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by Bill Warner –
\nIf you are even slightly awake about the world news today, it is no surprise that Christians are being killed, raped, and brutalized throughout the Islamic world. \u00a0However, there is a place where you can go to \u00a0escape the dreadful and relentless details of Christian annihilation by Islam. \u00a0You can just go to church.<\/p>\n
For example, Christians were killed<\/a> this week in Nigeria. \u00a0Nothing out of the ordinary — indeed, in the world of Christian persecution, this is routine.<\/p>\n And so the response found in nearly every church to the murder of Christians is…wait for it…complete silence. \u00a0Not a mention or reference to it, or to the brutality against Christians that happens almost every day in the Islamic world.<\/p>\n This is not a passive silence, because if you try to change it, you will fail. \u00a0The silence is an active, working conspiracy that goes throughout nearly all of Christendom. <\/p>\n Take a simple example: prayer for the persecuted. \u00a0From a Christian perspective, this falls under the heading of obvious. \u00a0Try taking the idea of prayer for the routinely murdered Christians in Nigeria or Egypt to ministers, boards, and any part of the structure of the church, and see how far you will get. \u00a0You will get rejection with a myriad of lame and evasive excuses, since the people in power fear to recognize the suffering of Christians around the world.<\/p>\n If you acknowledge the suffering, you might wind up asking the question: why<\/em> are these Christians suffering? \u00a0Ah, there is the rub. \u00a0The suffering is caused by Muslim jihadists who are following the Islamic doctrine of jihad against the Christian as found in Koran, Sira, and Hadith. \u00a0Islam is the cause of suffering of Christians, as well as of Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, and atheists.<\/p>\n But stop! \u00a0We cannot say those things! \u00a0Facts are the new hate speech, so we cannot speak about the jihad against Christians. \u00a0Therefore, we get no prayers for the persecuted, because it would lead to talk about why the murder of Christians keeps happening. \u00a0And that truth would lead to being called an Islamophobe, so we are not going there. \u00a0Result: silence.<\/p>\n It is ironic that the Wall Street Journal<\/em>, a financial newspaper, has run an article<\/a> about the silence at the pulpit concerning the suffering of Christians. \u00a0We live in a time of moral inversion, when Christian leaders are chastised for their moral bankruptcy by money men. \u00a0It is supposed to be the other way around.<\/p>\n Actually, there are few religious leaders left in America. \u00a0Instead we have chief-executive-officers who manage a 501(c)(3) institution that has meetings on Sunday.\u00a0 In too many cases, Christianity has devolved into an hour’s meeting that is supposed to make you feel good for a week.<\/p>\n This 501(c)(3) corporate mentality is another one of the roots of the denial of the Christian suffering. \u00a0If you are willing to see the doctrinal roots of the ongoing murder of Christians by Muslims, then you might have to speak about it from the pulpit, and that could be seen as political speech. \u00a0In spite of the fact that there has never been a 501(c)(3) revoked because of political speech by a minister, the imagined loss silences ministers. \u00a0Hmmm…if a minister is worried about the IRS revoking his 501(c)(3), then whom is the minster serving? \u00a0Caesar or Christ?<\/p>\n Now, you may not be a Christian, and so it might seem that there is nothing here for you. \u00a0But in reality we all have pulpits. \u00a0Are we using the suffering of Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, women, gays, and intellectuals caused by Islam as a topic of conversation with those around us? \u00a0Who is comfortable with bringing up anything negative about Islam? \u00a0To tell those facts about Islam is a social crime, and you will be accused of being a hater\/Islamophobe. \u00a0So most of us remain silent about the evils of political Islam, and we are just like the ministers — silent in our own pulpits. \u00a0Christians and non-Christians share the fear of being insulted as bigots and Islamophobes.<\/p>\n It turns out that all of those who oppose any social evil will be hated. \u00a0Think about it. \u00a0It takes a massive amount of power to put into place any societal doctrine, such as multiculturalism and political correctness. \u00a0The government, universities, many churches, synagogues, and the media have become enforcers of multiculturalism and political correctness. \u00a0They are very powerful and believe that their dogma rules all peoples.<\/p>\n They are also full-throated apologists for Islam. \u00a0Now it turns out that their actual knowledge about the doctrine and history of political Islam is close to zero and Muslim Brotherhood-approved, but that is no problem. \u00a0The Establishment just says that those who find fault with Islam are bigots and that they hate us.<\/p>\n The silence of the pulpits is the greatest aider and abettor of Islam in the U.S. \u00a0No one serves and advances Islam better than the silent ministers. \u00a0They have abandoned their duty of courage in the face of persecution, but the rest of the flock still looks for moral leadership from them. \u00a0Islam triumphs when Christian leaders do not condemn the murderous evil of political Islam.<\/p>\n Even worse than the silent ministers are those who go to “interfaith dialogs” and smile while the Muslims assert religious and political dominance over them. \u00a0The nice, oh so nice Christians and Jews show up to tie, while the Muslims are there to win, and they do.<\/p>\n Christians need to follow the example of Jesus and willingly suffer the condemnation by the Establishment and fight against the political Islam that murders Christians. \u00a0Said another way, Christians should demonstrate courage and sacrifice to support their cruelly murdered brothers and sisters.<\/p>\n We cannot defeat political Islam until we get Christian boots on the ground. \u00a0Do the math. \u00a0The pulpits must become a source of courage and knowledge and stand up for Christians, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, and all others who suffer under Islam’s persecution today and who have suffered for the last 1,400 years.<\/p>\n It isn’t 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