Do you want some good news from the Atlantic article? Here’s my take: suppose someone is on the outside, an unbeliever, a subscriber to The Atlantic, and they’re reading this article which confirms everything they ever thought about Christianity…BUT, who wrote the article? And who is quoted in the article? Christians! 

Some people and churches may be getting it wrong, but there are some among us who know what the true standard is and advocate for it. There were a lot of issues in the churches in Revelation chapters 2 and 3. Of the seven, only one had no problems. But Jesus, through the apostle John, called them out. 

The problem is not with Christianity. The problem is with how it’s practiced. 

What if some were unfaithful? Does their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God? By no means! Let God be true though every one were a liar, as it is written, “That you may be justified in your words, and prevail when you are judged.” (Romans 3.3, 4, ESV)

And, as always, no points just for talking. Peter Wehner, the author of the Atlantic article, the people he quoted, me for quoting them, and all those churches, for that matter: we all have to put it into practice. 

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. (James 1.22, ESV)