I was fortunate enough to see an early screening of a brand-new film based on Eric Metaxas’ best-selling book, Letter to the American Church. The hour-long film, which shares the book’s name, vividly lays out the case that it is high time Christians in this country got seriously involved in the cultural and political arena.

The author’s narration is accompanied by rapid-fire images that help convey the urgency of the days in which we live. They force us to acknowledge things that, a mere dozen or so years ago, were unthinkable: Kindergarten children at drag queen shows; males competing in girls’ sports because they are convinced they are females; free speech being silenced; getting fired for “misgendering” a coworker; and the government shutting down churches and keeping strip clubs open in the name of “science” and a mysterious virus to name just a few profound changes in America that are now the norm. Even “business as usual” is more “business as unusual” in a corporate world that mirrors the culture, hoping in that way to achieve the largest profit margins.

And what has the Church these past many years been doing to slow the roll of this Looney Tunes juggernaut? Unfortunately, in many cases, the Church has jumped right on the merry-go-round, displaying rainbow and BLM flags and welcoming gay pageantry right into the sanctuary.

For those churches at the forefront of welcoming the left, it is a pretty sure bet that they are not really “Christian” in any true sense (“By their fruit you will know them”). But what excuse does the true, professing Church have for not giving these same leftist initiatives some heartfelt resistance?

Do we in the Church believe that being “nice” is the way to........

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