Does the Mt. Soledad Establish a Religion?
Greg Koukl I want to start out by reading the introduction of a wonderful little book written by a friend of ours named Hugh Hewitt. This is a book we actually interviewed Hugh on a couple of years ago when it first came out, called, In But Not Of. Here’s the way he starts this book that is kind of a primer on how Christians can have an impact as a good ambassador in culture. He doesn’t use the word “ambassador,” but that’s really what he’s talking about. If you want to have an impact, if you want to make a difference as a follower of Jesus Christ, Hugh’s got 48 chapters, each as a short vignette, each with a different lesson. He starts out the book this way, because his point will have application to the current events issue I want to comment on. The effective and mass communication of the Gospel depends upon the freedom to proclaim it. Though it is possible to proclaim the Gospel in the face of persecution, the unfettered freedom to do so is much, much to be preferred. There are bill
