When we bring together the myth that Christianity is private with the idea that Christianity is polarizing, we begin to see why many Christians don’t feel as “at home” as they used to. Still, I wonder why so many Christians expect to feel at home in American society. If we know that true Christianity will never be popular and that the claims of Jesus are polarizing in every generation, then why do we feel disoriented when we are pushed to the side? Why does this feeling surprise us? Chasing the answer to that question leads us back in time, to pulpits and pastors from 250 years ago, when an
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