The six enemies of the West we now face

Aug 19, 2020 by

by David Robertson, theweeflea:

There are those who want to see Western society destroyed. They regard it as patriarchal, capitalist, immoral, racist and unjust. The sooner it is gone the better. But they find it far easier to destruct than construct. What would they replace it with – other than some fantasy Utopia which no one has ever been able to manage?

But from a Christian perspective – why should we care about the West? We are about the whole world – not just one part of it. Surely, we are not claiming that one part of this world is more Christian?

In one sense we are. As Vishnal Mangalwadi points out in his book The Book That Made Your World, the West was largely founded upon Christian values and biblical foundations. For those of us who are Christians who care about the world, and the glory of God within it, we should care. It may be that the 21st century will, in church terms, be the age of Asia and Africa, but that does not mean we should be blasé about the demise of the first continent to be brought to Christ.

We should weep over it, as Christ wept over Jerusalem. As Augustine saw the demise of The City of God in the Roman world – so we must take this particular opportunity to reflect upon what is happening in our world – and by the mercy of God, to strengthen what remains and is about to die. This month I want to reflect on the enemies that our civilisation faces – next month we will look at the enemies the church faces.

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