Self-consciously and Intensely Committed

A statement from Kevin Swansons book the "The Second Mayflower" got me thinking...

One item that really jumped out at me in chpt 1 is where Swanson notes from page 7...But one thing is certain: historys direction has always been changed by small minorities of men and women who are self-consciously and intensely committed to either what is right or what is wrong, and remain so committed for generations(lev26:3,8 and deut 32:30)...

Otto Scott has made the point that 10 men who are willing to die for their convictions will be able to control much larger numbers of men.

By 150 yrs ago most Christians lost a self-conscious and intense commitment to live by Gods law.

One hundred yrs ago, those who despise God, made a self-conscious and intense commitment to live by and implement a humanistic vision for all of life. Where the terms for life would be based on what man thought was right. They saw the only way to do this society wide was to get control of the schools and change how future generations view life.

They first created the most prestigious teacher training center they could “Columbia” ( university I believe) and then sent out their disciples .

So in large part Evangelicals set aside Gods Law and focused on getting people saved and became “unconcerned about the affairs of this world” in violation of Gods first commandment and his dominion directions and Christs last instructions to make disciples of all nations, teaching whatsoever I have commanded you.

Instead of a self-consiously and intensely asking “ What does God want?” over every area of life, We said God doesn’t care about this stuff.

The Christians greatly narrowed their self-conscious and intense commitment to that of getting men saved. The atheists self- consciously and intensely expanded their vision to all of life. “We will define life in our image.”

Humanism is now the coin of the realm, even in most Christian circles. Gods law seems strange and scary to most believers.

What are we self-conscious and intense about?