The Christian Gulag

I listened to a sermon on Romans 16:17-18 this morning.  This sermon was preached on 11/5/06 and, true to Biblical form, it is as relevant today as it was the day Paul wrote the letter to the Romans as it was in 2006.  Specifically I am writing about the conflict that has risen about the Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy speaking about the Biblical stance on marriage.  Did this really surprise the people who are attacking him?  A Christian having Biblical values is hardly a new concept.

This sermon is very rich with Biblical teaching but for the purposes of this entry I will stick with a specific portion of it.  I do encourage you to listen or watch the sermon in its entirety.

Pastor John said this...

"When there is no truth that deserves assent from everybody, the only arbiter in our competing desires is power. Where truth doesn’t define what’s right, might makes right. And where might makes right, weak people pay with their lives. When the universal claim of truth disappears, what you get is not peaceful pluralism or loving relationships; what you get is concentration camps and gulags." (emphasis mine)

With heavy handedness and a thug mentality government officials all over the country are unwelcoming a thriving business to their communities.  It is a business that creates jobs, is family friendly and teaches values to young people who make a large portion of their workforce, a place where service and respect for their guests and coworkers is obvious.  On top of that they have really good food and funny commercials. 

Universal truth (Scripture) has been supressed over the years all over the world and now in the US it looks like a new chapter is being written. We, as a country, are not "tolerant" of Biblical Christianity and haven't been for many years. The new chapter is about how US Christians learn what it's like to suffer for their faith, to take up their cross...litterally.

I would call it "The Christian Gulag".