Dear Christians, Now Is The Time For Intolerance

When our Faith is mocked for entertainment, we should respond in protest. We should get angry. We should break out the whip, as Jesus did. We should demand that our beliefs be respected. We should be offended by anti-Christian, blasphemous material, not because it attacks us, but because it attacks Our Lord. In no other society in the world is the supposed predominant religion constantly mocked and belittled on their TV screens and in their schools and everywhere else. If only the Christians here chose not to indulge in anti-Christian entertainment, and chose not to give money to anti-Christian companies, and chose to live by Biblical precepts, and chose to speak out with righteous anger whenever Jesus Christ is jeered at and taunted by these bigoted clowns, we would magically become a Christian nation that looks, sounds, and acts like one. (Matt Walsh)

But Peter gives us a better way to respond to slander.

11 Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul. 12 Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.13 Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human authority: whether to the emperor, as the supreme authority, 14 or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right. 15 For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people. 16 Live as free people,but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves. 17 Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the emperor………………….

8 Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble. 9 Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing. 10 For,

“Whoever would love life
and see good days
must keep their tongue from evil
and their lips from deceitful speech.
11 They must turn from evil and do good;
they must seek peace and pursue it.
12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous
and his ears are attentive to their prayer,
but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”[g]

13 Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good? 14 But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear their threats[h]; do not be frightened.”[i] 15 But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, 16 keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander. 17 For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.”

Yes, it will improve our witness to the world fourfold if we assume the “whiny victim” mantle that characterizes the current spirit of the age.

…if a TV show is offensive, we could….turn it off? Maybe show by our pure conduct what we think of a vulgar, Rome-esque society?

Crazy talk, I know.