There are still places in the world today that have never heard the clear and clarion call of the gospel.  These lands have within them some elect people.  God will bring the glorious tidings to them via His faithful church.

Again, I am writing some of these treatises to try to satisfy my own curiosity; to bring up issues that I think are important; and (sometimes) to challenge almost-universally-accepted phrases and tenets.

Probably almost all of us have heard of, or read of the concept of the “Post-Christian” world, or society, or culture.  The idea, I believe, is likely pretty innocent—as it seeks to communicate the perception that what used to be, is no longer the case (or is no longer “around”).  And, without a doubt, this thinking is totally understandable.

But I wonder, Biblically, and from a gospel perspective, if this term “Post-Christian” has any meaning; and (worse) if it is not potentially offensive to the one and only God of heaven and earth?

I also muse over whether or not this term is employed as a convenient “excuse” for going beyond the Biblical (and gospel) guidelines for the church’s Sabbath (Sunday) worship services; and for doing certain types of unconventional “evangelism,” (even if the motivations are “good”)?  (The rationale would be, “Well, the ‘old’ ways cannot work anymore; so we have to try something else.”)

We already know, from manifold places in both the New Testament and the Old, that King Jesus rules; and that His dominion is from “sea to sea,” (Ps. 72:8).  The only question, I suppose, is, “Can Christ’s rule be lost, usurped, or replaced by anything else?”

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