# We Will Not Be Silenced ![rw-book-cover](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91TsubI-5ZL._SY160.jpg) ## Metadata - Author: [[Erwin W. Lutzer and David Jeremiah]] - Full Title: We Will Not Be Silenced - Category: #books ## Highlights - This book examines every cultural issue we are facing. Nothing is left out. It addresses diversity issues, racial issues, gender issues, social justice issues, media issues, issues of free speech, and issues rooted in socialism and Marxism. Most importantly, it covers issues related to the church and how it is responding to all of this. ([Location 163](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B08GJVWWK7&location=163)) - Erwin Lutzer explains that behind all this destructive behavior is the determination of the Marxists to destroy America’s history so that it can be replaced by a new Marxist “history” that is being inculcated into our children’s minds from kindergarten through graduate school. They’re not just tearing down monuments, they’re trying to destroy the very foundation upon which our nation was founded. They understand that “he who controls the past controls the future.” ([Location 170](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B08GJVWWK7&location=170)) - Here is Lutzer’s hopeful answer for you, for me, and for all who call upon the name of the Lord: I want to inspire us to have the courage to walk toward the fire and not run away from the flames. God has brought us to this cultural moment, and our future cannot be taken for granted. As has been said, “In a time of universal deception, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ([Location 180](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B08GJVWWK7&location=180)) - Jesus affirmed that many who expected to be saved would in fact be lost and that the gate leading to the heavenly kingdom was narrow; the way to destruction was broad and “those who enter by it are many” (Matthew 7:13). Clearly, more people—many more people—will be lost than will be saved. ([Location 203](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B08GJVWWK7&location=203)) - Yet today there are calls for evangelicals to remake Christianity into a more inclusive religion. There are widespread efforts to make the narrow door wider and to even affirm the salvation of well-meaning people of other religions. So-called progressive Christians advance their causes under the banner of love and compassion. In the process, the hard truths of Christianity are either redefined or ignored. ([Location 205](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B08GJVWWK7&location=205)) - Our churches should be sanctuaries for the downtrodden, the oppressed, and the lonely. They should be hospitals for the soul. ([Location 211](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B08GJVWWK7&location=211)) - Today, many people use their own judgment as their point of reference; they feel so right about their direction that they are deaf to calls for them to rethink their approach to culture. They are making progress on the wrong road. ([Location 219](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B08GJVWWK7&location=219)) - The Christian poet Vasily Zhukovsky wrote, “We all have crosses to bear and we are constantly trying on different ones for a good fit.”1 ([Location 224](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B08GJVWWK7&location=224)) - Someone has said that “a Christianity without courage is cultural atheism.” ([Location 232](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B08GJVWWK7&location=232)) - no matter the headwinds, we must keep rowing toward the heavenly shore. ([Location 235](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B08GJVWWK7&location=235)) - What a special privilege it is to be called to represent Christ at this pivotal moment of history! We are called for such a time as this. And we must pray that our light might shine more brightly than ever in our darkening world. ([Location 236](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B08GJVWWK7&location=236))