Recently my Dad has been reading to my brother and I 1984 by George Orwell. What he seeks to impress upon our mind is the consequences of Marxist thinking. In the fabled nation of oceana everything from war to thought is ditated by Big Brother-the state. Everywhere Big brother is watching you...from the telescreen in your house to the cubicle on which you sit. The very truth that is common sense now is changed to fit the party's philosphy. In fact, the three slogans of the party are almost opposite of the Judeo-Christian worldview, War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength.
Yet, suddenly we realized that such tolatarism wasn't only fiction; everywhere men and woman are pushing such a seemingly radical idea. It may never come to the extent of 1984, but it has happened in Soviet Russia, and is happening in countrys like China and North Korea. we had just finished reading a chapter of George Orwell when Daddy picked up the recent Voice of the Maryters newsletter and began reading about an underground church which had been forced out of their worship place. The similarities were almost humerous if we had realized the profound reality of what we were reading.
In Christ is the power to combat such forces; are we ready to stand for His kingdom?
