Yet another example of the creeping removal of Christ Jesus in American culture and politics is found today in a news report out of Texas from Rowlett Community News as reported by Kenny Green: Group wants prayer discontinued at council meetings.
The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) sent a letter to Rowlett Mayor John Harper on Aug. 27 requesting that that the council disallow invocations during city council meetings.
One of the opening prayers given before a council meeting specifically mentioned the name of Jesus Christ.
The Freedom From Religion Foundation continues to be an organisation that seeks to remove the mention of Christ from public discourse and once that happens, as I can see in other government states around the globe, physical persecution is not far behind. But this is not something to fear because we have been told by Christ to expect the world to hate us for being His followers. Christians in foreign lands who undergo physical persecution understand this fact and know that it is in part a sharing in the sufferings of Christ.