I'm a Christian! You got a problem with that?

Straight AheadToday, I was perusing Presbyweb, as I usually do. If you're a Presbyterian, you need to become familiar with Presbyweb. It's one of the best resources around. Anyway, today, I was directed to a link which contained "bias-free guidelines" which are to be used by Presbyterian women in writing or talking about various people and religions. They had guidelines pertaining to racial-ethnic groups, the disabled, socio-economic usages, and even people of various body types. It was one of the most amazing documents I've ever read! For example, they said that people should not refer to me as a "blind man," but as a "man who is blind." I know this may come as a shock to people who refuse to live in the real world; but we are defined by our most obvious characteristics; and most of us learn to live with that. Some of their suggestions clearly had a thinly-veiled political agenda and were downright silly. Of course, the most incredible aspects of the guidelines came when they were talking about how we should address people of other religions. According to this paper, we should not assume that Christianity offers anything that is any better than other religions. We should not be perpetrators of what the writers call "imperial" Christianity. Personally, I think spending eternity in heaven is much better than spending eternity in hell, which is where those who fail to profess faith in Christ are likely to wind up! I believe we are indeed to go into all the world, making disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, just like it says in Matthew 28:18-20. Is that "imperial" Christianity? And just for good measure, I'm also a "triumphalist," another word that some theologians like to throw around. I believe, as some charismatic Christians like to say, that "we win in the end," or rather, Christ wins in the end--crushing all adversaries and rivals under His feet at the Last Day! Some will think I'm just stubborn and contrary. I prefer to think of myself as someone who is simply proud to be an American, thankful for the gifts of western civilization, and grateful to be chosen by God as one of His own before the foundation of the world. In other words, I'm a Christian! You got a problem with that? We in the mainline Protestant churches have allowed ourselves to be intimidated by "progressive" theologians and practitioners of political correctness for far too long. This is not the way to prepare for the coming struggle with Islam and terrorism.