Secular Humanism in today's churches
In the
fourth chapter of Daniel, Nebuchadnezzar is seen standing on
the roof of his palace, looking out over the magnificent
city of Babylon with its glorious hanging gardens, and
he is taking credit for what he sees.
The text quotes him as boasting, "Is not this the great
Babylon I have built as the
royal residence, by my mighty
power and for the glory of my
majesty?" (Daniel 4:30). He is claiming that the world he observed
was of him, by him and for his glory.
That is the very essence of the world's spirit which
exalts
self in opposition to the sovereignty of the true God, and
Nebuchadnezzar's boast may be the best single expression in
all literature of what we today call
secular humanism. But it is
exactly that spirit that we see in today's evangelical
churches as we construct
bigger and bigger buildings and larger and larger ministries
by catering to the
love of self
and by
worldly means, rather than doing God's work by his
might and in obedience to him.
– James
Montgomery Boice, Here We Stand!
