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How the Moral Majority made us the Moral Minority
From a similarly titled article in the Atlantic by Laura Turner in which she describes the inclination of some Christians to withdraw from the "culture wars" or as Rod Dreher, whom she cites writes, take "The Benedict Option" - Think: Benedictine Monasticism - (Saint Benedict 480 AD) You can find the article here:
http:/www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/09/end-of-moral-majority/407359/
While I cannot ascribe to Mr. Dreher’s "Benedict Option" (though it does have a certain appeal) without finding myself acting in contradiction to numerous New Testament exhortations, not the least of which is the Great Commission itself, I was intrigued by the questions the article raised for me regarding the immediate future of Christianity in America and perhaps globally as well....read more