Many Christians feel a letdown and even feel “shocked” that we now have someone so liberal in the White House. Will unlimited abortions, same sex marriages, ultra liberal Reconstructionist judges and socialized medicine dominate the day? Will conservative talk radio be shut down through the “Fairness Doctrine” and will freedom to speak out as a Christian be squelched? Will the Church change the world we live in?

 I believe this is an important and complicated question in the day in which we live. One school of thought says the darkness will get darker, the world is already condemned and “that there is not much of a model of Jesus ever fighting to reform the Roman government”, “that Jesus will rapture the faithful and the tribulation will happen regardless of what we do”. I would maybe categorize this type thinking as Dispensationalist. Dispensationalist in the sense that as the “age of grace” comes to a close, the main future hope of the world lies in the rapture for believers and Jesus returning to judge the nations, destroy the armies that march against Israel and establish the millennial reign.

 Another school of thought says we are to take the power centers of our society such as government, education, media, entertainment and business. They say we are to intercede and take geographical regions from the prince of the power of the air and even disciple cities and nations. Church conferences on these subjects are on the rise. I would maybe categorize this type of thinking as “Latter Rain” and “Dominion Theology” influenced. Some go as far as to say we are not dependant on a literal second coming of Jesus and that Jesus through His church alone will transition us into the millennial reign or He will come but cannot until we effectively take dominion.

 Certainly we can agree we are to influence people everywhere we go, having an active witness on our jobs, in our schools, and in all the aspects of the community and culture in which we live.

 My friend Jerry Graham in his Daily Graham blog pointed to this very interesting article by Cal Thomas: http://www.calthomas.com/index.php?news=2419