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Sit Down, Sit Down for Jesus?

Contrary to rumor, the culture wars aren't over. Nor should they be.

Stan Guthrie | posted 9/01/2006 12:00AM

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Passing new laws and backing pro-life judges, while good acts in themselves, do not exhaust our responsibility to love God and our fellow human beings. Mathewes-Green and Yancey no doubt would readily agree that Christians must never neglect to share the gospel and a cup of cold water in Jesus' name. But neither should we neglect the broader social context in which we give people the Good News—both in the United States and overseas.

As we seek concrete ways to love our neighbors, Christians are right to fight sex trafficking, genocide, and aids. But doesn't Christ's love also compel us to speak compassionately against the new eugenics, gay marriage, and other attempts to redefine bedrock Judeo-Christian understandings of human nature and family life? We must fight evil in the public square—whether we are the political flavor of the month or not.

Stan Guthrie is a senior associate editor of Christianity Today.

Related Elsewhere:

Christianity Today articles mentioned in this column include:

The Lure of Theocracy | As we flee decadence, we must watch where we step. By Philip Yancey (July 10, 2006)

Exploring a Parallel Universe | Why does the word evangelical threaten so many people in our culture? By Philip Yancey (Nov. 3, 2005)

Loving the Storm-Drenched | We can no more change the culture than we can the weather. Fortunately, we've got more important things to do. By Frederica Mathewes-Green (March 3, 2006)

Other articles mentioned include:

Theocon Moment | Needed: More Sam Brownbacks, fewer Pat Robertsons. By Ross Douthat (Wall Street Journal, April 9, 2006)

Evangelical teens rally in S.F. | More than 25,000 evangelical Christian youth landed Friday in San Francisco for a two-day rally at AT&T Park against "the virtue terrorism" of popular culture, and they were greeted by an official city condemnation and a clutch of protesters who said their event amounted to a "fascist mega-pep rally." (San Francisco Chronicle, March 25, 2006)

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