CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 10, 2022
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO LIVE IN A POST-CHRISTIAN SOCIETY? IT IS SIMILAR TO A PRE-CHRISTIAN SOCIETY WITH EVERYONE MOSTLY LIVING AS HE OR SHE PLEASES WITHOUT REGARD TO A SHARED MORAL VALUE SYSTEM, OR BELIEF IN THE ONLY GOD THERE IS, OR HAS EVER BEEN.
THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT IN THE PRE-CHRISTIAN SOCIETY, RECORDED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES, SALVATION THROUGH JESUS AND HIM ALONE AND WHAT HE TAUGHT WAS RAPIDLY ACCEPTED AMIDST MASSIVE PERSECUTION FROM UNBELIEVERS, INCLUDING THE ROMAN GOVERNMENT.
IN OUR POST-CHRISTIAN SOCIETY, WE HAVE TASTED THE GOOD BUT ARE NOW REJECTING IT AND INCREASINGLY EMBRACING EVIL. AND THE CHURCH HAS LOST ITS POWER TO INFLUENCE CULTURE BECAUSE IN TOO MANY CASES IT HAS ABANDONED ITS FIRST LOVE IN FAVOR OF EARTHLY AGENDAS.
IN MANY WAYS THIS REMINDS ME OF HOW THE ANCIENT ISRAELITES BEHAVED. HAVING WITNESSED THE PRESENCE AND MIRACLES OF GOD, THEY CONSTANTLY ABANDONED HIM TO WORSHIP FALSE GODS
PRAY FOR REVIVAL. IT’S THE ONLY WAY BACK FROM THE ABYSS. I’M CAL THOMAS.
