Now, I don't think that Christians in this country are suffering persecution. It?s hard to make that case when the last two Presidents kept running around talking about their personal faith in Jesus Christ. What I am saying is that we are living in an environment where our assumptions will be challenged, and we need to be ready for that. If we encounter a moment where this happens, we can?t afford to immediately get offended and make a big stink (like one woman did when her Starbucks coffee cup had a quote from an atheist on it). After all, how do we feel about people we perceive as whiners? Do we want to listen to them? Of course not, they?re annoying! And if people perceive us a being ?whiny? when our beliefs get challenged, no on is going to listen to us. On the other hand, if we can be gracious and respectful in those moments when our Christian assumptions are challenged, maybe we won?t convince people that they are wrong, but maybe we?ll keep them from being nasty towards Christians in the future because they realize, we actually can be pretty-decent folks.

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