Christians are not ‘nice’ – they stand for justice and truth

Feb 19, 2017 by

by Dr Campbell Campbell-Jack, TCW:

Traditional Christians have become used to being told we are psychologically damaged goods. With every attempt to uphold traditional Church teaching, we are assured that we are homophobic, Islamophobic, xenophobic and have just about every other kind of irrational fear possible. This is par for the course when it comes to society in general – that there can be a gulf between the world and the Church should come as no surprise.

More interesting is when unbelievers, who have as much understanding of theology as I have of equine psychology, attempt to define who is and who is not a Christian. ‘How can you claim to be a Christian if you believe: in restricting immigration, that the election of Trump is not ‘an existential threat to humanity’, that the NHS is not the established religion of the UK etc., fill in the blank from your own experience.

What is most disturbing of all is when we hear the same cries from within the Church. For many Christians including some in leadership positions, fighting for the soul of the nation is unacceptable for the believer, unless that is you do it on progressive approved lines.

In order to silence traditional Christians progressive Christians routinely employ the WWJD (What Would Jesus Do?) test. This is the same test they scorned as simplistic when used by evangelicals as a moral guide, but it seemingly works fine as a political guide. Jesus, they argue, commanded us to love our neighbour. The command to love our neighbour, however, is a bit more nuanced and involves more than waving ‘No Borders’ placards.

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