Covenant Reformed News – June 2016 • Volume XVI, Issue 2
This article from Covenant Reformed News addresses the biblical problem of sinful fear, particularly the contemporary manifestation of fear of man through political correctness, which hinders bold Christian witness and obedience to God's Word. Drawing on Isaiah 51:12-13 and other scriptural passages, the author argues that overcoming misplaced fear is essential to Christian godliness and that those enslaved to fear of man become servants of anti-Christian ideology. The piece challenges readers to examine how fear constrains their freedom to proclaim the gospel truthfully in all spheres of life.
Fearing Man and Forgetting God (3) “I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; and forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?” (Isa. 51:12-13). Since the fall, fear is...