American Revolution Two

“The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.”
- Patrick Henry, 1775 speech in the Virginia Convention

I saw real courage this week in the face of two incredibly brave people. One, a young white woman, the other, an older Arabic man. They have little in common except for a unique bond: both have a price on their heads for leaving Islam. They are apostates, and according to Islam, there is no greater sin (even murder). What kind of courage does it take to leave a socio-political system that will turn on you and demand your life?

The first face of courage I met this week was the remarkable and peerless Sam Solomon – the foremost expert on Islam in the West. He spent 15 years studying Islamic Jurisprudence and reached the apex as an Islamic Jurist in Sharia Law when he read the New Testament and became a Christian. He is a modern day Paul, now spreading the truth to fellow Christians and anyone who will listen: Islam is not a religion of peace, but a supremacist, socio-political system masquerading as a religion with an aim to conquer the West and re-establish a global caliphate. I spoke with Mr. Solomon personally at a small gathering and then watched him mesmerize a crowed of 300+ with the most striking presentation on Islam I’ve seen to date. He spoke in Arabic and English as he explained the reality of what America and the West faces. He is the face of courage because his mission to expose the truth in the face of a global campaign of deception puts his very life at enormous risk.

I saw the second face of courage belting out Christian songs of praise on a stage opening a conference focused on evangelizing Muslims. She became an apostate just six years ago and has a riveting story to tell, having survived an attempt on her life by her own father. She is young, and yet her courage and passion for God is nothing short of awe-inspiring. She is the face of courage because her unabashed love for Christ and leadership to witness to Muslims outshines the threat on her life by a brutal system of persecution and total submission.

What kind of courage would it take for the church to wake up and listen to apostates like these brave Christians? Apparently the kind that is elusive in the mainline churches today. There is a rapidly growing multitude of Christians who are absolutely disgusted by the cowardliness of our church leaders blinded by political correctness. Many refuse to listen to their own church members about a critical issue they know almost nothing about. None who I have spoken to have even read the Koran or studied the doctrine. To these I ask two serious questions: 1) What are the ethics of maintaining a willful ignorance about Islam? 2) What are the moral ramifications for ignoring your own congregants who are doing their best to speak the truth in love to you?

It’s long past time to discard the fallacy of political correctness, discover what true courage is, and understand the seriousness of the threat we face, right now. If we do not restore the integrity of the Great Commission, then the church is finished and America is doomed. We have an amazing opportunity with 7 million Muslims now here in North America. If the mostly spineless leaders of the church could pull back the veil of political correctness and cravenness for just a moment, they would see God already moving in miraculous ways to reach Muslims here and around the world.

The face of courage: will we see it from the pulpits of our own churches where there is no personal threat? Or will the courage be confined to those who speak the truth in the face of a death sentence?

Don’t miss this superb example of the kind of truth and courage we must have from the pulpit:
Bold Courage