“Salt is good, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored?” (Luke 14:34).
The dominoes of truth and morality are falling at an alarming speed in our culture. Every day there seems to be another attack upon Christian values and religious freedom. We shouldn’t be surprised. For one thing, Jesus warned us that it would be this way (Matt. 10:22). Also, history tells us that as a culture slides into moral decline, its people turn against the principles upon which that culture is built.
In America, that’s the Judeo-Christian tradition. The question is, how do we face cultural challenges head-on and lead our nation back to the Lord?
I posed that question to my friend and renowned philosopher and theologian, Dr. Os Guinness, on Focus on the Family with Jim Daly. He says the biggest tragedy in American culture is not that Christians aren’t storming Washington, D.C. it’s that they’re not what they should be right where they are.
Our culture is systematically relegating people of faith to the shadows of public life, and the consequences are immense. As our religious freedom is eroded, people of faith are barred more and more from public discourse. A debate isn’t a debate if only one side is allowed a voice.
We need to think globally. But we need to act locally within the sphere of our individual calling. Individually, we’re not called to save the world. We’re called to be faithful wherever our circle of influence may be – whether that be as homemakers, teachers, lawyers, cab drivers, or political leaders.
To be salt right where we are.