptable conduct!
They would insist parents who object to such deviant brain washing not even be allowed to withdraw their child from such classes! She said they were making it an issue of human rights for the children. That parents would not have the right to deprive their children of such so-called education! She was followed by your obligatory, stereotypical, know -it-all, University Professor, who, with the usual pseudo-tolerant smile for the unwashed masses, was trying to allay the fear of any ignorant parent that this might be harmful to young children.
I said to myself, "That's it! - That's enough." It's time we who call ourselves Christians quit talking and start walking! I agree wholeheartedly with the following excerpts from an article by Dr. James Dobson: ‘There are Christians leaders who do not feel it is the role of the church to confront evil in government. They feel they must concern themselves only with spiritual matters, as though the killing of unborn babies and the support for public morality are beyond their scope. ... these leaders are saying, 'It's not our calling.' Others say, When we use our influence in society, we expose ourselves and our faith to ridicule and rejection.' ....
To those Christians who want to say nothing against evil Dr. Dobson asks some important questions: ‘At what point will you rise to defend what you believe? Is there anything worth putting your reputation or your life in jeopardy for? Will you object if your children are routinely indoctrinated in homosexual ideology in public schools? Will you object if imperfect babies are killed in our hospitals? . Will you object if involuntary euthanasia becomes widespread in our nursing homes? Will you object if the government tells your pastor or priest what he can say from the pulpit? (In Sweden an evangelical pastor who preached a sermon on Sodom and Gomorrah was convicted of "verbal violence" and was sentenced to a four week prison term) ...
Will you object if the government assumes ownership of children and tells parents how they must raise them - under penalty of losing custody? Will you object if boys and girls are given a wide range of rights that override the wishes of their parents? Will you object if each family is permitted only one baby, as is the official policy in China today? Will you object to a homosexual and lesbian quota hiring system being imposed upon business and churches? Will you object if obscenity laws are repealed and child pornography is ignored by the government?
Are these changes coming to Western nations? I don't know. Some are already well entrenched. Others appear to be right around the corner. Anything can happen in a civil war." To those who say we can't win this battle Dr. Dobson says, ‘That's irrelevant. It is not our duty to win. It's our duty to be fight and be faithful!’
"I could not believe my ears! A spokesperson for a Queensland Teacher's Union was actually saying on the current affairs programme called, " Summer Diary," that they were pushing the Queensland Education Department to forcibly require all students in Queensland Schools to participate in sex education classes that would include details about homosexual lifestyles and present this aberrant behaviour as normal and acceptable conduct!
They would insist parents who object to such deviant brain washing not even be allowed to withdraw their child from such classes! She said they were making it an issue of human rights for the children. That parents would not have the right to deprive their children of such so-called education! She was followed by your obligatory, stereotypical, know -it-all, University Professor, who, with the usual pseudo-tolerant smile for the unwashed masses, was trying to allay the fear of any ignorant parent that this might be harmful to young children.
I said to myself, "That's it! - That's enough." It's time we who call ourselves Christians quit talking and start walking! I agree wholeheartedly with the following excerpts from an article by Dr. James Dobson: ‘There are Christians leaders who do not feel it is the role of the church to confront evil in government. They feel they must concern themselves only with spiritual matters, as though the killing of unborn babies and the support for public morality are beyond their scope. ... these leaders are saying, 'It's not our calling.' Others say, When we use our influence in society, we expose ourselves and our faith to ridicule and rejection.' ....
To those Christians who want to say nothing against evil Dr. Dobson asks some important questions: ‘At what point will you rise to defend what you believe? Is there anything worth putting your reputation or your life in jeopardy for? Will you object if your children are routinely indoctrinated in homosexual ideology in public schools? Will you object if imperfect babies are killed in our hospitals? . Will you object if involuntary euthanasia becomes widespread in our nursing homes? Will you object if the government tells your pastor or priest what he can say from the pulpit? (In Sweden an evangelical pastor who preached a sermon on Sodom and Gomorrah was convicted of "verbal violence" and was sentenced to a four week prison term) ...
Will you object if the government assumes ownership of children and tells parents how they must raise them - under penalty of losing custody? Will you object if boys and girls are given a wide range of rights that override the wishes of their parents? Will you object if each family is permitted only one baby, as is the official policy in China today? Will you object to a homosexual and lesbian quota hiring system being imposed upon business and churches? Will you object if obscenity laws are repealed and child pornography is ignored by the government?
Are these changes coming to Western nations? I don't know. Some are already well entrenched. Others appear to be right around the corner. Anything can happen in a civil war." To those who say we can't win this battle Dr. Dobson says, ‘That's irrelevant. It is not our duty to win. It's our duty to be fight and be faithful!’
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