While speaking on the future of Western civilization at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, DC, over the weekend, a retired Army general challenged the pastors of American churches to stand for biblical truth.
Lt. Gen, William Boykin (USA-Ret.), a longtime commander of Special Operations forces who now serves as executive vice president of the Family Research Council (FRC), challenged parishioners and pastors to stay in the culture battle for family values.
"When we have pastors doing that from the pulpits around America, then I think that people respond to that by trying to do the right thing with regards to these issues that are so important and fundamental to the health of our society, like same-sex 'marriage' … abortion and so forth," he suggests."
Boykin is concerned about the growing influence of Islamic extremists, and he believes the church has compromised many fundamental biblical principles.
"There are also a lot of pastors who are living under the illusion that their [church's] 501(c)3 status is jeopardized or that they are threatened by this concept of hate speech," the FRC executive vice president recognizes. "So as a result of that, a lot of pastors are just not comfortable speaking biblical truth."
As a senior Pentagon official, Boykin roused liberal activists after the 9/11 attacks when he described the fight against terrorism as a Christian battle against Satan.