6. Disobeying the Government

As the West moves increasingly further away from biblical truth and biblical morality, laws will be put into place that will attempt to stop the church from obeying God as directed in Scripture. 

In fact, this is already happening. In 2021, the state of Victoria in my home country Australia passed the “Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition Bill” that makes praying for homosexuals and transgendered people so that they do not engage in homosexual behaviour or change/act like the opposite gender a criminal offense punishable of up to ten years in prison.[1] Even if a member of one’s church approaches and asks the pastor to pray for them because they are having homosexual thoughts is illegal! 

7. Rejecting Critical Theory and Neo Marxism (‘Social Justice’ over Biblical Justice)

Critical Theory has infiltrated the West through various movements and groups, such as Critical Law, modern feminism (third-wave feminism), and Black Lives Matter. 

Critical Theory teaches that all white, heterosexual, male, Christians are by nature oppressors, and nothing can free them from the sin of their oppression.

8. Upholding Biblical Marriage

Extreme detailed definition of marriage right down to the minutia = A man and a Woman who join together for a lifetime commitment in a covenant. 

Biblical marriage and families are the bedrock of society. If the church does not uphold biblical marriage, then most relationships in the church will breakdown, causing harm and division within the church, resulting in the church stagnating and not fulfilling its purpose to bring believers to full maturity in Christ. 

9. Valuing Children

Churches no longer encourage their married couples to have children. 

Second, many married Christian couples in the West either do not want to have children at all (a reflection of Western culture) or only want to have one or two for selfish reasons. 

Finally, many churches in the West put children out of the main church service and into Children/daycare Sunday school classes… and do not actually train their kids. 

10. Upholding Biblical Gender and Gender Roles

Here is another definition in great detail of the gender roles….

Male and Female 

11. Preparing for Persecution

The last challenge the Western church faces is persecution. I believe that as Western culture continues to turn its back on the biblical faith and biblical values and becomes increasingly hostile to biblical Christianity that persecution will arise. It won’t just be the government (see point 6 above), but the populace will begin boycotting Christian business, companies will not want to hire Christians, companies will not want to do business with churches or Christians, Christians will be banned from social media sites, churches will be vandalized at a greater rate and to a greater degree, and Christians will be physically threatened and attacked.