{"id":34119,"date":"2025-05-29T16:26:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T16:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/are-christians-on-wrong-side-of-history\/"},"modified":"2025-05-29T16:26:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T16:26:00","slug":"are-christians-on-wrong-side-of-history","status":"publish","type":"sermon-illustrations","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/are-christians-on-wrong-side-of-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Christians on \u2018The Wrong Side of History\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past few years, Christians have often been warned that we&#39;re &quot;on the wrong side of history&quot; in regards to same-sex marriage. Robert P. George, a law professor from Princeton and co-author of <em>What Is Marriage<\/em>, said:<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I do not believe in historical inevitability &hellip;. No good cause is permanently lost. So, my advice to supporters of marriage is to stay the course. Do not be discouraged. Do what the pro-life movement did when, in the 1970s, critics said, &#39;The game is over; you lost; in a few years abortion will be socially accepted and fully integrated into American life &hellip;.&#39; Speak the truth in season and out of season &hellip;. Keep challenging the arguments of your opponents, always with civility, always in a gracious and loving spirit, but firmly.<\/p>\n<p>If you are told that you are on &#39;the wrong side of history,&#39; remember that there is no such thing. History is not a deity that sits in judgment. It has no power to determine what is true or false, good or bad, right or wrong. 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