Steve Schlissel on the Intolerance of Toleration

In this useful short video, Steve Schlissel highlights the fact that absolute relgious toleration is a myth and that a ‘tolerant’ society will always be intolerant to the true religion. People might think Northern Ireland is different, but things are changing fast. For example, I recently watched Let’s Talk (a TV show for political discussion) where Ian Paisley Jr. was lambasted for condemning homosexuality as a sin (which is also the view of the Roman Catholic Church) and Eamon McCann (the hardcore Socialist and Atheist) mocked the idea of God judging nations for Sodomy; moreover, at the end of the program, a member of the audience asked what Ballymena people could do to shed their image as ‘Bible-bashing bigots’ (at which point I turned off in disgust). Secular Humanism is becoming more powerful in the province, as Socialism, Statism, and Egalitarianism is rampant; yet we in the Reformed churches are not blameless in this matter; we have refused to publically condemn the rise of the State’s power, the inflationary economy (a sign of gross moral decay Isa. 1:22), or proclaim God’s predictable judgments in history against nations which reject His Law and turn to idols (Deut. 28). So, can we really be surprised that the Humanists are setting the agenda?

The time has come to ditch pietism and middle-class respecatability and preach a full-orbed Christian faith which proclaims the crown rights of Jesus Christ over all areas of life. In order help us do this please make the effort to read some of the books that I review by Christian Reconstructionists/Theonomists on this site. I know that there are others who are seeking to build a Christian world-view, however, as far as I can tell, they are ever learning but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth of Scripture on non-ecclesiastical matters (which is what I was like before embracing Theonomy), they seem to be always building the house, but never living in it. This is not something we can afford to be soft on; if we do not warn our nation about its gross corruption, we are guilty remaining silent when God’s wrath is being high-handedly provoked; thus when His wrath falls upon the nation, we will be, in part, responsible for it. This is not a loving Christian attitude; we must warn the wicked to turn from their evil ways – even if it makes us unpopular (Eze. 3).

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