Reformation
This was one of the themes my old church talked about. Infact it was the these for their 2006 Global impact. The anbgle they took was to have christians in positions of power in the arts, education, politics. Politics seemed to be a particulalry favourite area of theirs.
However the idea of establishing Gods kingdom on earth is not a new one. As history shows though its not an idea that usually works out particulalry well. The crusades that spanned from 1095-1291 were lead by christians from europe in an attempt to reclaim the Holy Lands from muslim rule. Religon was the driving force behind hundreds of thousands of deaths over that time. The first five crusades had the offical blessing of the church, the sixth crusade that sailed in 1228, did not.
In Nazi germany, while many Pastors sought to help the Jewish people, POWs, others did not. Corrie TenBoom in her book “the Hiding place” tells of an occasion when she was asked to hide a Jewish Mother and her baby. Corrie talks about how she had no contacts and went to a Pastor for assisitance. The Pastor expressed alarm and outrage at the idea.
In the Rwandan genocide, some of the priests sort to protect Tsutsi’s from the Hutu lead massacre. Other priests sided with the Hutu militia. Ordinary men like Paul Rusesabagina, a man who worked in a hotel, put his life and the loves of his fmaily at risk, to save over 1000 Tsusi and hutu refugees by giving them shelter in his hotel.
Ordinary christians can change the world, we dont have to be in positions of power in order to make a difference. However it involves living radically. Over the next few blog posts, I am going to cover more on this subject. Untill then…..
Wizeone: A Captive of Christ 