On Being a Christian in Troubled Times

by Brian Knowles

“For a wide variety of reasons, it is becoming, in our time, ever more challenging to live life as a Christian. The long accepted order of things is being destabilized. Old boundaries are disappearing and paradigms are shifting — sometimes abruptly. We live in a world in which it is hard to know what one can count on.

As I write, the United States and the United Kingdom are at war with Iraq. US forces are present in more than 40 nations around the world. The world is an unstable place with a small but growing army of dictators, tyrants and usurpers opportunistically competing for power at every turn.

The United Nations is anything but united. As a peacemaking organization, it is virtually useless. It is morally and ethically bankrupt. As a forum for anti-US sentiment, it reigns supreme. As a threat to the sovereignty of nations, it has no equal. The UN actively and overtly pursues a new global order in which it provides the basis for what will undoubtedly be a socialist style world government (though it pays lip service to the idea of democracy).

Christians of all stripes are under siege throughout much of the world — especially in communist and Islamic nations. Tens of thousands of Christians are murdered each year in socialist police states and by religious fanatics. As Christians suffer and die for their faith, the world stands largely mute….”

(this article is an excerpt from the May-June 2003 edition of the Sabbath Sentinel)

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