A Christian in Today's World

Reading The Christian in a Changing World by Hans Rookmaaker made me think about a lot of different things. It made me think about Christians in todays society and just how hard it is to be a Christian in these modern times. It makes me sad to look at the United States today. The U.S. was founded on Christian values, and we have gone so far from God it makes me sick. A lot of Americans claim to be Christians but unfortunately I think a lot of people are lying, or do not know what exactly it is to be a Christian.

It is harder to be a Christian today than ever before. Non Christians today view Christians as judgmental people when in reality we just stand up for what we believe in, at least I think we use to. There was even a Christian put in jail for, in my eyes, was for her beliefs. Recently a county clerk got put in jail for not issuing marriage licenses for gay couples because of her strong Christian beliefs. That outrages me, because she was not saying she hated gay people she just was saying that a marriage should be between a man and a woman according to God. The world needs Christians now more than ever, which part of what I think Rookmaaker was trying to get at. We are called to get the world back to God, whatever it takes. He says we are to stand for freedom and humanity. We need to stand up for what we believe in, because nowadays Christians are afraid to do so because they will be judged and struck down. We need more people like the county clerk who won't succumb to what a society distant from God wants us to do, we have to take a stand to turn the world back to God. We have to have courage to state our beliefs and live them out.