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[jamesgrinchishin]

Our biblical illiteracy and lack of spiritual confidence has caused Americans to avoid making discerning choices for fear of being labeled “judgmental.” The result is a Church that has become tolerant of a vast array of morally and spiritually dubious behaviors and philosophies.

This increased leniency is made possible by the very limited accountability that occurs within the Body of Christ. There are fewer and fewer issues that Christians believe churches should be dogmatic about. The idea of love has been redefined to mean the absence of conflict and confrontation, as if there are no moral absolutes that are worth fighting for.

That may not be surprising in a Church in which a minority believes there are moral absolutes dictated by the Scriptures. The challenge for every Christian in the U.S. is to know his/her faith well enough to understand which fights are worth fighting, and which stands are non-negotiable.

How can we present life-changing truth to people if we tiptoe around the basic truths of Scripture? Of course we want to present them as palatably as we can, but at some point whether or not a person chooses to ingest and digest the truth is about his own level of hunger. For centuries precious Christians have been subjected to indigestible junk food, as in, “Gag me with a fable.”

Look, we are running out of time. Let’s make “Hey!” (as in, “Hey you, come to Christ!”) while the Son shines. The Devil is not shy about loudly and relentlessly proclaiming his lies and we should be no less bold in declaring what we know to be God’s truth. People’s lives depend on it. We dare not mistake “tolerance” for spiritual blindness, an inordinate desire to have man’s favor, or cowardice.