Friday, October 10, 2014

How Can We Live in a Secular Society?



Dear Dr. Gary,

I live in a Socialist nation that hates God and forces me to send my kids to a godless school. What can I do as a Christian?

Dear Chris:

I guess that 90% of all Christians have lived in an oppressive, secular, God rejecting society. Many have been persecuted. Here in the US we have enjoyed the freedom of living in a society that outwardly embraced and promoted most Christian values legally and emotionally but not deeply. Now the worm is turning and we are soundly rejected by the world, the flesh and the devil.

What than shall we do? In My Opinion (IMO) we learn to act like a minority rather than a majority. I was an Associate Dean at a secular university. I was a definite minority. I became used to being subversive rather than aggressive. I had to be very humble and do a lot of listening. I became known as the “Spirit Filled Counselor Professor” but I had to fly under the radar most of the time.

Be aglow in the Spirit! Humbly look for ways to serve others in the outside world. Many of my friends live as you describe. They carried on a very strong relationship with Jesus but the schools and culture were corrosive. They had to have strongly spiritual homes and fellowships groups but keep a low profile. 



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