From NottheBee:

Here it is. This is the perfect encapsulation of the mind-numbing frustration so many of us Christians feel these days when engaging a wayward and rebellious culture:

Man: I want to do “x.”

Christian: You are free to do it.

Man: But you think “x” is wrong.

Christian: Yes.

Man: Because you want to control me and tell me how to live?

Christian: No. You are free to do what you want.

Man: But you think “x” is wrong.

Christian: Yes. Because God says “x” is harmful and I don’t want that for you. I desire your ultimate good.

Man: But I want to do “x.”

Christian: And you are free to do it.

Man: But I want you to say that “x” is good.

Christian: I cannot say that.

Man: Why do you hate me?

One of the first times I saw this example articulated, it was within the context of the Roman Catholic Church and how it relates to the world.

But applied generically to all God-honoring, Bible-believing Christians, this synopsized exchange perfectly illustrates the emerging reality for those with a proper Christ-centered theology and worldview when it comes to interacting with contemporary American society.

• Why does the Southern Poverty Law Center consistently place mainstream, orthodox Christian churches and organizations on their thoroughly discredited “hate list?”
• Why do major media outlets fall all over themselves in a tireless effort to assign Christian credentials to a family of political activists in Topeka, Kansas that call themselves “Westboro Baptist Church,” despite possessing no affiliation with Baptist doctrine or Christ’s church?
• Why do progressive social media influencers peg all politically-engaged believers as advocates of some mysteriously undefined, but nefarious sounding “white Christian nationalism?”
• Why do pop stars make lyrical demands that Jesus followers “calm down,” while smearing them as purveyors of homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia?

There is an easy answer to all these questions, and the Gospel of John gives it:

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