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Connecting the Two Wars!
Part 3 Bringing the Twin Wars Together
• Session 3.14 Connecting the Two Wars!
• Session 3.15 A Clash of Narratives
• Session 3.16 Three Cultures – Three Futures
Outline
• The Great Satan
• This War Is About Western Decadence
• Nominally Christian – Practically Atheists
• Ideology and Public Life
• Two-Front Offensive
• The Kingdom Offensive
The Great Satan
• Read– John 8:4– Revelation 20:3, 7-8
• Question– What do these reveal about Satan, his
nature and his strategy?
U.S.A. as the Great Satan
• One nation under man proclaims:– There is no God– There is no truth– There are no morals– Man is an animal– Sex is for recreation and entertainment
• These are all deceptions, the work of Satan
This War Is About Western Decadence
Letter to the American People
• Sunday, Nov. 24, 2002
• Two Questions:– (Q1) Why are we
fighting and opposing you?
– Q2) What are we calling you to, and what do we want from you?
Reflection
• What is bin Laden saying?
• What is your response to his accusations?
This War Is about DECADENCE!
• Harvard Prof. Samuel Huntington wrote: “In Muslim eyes Western secularism, irreligiosity, and hence immorality are worse evils than the Western Christianity that produced them. …”
• Questions:– What is the Muslims’ assumption?– Is their assumption correct?– Why do they have this picture?
Nominally Christian –Practically Atheists
Common Reasoning
• Question: As Muslims look at the West, what is their reasoning?
Two Worldviews
GOD
CreatioCreationn
Evangelical Gnosticism Biblical Theism
The Greek Dichotomy
FaithTheologyEthicsMissionsDevotional LifeGospel
ReasonScienceBusiness/economicsPoliticsArt/musicPhysical ministryBread
HigherHighermore more
importantimportant
LowerLowerless less
importantimportant
SPIRITUALSPIRITUAL(sacred)(sacred)
PHYSICALPHYSICAL(secular)(secular)
GRACEGRACE
NATURENATURE
Sun
day
Sun
day
Wee
kday
sW
eekd
ays
Two Worldviews
Evangelical Gnosticism• Spiritual focus• Heart – feed emotions• What is God going to do
for me?• Christ “in me”
• Sunday Church• Compartmentalized life• Practical Atheists
Biblical Theism• Comprehensive focus• Heart, mind, and will• What does God want
me to do for Him?• Christ in me and in the
world• Monday Church• Comprehensive life• Consciously Christian
Compartmentalization
Reflection
• Where do you see this separation in:– Your own life?– Your church?
• Give examples
Ideology and Public Life
• There is never any separation of ideology from public life.
• A person’s ideology will inform public life.
Ideology and Public LifeIdeological Pluralism
A Foundational Ideology *
* Judeo-Christian Theism Atheism Islam
Marriage of Church and State
Institutional Pluralism
(separation of church and state)
Atheists’ Proclamation
Atheists’ Practice – Freedom from religion
Jihadism – Tyranny of religion
Freedom of religion
Judeo-Christian Theism
Evangelical Gnosticism
Reformed/moderate Islam
Two-Front Offensive
• In the West - The Cultural War – A War of Spirit and Ideas
• From the East - Jihad – The Hot War
• Both are wars of vision and ideas.
• Thoughtful Christians must engage in each conflict.
The Cultural War
Militant Atheism• Europe• America
Traditional Transcendent SocietiesJudeo-Christian TheismModerate Islam
counter offensive
attack
Jihad’s Hot War
Jihad’sThe Sword
WestModerate
Islam
Atheists Christians
Judeo-ChristianTheism
SubmitEvangelicalGnosticism
Submit Engage
Engage Submit
Co Belligerent
Jihad – The Hot War
The Kingdom Offensive
Salt and Light
• Read Matt. 5:13-14
• Discuss– What is the nature of light? What does it do in
a society?– What is the nature of salt? What does it do in
a society?– What happens in a society when salt loses its
saltiness?– What are the implications for our lives?
Kingdom Offensive
Christ and Him Crucified
Thy Kingdom Come
GoodnessTruth Beauty
Atheism Islam
Kingdom Offensive
Rebuilt Societies
Reformed Cultures
Repentant Souls and
Regenerated LivesGos
pel –
Ren
ewed
Min
ds –
Dis
cipl
ed N
atio
ns
Gos
pel –
Ren
ewed
Min
ds –
Dis
cipl
ed N
atio
ns Consequences – B
ehavior – Values - B
eliefs
Consequences – B
ehavior – Values - B
eliefs
Promote Life Over Death
Life is better than death.
Health is better than sickness.
Liberty is better than slavery.
Prosperity is better than poverty.
Education is better than ignorance.
Justice is better than injustice.
Muslims Coming to Christ
“In every hour, 667 Muslims convert to Christianity, …. Every day, 16,000 Muslims convert to Christianity. Every year, 6 million Muslims convert to Christianity.”
Sheikh Ahmad al QataaniAl-Jazeera
December 2001
Reasons People Are Coming to Christ
• They are HARDWIRED for love
• Repelled by the Jihadist hatred and violence
• Responding to the love of Christ