How free societies commit suicide
By Akos Balogh, The Gospel Coalition Australia.
In my first year as a university chaplain I was almost kicked off campus.
A gay-rights activist had it in for me, and for the Christian students I worked with. This gentleman didn’t like the fact we held to the Bible’s teachings (including on topics such as sexuality).
And the University authorities supported him, meaning I had to show-cause why the Christian student group and I should be allowed to stay.
(We managed to stay.)
It was a very sobering time for me. A wake-up call, in fact.
In a previous life, I had served in the Australian Defence Force, where I had worked to defend Australia against external threats to our freedom.
But this activist woke me up to the fact that there are also internal threats to our most cherished freedoms.
And it’s these internal threats that Christian author and commentator, Os Guinness, discusses in his book, ‘A Free People’s Suicide: Sustainable Freedom And The American Future’.
Although he discusses America, I think there are some important lessons for all free societies, particularly in the Anglosphere.
Here are 2 of his key insights:
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