{"id":612,"date":"2008-02-22T21:26:23","date_gmt":"2008-02-23T05:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oxgoad.ca\/2008\/02\/22\/are-we-in-a-slow-earthquake\/"},"modified":"2008-02-22T21:27:33","modified_gmt":"2008-02-23T05:27:33","slug":"are-we-in-a-slow-earthquake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oxgoad.ca\/2008\/02\/22\/are-we-in-a-slow-earthquake\/","title":{"rendered":"are we in a slow earthquake?"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Associated Baptist Press article discusses the question “Will ‘evangelical center’ emerge to rival waning Christian Right?”<\/a> The article notices the waning political effectiveness of the so-called Christian Right. A few quotes:<\/p>\n

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“The younger generation is definitely turned off to the culture-war mentality and all the anger,” he said. “They believe it violates the Spirit of Christ.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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“A historic shift is occurring,” Richard Cizik, vice president of the National Association of Evangelicals, said in a Scripps-Howard interview. “It is equivalent to an earthquake in slow motion — people aren’t sensing it.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Their numbers may be dwindling, “but the commitments of many in the movement have not waned — hence, [Republican Mike] Huckabee’s dramatic Southern victories on Super Tuesday,” Leonard said. “But the movement is certainly aging, and many of its leaders are dead or less active.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Now consider that North American society is moving to the left. Perhaps I should say “American” society. In Canada, we are already there, it seems.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, the evangelical church seems to be moving to the left along with society. (But … a few steps behind, perhaps?) What of the fundamentalist church? Could we take these quotations and apply them to fundamentalism? It seems to me that they certainly describe a vocal group of people claiming the fundamentalist label in the online world.<\/p>\n

Fundamentalism doesn’t need to continue as a movement. The Lord is quite capable of preserving the True Church without the likes of us. Perhaps if we yielded to Him more, we would do better!<\/p>\n

Yet I think it is still right for Bible-believing Christians to speak up, say no to sin and compromise, rebuke error, proclaim truth, stand for the right, and let the chips fall where they may. I suppose that is obvious from the general tenor of my blogs!<\/p>\n

We may be in a slow earthquake, but I think we should ‘quake back’. <\/p>\n

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