Dare to be a Daniel
Daniel is one of my greatest heroes, but I fear his example is being degraded by marketing. Today I got a letter marketing Dare to be a Daniel:
"Are you saddened as you watch our country's public schools systematically eliminate any trace of God from the classroom? . . . It's a shame and disgrace that our society has come to this."Few things would thrill me like a generation of Daniel-like evangelists. I often pray for the gift of evangelism, as well as for simple boldness in constantly sharing the good news. I am encouraged that there are people who want to encourage and enable youth to share the gospel.
"Write today for your free copy of Dare to be a Daniel. Also enclosed is a free CD-ROM with music, video testimonies from artists and athletes, text of the entire Bible, mutimedia spiritual helps and much more. When participants complete the training, we'll send them a set of etched metal dog tags inscribed with Bible verses and a personalized, high-impact ID card."
Yet my hope is not that kids will be allowed to pray in school, or that Christianity will be taught in the classroom, or that the Ten Commandments will hang on the wall. My hope is that Christ will so reign in the hearts of His redeemed people that we bring Him glory in every context. Not only that, but we will assume that the world is going to hate us because it hated Jesus: we, like our Lord, testify that what it does is evil, and offer same mercy He did.
How do dog tags and a high-impact ID card encourage that kind of Christ-loving boldness?
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2 comments:
What bothers me is not that scams like this exist but that large portions of the institutionalized chruch not only buy into it but slam, put down, and otherwise marginalize those who stand opposed.
Yet I can understand perfectly why they tend to marginalize opposition. They see themselves as the force of evangelism in our country. So those who oppose the way they are doing things (not what they are doing) are clearly (to them) opposing the good news of Christ.
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