James White, Defining and Defending the Gospel

We live in a day and age where society around us, each and every day, seeks to convince us that things like the truth of the Gospel are not knowable. The way our society thinks is that if you say “this is right”, and that that means, “this is wrong”, then you are hateful, you are unloving, you are arrogant, and so the very essence of the Christian faith was so is that God has acted decisively and purposefully in Jesus Christ and Him only. Our society teaches us to be ashamed of that message.

“How dare you think that you know the truth, and other people are deceived? Other people are in error?”

That pressure is placed upon us in every context of our society. That pressure is placed upon us in the work place. That pressure is placed upon us when we expose our selves to the entertainment and the media of the world in subtle ways, and in much more overt ways in our society today. The pressure is being placed upon us men to adopt a new kind of Christianity, a “Christianity” that is politically correct. A “neutered Christianity.” A Christianity that makes no claims about what God has done, but says, “but you know, I find great meaning in my understanding of my religious faith.” What does that mean? Does that not require us to believe that religious faith is merely a personal thing? It’s has no claim to speak of transcendent truth? “It’s just my personal opinion.” And as it becomes more and more a part of our society, that the feelings of individuals have become the new greatest good, “we dare not offend anyone.” What happened to men who have a backbone anyways? “We can’t offend anyone.”