In Erwin W. Lutzer's book entitled When a Nation Forgets God, he expounds on 7 Lessons We Must Learn from Nazi Germany.
Namely, they are:
- When God Is Separated from Government, Judgment Follows
- It's Always the Economy
- That Which Is Legal Might Also Be Evil
- Propaganda Can Change a Nation
- Parents—Not the State—Are Responsible for a Child's Training
- Ordinary Heroes Can Make a Difference
- We Must Exalt the Cross in the Gathering Darkness
The world, the flesh and the devil are after our minds and our children and the soul of every man, woman and child. We have a responsibility, "as sheep [of the Good Shepherd] in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves." [Matthew 10:16]
We are tasked—as Christians—to answer the question, "How do we both love the people of the world and yet oppose the agenda of those who would crush the Gospel?" For, we are told to love our neighbor and to love our enemy [Matthew 5:43-48], yet to abhor evil and love good [Romans 12:9].
The power of the early church was in the Gospel not in self. "Without freedom of religion, without a media presence, and without the ability to redress the wrongs against them, the Christians discovered that the Gospel had the power to change individuals, families, and the culture."
It is now our turn.
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