Hey guys, my name is Johnny Artivannis, and this is Dialin. In this short series, I'm going to

begin what is, I believe, a three-part series on living for Christ in a hostile culture. It was

initially going to be one episode, but as I've studied it, I think there's so much to be said

here that it's hard to condense. And so over the next few weeks, we're going to be looking at that very topic. How do we live for Christ and stand for truth in a world that hates Christ and hates the

idea of truth?

Let's dial in.

Not long ago, America was a land of Christian values. The typical family found themselves within a church pew on a Sunday morning. There were those, of course, that didn't go to church, but they weren't hostile towards Christianity. They were just indifferent. You could say that the winds were at the backs of Christians. Being a Christian was good for business.

It was good for job applications and it was good for university applications.

But those wins that were once at our backs are now blowing steadily in our faces

as those who were once indifferent to the claims of the Bible have become indignant

over the thought that an invisible God gets to

govern their body, shape their choices, or define their morality. Your dollar bill might say,

in God we trust. But if you trust in the scripture as God's word and as the final authority

in your life, then you will be detested, despised, and undesired in the workplace,

at universities, and in your neighborhoods. To give you a flavor for this, I want to point you to

the hearings of a man named Russ Vott. He was applying for the deputy director position of

management and budget, a position within our own government, and during the hearing of his

appointment, he was cross-examined

by a senator. And I want you to listen to this dialogue. The senator says, Russ, I understand you are

a Christian, but the United States is not composed of people that are just that. I understand

it's a majority religion, but there are others of different religions here and around the world.

Do you think that those who are not Christians are to be condemned?

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