Still not sure?

Soldier, do you harbor just a little doubt that we are engaged in spiritual warfare against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil? Read Chuck Colson's Breakpoint for December 17, 2010.

As the Islamic jihadists are emboldened by the fact that western governments, which for the most part suffer from a lack of any coherent world view, stand paralyzed by the curse of political correctness, Christians around the world bear the brunt of their fury. Mr. Colson applauds the New York Times for reporting about persecution of one of the world's oldest communities of Christians. That persecution, if not sanctioned by the Iraqi government, is at the very least ignored by that same government; a government that was formed after a bitterly fought constitutional convention, during which the term "religious freedom" was bandied about, but never truly embraced.

In Iraq, the spiritual warfare has already become temporal warfare, as Christians die or flee for their lives before their neighbors who have been recruited and deluded by Satan. Likewise, in China, citizens who embrace Christ must live in fear of and hide from their own government. Increasingly, the U.S. government, bowing to small minority groups, is systematically stripping its citizens (and especially Christians) of the First Amendment right to the free exercise of religion. How should a Christian soldier respond? In previous posts I have remarked about the need to be in intimate communication with the Commander in Chief, i.e., Jesus Christ, through prayer and the word of God.

Then we need to take the CIC's message to a world enslaved by fuzzy thinking; a world that has embraced moral relativism, political correctness and the satanic lie that there is no absolute truth. Jesus said, "I am the Way and the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (John 14:6) That is not a statement of wishful thinking. It is the truth. Jesus is the absolute truth. He has left us a written record of His truth, in which for thousands of years men have found unshakable precepts for living in harmony with God and His creation.

As soldiers in the army of the Lord, we are called to "go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰ and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you." (Matthew 28:19-20) We must, therefore, go winsomely, and clad with the whole armor of God (Ephesians 6:14-17) into our communities, into our workplaces, into our schools, into our public squares and teach the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Are you girded up, soldier? For'ard, harch!