America is in the midst of a new revolution called cancel culture. Over the last twelve months some of the examples that the cancel culture folks in America have implemented include: taking down statues of Christopher Columbus, renaming hundreds of schools, de-platforming conservative voices from social media accounts like Twitter, to now even banning some of the classic Dr. Seuss children’s books.
But as dangerous as these trends are to our once shining democracy I believe that our cherished Christian values, once a core bedrock of American society, could be facing a devastating assault. Christian morality has already been greatly devalued. We see this all around us from legalized abortion, to same-sex marriage, to now even the celebration of trans-gender individuals. Sin is now not only considered acceptable but even praised as a new morality.
Since the 1960’s Christian values have undergone a steady downward spiral. Some of the things that have changed or are in the process of changing include: removing prayer and Bible reading from public schools, legalizing abortion and same-sex marriage, a movement to take “In God We Trust” off our paper currency and coins, teaching evolution as fact, kneeling for our National Anthem, and another movement to ban preaching against sin from the pulpit.
But what could be the most deadly assault yet may be the banning of the Bible. While this would have been unthinkable even five years ago I believe that cancel culture, by banning several of Dr. Seuss’ books, may just be laying the groundwork for getting society to abolish our precious Bible.
Many countries already ban the Bible today and while this may seem unthinkable in America if the current trends of cancel culture continue the Bible may just have to go underground. Who would have thought that America could have justified negro slaves – but they did in the past. Who would have thought that America could legalize the murder of babies in the womb – but we do. Who would have thought that America could redefine the definition of marriage – but we did. And who would have thought freedom of speech would have to be something that millions of conservative voices would need to fight for – but we must.
It’s time we as Christians realize that freedom of religion, for Christianity at least, is something we soon may have to fight for. Many Americans already have a deep distain for the Bible because they know that its pages condemn many of the practices they hold dear. For this section of our population, they would like nothing more than to ban the book they consider a book of hate speech.
May this devotion serve as a clarion call to pray for, not only our nation, but for our cherished freedom of religion and sacred Bible. Prayer is our most powerful weapon against what is going on in America today – so let’s use it!
Curt, Well written! I can wholeheartedly endorse everything and believe that these are real and continuing concerns. I thank God that He remains our hope.