ular government, blinded by their lack of common Christian decency, will (as they did with public schools) banish the Bible from the White House, before banning it in church and eventually outlawing it in your very own home! Will real Americans continue to stand for this outrage? I pray to the Lord, no.”
Secularization, as it is at present spreading and developing, is dividing the modern world into two. On the one hand there is an official and institutional form of Christianity seeking to be faithful to the beliefs and forms of Christendom’s past glory, and on the other there is a secular, non-religious society which tends to assume that emancipation from all religious faith is part of the goal of complete secularization.
In a little book, Advent Conspiracy: Can Christmas Still Change the World, Rick McKinley, Chris Seay and Greg Holder write,
“The fastest-growing religion in the world is not Islam or Christianity; the symbol of this rising faith is not the star and crescent or the cross, but a dollar sign. This expanding belief system is radical consumerism.
Many American Christians have decided they can, to put it bluntly, love both God and money.
Our Scriptures tell how God’s people were often intrigued by the promises of other gods. They did not denounce him as they began to worship Baal or any other god. Rather, they often continued to profess loyalty to God while they pursued their functional god. American Christians have incorporated their devotion to consumerism with their Christian faith.
It is now clear that the primary threat to Christianity in America is consumerism—not liberalism, fundamentalism, Darwinism, secularism, or any other ‘–ism.’”
So which is it a threat or not? Militant secularism is our idolatry. Or is it one of many idolatries that are tearing at the very fabric of our Christian foundation? You have to make a decision with much prayer.
As for me, Secularism is the enemy of Biblical Christianity. The Christian life is based on the Word of God and directed to God’s glory. Satan will try to destroy this God-centered living. God is not satisfied with partial service. Because He is God, He demands our complete surrender. He alone wants to have the first and the last word. He doesn’t like to share Himself with anyone or anything else. Secular humanism doesn’t liberate, but enslaves. Jesus said: “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free” (John 8:31).