Why the Nation is a Mess
Where were the Christians during the tumultuous decade of the 1960s? What answers were they offering? A debate was raging over whether Christians should say anything. As far back as 1947 Carl Henry, in a flash of prophetic insight, wrote that “unless we experience a rebirth of apostolic passion, Fundamentalism in two generations will be reduced either to a tolerated cult status or, in the event of Roman Catholic domination in the United States, become once again a despised and oppressed sect.” There is no doubt that Henry’s timing was off. Christianity has entered the second generation as “a despised and oppressed sect.” At the conclusion of this generation we may find ourselves to be a persecuted religious minority. The frustrating thing is that millions of Christians will glory in the status.
Posted by Editor at April 23, 2005 07:14 PM
