SALT and LIGHT in Your City and State

by Gordon Dickson

Commenting on the 9/11 terrorist attack, George F. Will wrote, “The nation’s decade-long holiday from history came to a shattering end.”[1] That attack on American soil was a wake-up call for the nation. American Christians have also ended their holiday from history. The signs of trouble are everywhere as the fear of God slowly ebbs from our society; like our brothers and sisters in Third-World countries, some American Christians are facing slander and violent persecution. But God’s Word gives us guidance as to how to respond to a corrupt society: Jesus Christ designed His followers to be the salt of the earth and the light of the world. Lost sinners who become living saints and loving soul winners are like salt and light in their cities and states.

THE TROUBLE SIGNS

Each new day brings news of another descent into deeper depravity in our corrupt society. Like you, others are reading these words and nodding their heads with understanding. Who would have ever thought that our society would descend into this depraved darkness so rapidly? Yet here we are. Materialism, secularism, and paganism, along with moral indifference, are dragging our civilization down into the depths.