“We do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.”
Transformed Nonconformity
Be not conformed to this world: but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Romans 12:2
“Do not conform” is difficult advice in a generation when crowd pressures have unconsciously conditioned our minds and feet to move to the rhythmic drumbeat of the status quo. Many voices and forces urge us to choose the path of least resistance, and bid us never to fight for an unpopular cause and never to be found in a pathetic minority of two or three.
Alternate History: William Lloyd Garrison's Fourth of July Speech against abortion
Suppose that, by a miracle, the uborn should suddenly become 6-year-olds. Would you shut your eyes upon their sufferings and calmly talk of legal limitations? Would you continue to call abortions “safe” where the murderer and his accomplices suffer no harm but the boy is chopped into pieces? Would you continue to prate that crushing the skulls of children is a “human right” that mothers must be able to demand?
Voting is Violence - A Call for Christians to Reject the Illusion of Human Authority
Thousands of years ago, megalomaniacs claimed to be gods in order to rule over their subjects. Once that stopped working, they claimed to be representatives of the gods in order to rule over their subjects. Once that stopped working, they claimed to be representatives of their subjects in order to rule over their subjects. One day that will stop working too. The propaganda will stop working eventually as more and more knees bow and tongues confess that Jesus Christ is King (Philippians 2:9-11).