I fully believe that Christians should use every opportunity to speak up for Christ, especially in an increasingly darkened culture, but I worry about the message we may be sending. We are Americans after all, we have the constitutional right to complain. Yes, it is aggravating when schools, stores etc. try to politically correct Christ out of Christmas, but confronting some poor employee sends the following messages: 1) I am a Christian. 2) I am easily offended. This is a problem because it is the opposite of what we are supposed to be. Lemon is not a fruit of the Spirit.
Neither is prickly pear. Another reason we should not be offended so easily is because Christ spent a lot of his ministry warning his disciples to expect opposition. The world has always been hostile to the things of Christ. America is in the world. Ergo we should not be surprised that our culture misunderstands, maligns and litigates against Christianity. Finding the balance between communicating God's truth and clobbering people with it is difficult. We are to be the light of the world, but a flame thrower is overkill. If I cannot speak up for Christ in the way that represents his nature, I should stick with just one message--I am easily offended. At least that way, I'll mix well with my mixed up culture.
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