Christendom is dead. Now let’s set aside our differences and get to work telling people about Jesus.
If you wanted to sum up Mark Driscoll’s new book, A Call to Resurgence,
in a sentence, that’d be the way to do it. And make no mistake,
pronouncing Christendom, the age of cultural Christianity, dead is no
overstatement, even if declaring the American church dead is. A quick
survey of the cultural landscape in America (and the West in general)
shows how much has changed, and it’s definitely not in favor of
Christianity. So what are Christians to do? Are we to retreat and wait
for Jesus to return? Are we to give up our distinguishing
characteristics and blend into the culture?
We do not need more retreat, Driscoll says. We need resurgence:
This is not a time for compromise but rather courage. The fields are ripe. And as Jesus says, “the laborers are few”—in part because the prophets of doom are many.… This is no time to trade in boots for flip-flops. The days are darker, which means our resolve must be stronger and our convictions clearer. Continue at Aaron Armstrong
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