Speak up. All it takes for evil to reign is for good men and women to do and say nothing.

28/7/2015

Speak boldly. All it takes for evil to reign is for good men and women to do and say nothing. Speak the truth in love and leave the results to God.

As Os Guinness reminds us, in the end, Christian persuasion is “not for salesmen, propagandists . . . spin doctors . . . and the like.” The art of Christian persuasion “is for those who desire to share the way of Jesus because of their love for Jesus, and who know that love is also a key part of any human being’s search for knowledge and truth.”

“And true to the Holy Spirit, Christian persuasion must always know and show that the decisive power is not ours but God’s.”

Keep speaking the truth in love. Do not be afraid.

“Fool’s Talk: Recovering the Art of Christian Persuasion.” Os Guinness.

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The Can Opener
by Craig Manners

A blog inviting and encouraging honest enquiry, thought and investigation into some of life's big issues, including theology, philosophy, culture, politics.

We were sold a secular lie when we were told: "Don't talk about religion or politics!" These are two of the things we should be talking more freely about, investigating, participating in. They affect every one of us, and it is the height of folly to willingly remain ignorant about either of them. So, don't leave your brain at the door of our forcefully secular culture, wise up and renew your mind. Start thinking about the big issues in life.

While much of what is here written may be counter-cultural, given the post and even anti-Christian position of our post-truth culture, it is in no way counter-human beings. I am not against people no matter what they do or may have done in their past. Where I speak against ideology, behaviour, ideas, movements, politics, I remain very much on the side of the human beings behind them, even though I may be adamantly opposed to their worldview. As a Christian I firmly believe it is not loving to quietly stand by and observe while a fellow traveler in this fallen world is running toward a cliff, over which lies nothing less than unending horror.