Many are arguing, and have been for years and years, that Christianity and the Bible are becoming less and less relevant to modern society. In one sense, those who argue irrelevance are absolutely correct. Look around. Stop and listen. Read articles in the newspaper and on the Internet. What do you see? What do you hear? What do you find? What is happening is a mass exodus; the Bible is being forced out of culture and being replaced by anything and everything else. The airwaves are filled with all sorts of obscenities and lewdness, and anything that is remotely wholesome and challenges modern society’s hedonism and self-centered theology is run out of town. As Christians, we have a huge challenge set before us; we have been called to show the world that the words of Christ still matter, and that one day they will be the only thing that matters (John 12:48). If we are to show the world that the words of Christ still matter, then they must first matter to us.
[Editor’s Note: Brother Baxley’s concise article is exactly accurate and much needed, especially in view of the legal abdication of all that is right, wholesome and godly in a once greater nation that was established on biblical principles and the freedom to worship without restrictions. That “The wicked shall be turned into hell, And all the nations that forget God” (Psalms 9:17 NKJV) is God’s eternal truth – irrespective of what any judge or panel of judges, legislatures, or president decrees. ~ Louis Rushmore, Editor]
