WOF 457: How to Resist Anti-Christian Bigotry

The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture

Brandon Vogt

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🗓️ 30 September 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

How should we respond when the culture becomes inhospitable if not actively hostile to Christian values? Sadly, biblical and natural law points of view are unwelcome now in many of the institutions that constitute the core of our society, including corporations, public schools, higher education, Silicon Valley, Hollywood, the legacy media, and even government entities themselves. What can Christians do to resist persecution by these secular powerhouses? How can we understand what it means to resist those who undermine Christians in light of Christ’s command to love our enemies?

A listener asks how she can share the faith with her non-religious family members.

Links:

Bishop Barron’s article in Newsweek: https://www.newsweek.com/olympics-anti-christian-display-reflects-cultural-decline-opinion-1933565
Word on Fire Institute: https://institute.wordonfire.org/

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the Word on Fire Show. I'm Matthew Petrucic, Senior Director of the Word on Fire Institute and the host of the Word on Fire Show.
0:06.2	Thank you for joining us. How should we respond when the culture becomes inhospitable,
0:11.2	if not actively hostile to Christian values.
0:14.3	Sadly, biblical and natural law points of view on issues ranging from the
0:19.7	sanctity of human life in the womb, to the protection of children from gender ideologies, to the defense
0:25.1	of natural marriage, to the rejection of both IVF and euthanasia, to religious freedom itself,
0:31.6	are now not welcome in many of the institutions that constitute the
0:35.9	economic, social, and cultural core of our society, including corporations, public schools,
0:41.5	higher education, Silicon Valley, Hollywood, the legacy media,
0:46.1	and even government entities themselves.
0:49.3	What can Christians do to resist being excluded from, and sometimes actively persecuted by, these secular
0:56.0	powerhouses.
0:57.0	Does being a follower of Christ require us to remain passive and rely exclusively on prayer
1:02.3	to hope for a better future?
1:04.0	If on the other hand pushback against bigotry against Christianity
1:08.0	can in fact be morally justified,
1:10.0	if not morally obligatory,
1:12.0	what forms of resistance are acceptable.
1:15.1	What from a strategic point of view will help Christians maintain our rightful place within
1:19.7	a pluralistic society?
1:21.8	And how can we understand what it means to resist those
1:24.6	who undermine Christians in light of Christ's command to love our enemies?
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