The Rise of Tyranny in the Church

By Dewey Roberts - Posted at Vanguard Presbytery:

French President, Emanuel Macron, recently specified the reasons for his country outlawing homeschooling. He said that too many homeschoolers were being taught about God and that has proved to be a negative thing for society. It is obvious to anyone that has eyes and ears that totalitarianism is on the rise throughout the world. Countries which have formerly permitted missionaries are now outlawing them. Nations that have had democracies are turning to socialism. Countries that have enjoyed freedom are imposing despotic laws supposedly to protect the citizens. Yet, the old adage remains true that any nation which chooses safety over freedom shall have neither.

The same thing has happened in the modern church. Social justice has taken over many denominations in the US and North America. And with that social justice there has come tyranny for many. It seems unfathomable, but it is true. A movement that touts justice denies justice to most. Justice for all has been replaced by justice for a few (those identified as the oppressed) and retribution against all those who are identified as the oppressors. The old values have been thrown out and Marxist values of so-called social justice and Critical Race Theory have been substituted. With those new values, the church can expect all the same compassion as the former Soviet Union’s KGB and other communist nations gave to their citizens.

One of my prized books was given to me by some dear friends, The Persecutor by Sergei Kourdakov. Kourdakov was a KGB agent in the USSR during the 1960’s. His responsibility was to find groups of Christians meeting for worship and bust up those groups using any and all methods. One time he surprised a group meeting in an apartment and beat a beautiful young lady named Natasha in the face with his billy club. A few weeks later he busted up another group and there was Natasha with her scarred face. He beat her again. A few weeks later he saw her again, but couldn’t beat her for the third time. Sometimes the groups would meet outdoors. Whenever Kourdakov heard of such possible meetings, he was there to mete out punishment. But Kourdakov could not get over Natasha’s face. It troubled him so much that he eventually fled to Canada and asked for asylum. There he became a Christian and wrote the book I mentioned. Here is the way the book ends...

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