Just Be Quiet

We are finding more and more challenges to the expression of the Christian faith. Oh, its not that we are persecuted to the point of giving up our lives at the hand of murders, just for professing Jesus Christ as Lord. No, we fight to keep the right to do so in the public arena of our schools as our children become more and more inculcated with a genuine dislike for the Christian faith.

Brittany McComb had her microphone shutoff in 2006 during her commencement speech, when she began referring to God, the Bible and her faith in Jesus. In Colorado, a nine year old Wade was not allowed to give his report on his favorite hero to the class because he had picked Jesus. He had to give the report in private to the teacher. ¹

In her article, “Islam in America public schools: Education or Indoctrination, written in June of 2008; she says “Islamist have taken what’s come to be called the “soft jihad” into America’s classrooms and children in K-12 are the first casualties. ²

In 2007, Barbara Pytel wrote in an article: “Christian prayer has been banned in public schools. Now, Muslims are demanding prayer time and getting it. ³

All that brings me to this thought; I feel as if the church has given away its proper place at the head of society in terms of its care, outspokenness and influence. We have in many ways either through budgetary concerns, or government threat from the IRS brought on by others, or by lack of inner strength given way to the progression of humanism on a grand scale.

The church seems to be so busy competing among itself that we have no voice, no focus and by proxy then, no mission. For me as a pastor of a new, young and small church; it is about moving past the competition, moving past the fear of ridicule, moving past the stereo types and the integrity bashing and going after the mission: The transformation of lives and the right of God’s people including their children to honor and worship their God.

Peter

1 Israel My Glory, May June 2009, pg 34

2 Cinnamon Stillwell, “Islam in America’s public schools: Education or Indoctrination, “June 11, 2008

3 Barbara Pytel, “Muslim Prayer in Public Schools: Are Public Schools Accommodating Islam over Christianity?”