God has placed each of us at this precise moment in history for His own sovereign purposes. Our calling is to step into the moment we’ve been given with hope-inspired courage, knowing who is reigning over all things: our Lord Jesus Christ

How long can a civilization endure when detached from its roots, most importantly, from truth itself? That question is at the heart of the recent documentary Truth Rising, produced by Focus on the Family and The Colson Center for Christian Worldview.

Os Guinness, one of the world’s leading apologists and my co-host in the documentary, often refers to the West as a “cut flower civilization.” Detached from the essential truths that rooted and nourished it, the West cannot survive. When an entire civilization abandons the ideals that nourish it, there are consequences.

That’s why most civilizations are subjects of history books, and their artifacts stock the shelves of museums. History can tell us that a civilization died, and sociology might even tell us why, but neither can help us know how to live in a civilization’s most pivotal time. But that is where we are, and thus we must choose: renewal or decline?

For followers of Christ, this is not a strategic choice. Rather, it is an issue of obedience. We were called to this time and place, not by accident, but by God’s design. Every Christian must decide: Will I obey the call of Christ in this moment, or will I shrink back?

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