During Pastor's Closing Point

6:00AM EDT 3/21/2017 SHANE IDLEMAN

On March 19, I had the privilege of debating an atheist.

During that closing statement when I began to talk about the real reason we deny God: "The carnal mind is hostile toward God" (Rom. 8:7a), a few members of a local Satanic group walked out. But this is very common when one focuses on the power of Christ. He is not a genie in a bottle; He is the Lord Jesus Christ: "Every knee should bow, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth" (cf. Phil. 2:10).

The words of Titus Brandsma (martyred at Dachau under Hitler) rang true that night, "Those who want to win the world for Christ must have the courage to come into conflict with it." This gospel of love is, ironically, becoming a message of hate to those who oppose it.

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