What A&E, GLAAD Missed with Phil Robertson and Duck Dynasty

There has been something brewing underneath the surface of the culture in America for several decades, as opposition to anything related to Christ has ramped up, with some of it like abortion have dire consequences.

With the debacle at A&E concerning its Duck Dynasty show and Robertson family patriarch Phil, that pent-up frustration has flowed out onto the social media street, with an amazing amount of backbone that had been believed to be gone from believers in Jesus Christ in the United States.

What A&E and the vicious activist group GLAAD didn't know, was it wasn't gone at all, as Christians are called upon to suffer for His name's sake. Rather, what was happening underneath the surface was a dormant but powerful force waiting for the right time to be unleashed. That time has now come, and it is sweeping not only across the country, but across the world. I don't think things in America will ever be the same again.

Brutish GLAAD even acknowledged it's never had this type of negative response to its outrageous attacks on those calling homosexuality sin.

As bad as this overall was that A&E had videos of the Robertson's with the usual bleeps included to suggest the family members were cussing all the time. What the bleeps were in reality were references to Jesus Christ. Because of those actions alone, A&E deserves what it's getting.

Willie & Phil Robertson talk about fake bleeps and praying in Jesus' name

The Robertson's were a wealthy family before they appeared on Duck Dynasty, and so the network had no pull to make them line up how they wanted them to.

Finally, the channel attempted to stop Phil from praying in the name of Jesus, which the family fought back on, and won, as the show had become the most popular reality TV show in history.

What really happened here is the Robertson family had millions of Christians who identified with them as being one of them. When the attack from GLAAD and A&E commenced, it became personal like an attack on a family member would be personal. GLAAD and A&E never had a chance.

These people actually believed their bullying tactics, which were usually against vulnerable people who didn't know how to fight back, had effectively cowered the Christian population in America. They were as wrong as they could be, and they will pay for that misjudgement in the years ahead. It's about time they did.

I truly believe this is the beginning of something far beyond Duck Dynasty and Phil Robertson. Christians are seeing that when they ban together, it is their enemies that are put on the defensive. It took this event to cause them to see this. It's doubtful they'll ever take the evil attacks of GLAAD and Hollywood like they have in the past. They will start to weaken as the righteousness of Christ grows in His people.

It's Time for Christian Community

The idea of Christian community isn't a new one, as the first post-resurrection believers lived exactly in that way.

For those of us that have seen this for years, it's nothing new, as we've been living practically in Christian community ... in some cases for decades.

What is new in my estimation is the global circumstances emerging that will cause people to open anew to the idea of living in community together with our lives centered in Christ.

To me this is a good thing because it'll drive people towards what it is Jesus has had in mind since before creation, and of which the Godhead lived in eternity.

Most believers don't understand that before creation the scriptures reveal some things about the Godhead, one of which is the fact that God is a community. We sometimes get sidetracked by the commonality of creeds pointing to the Trinity as a doctrine, that we miss it was a practical way of life for the Father, Son and Holy Spirit before time and creation. It's the basis and model for how we are to live on this earth today.

As for what will drive this going forward, it's the realization, especially in western nations, that we will have to learn to cooperate and work together locally because the Federal government won't be able to support the promises it has made. The support systems many people have wrongly been relying upon for years, are going to crumble.

That means it'll be at the local level we have to take care of our lives in an environment that has lost much of the aid formerly given by the government.

While that will be true for everyone, it'll especially be true for Christians who will base their move towards community on the person of Jesus Christ and His purpose He has always had for us - that we will be a community of believers sharing life together with Christ as the center of our lives.

For those Christians reading these words, it's best to see these things from the scriptures, which throughout speak to God's people in this manner over and over again. That way it'll be beneficial to us because we see it as a revelation from God, and not something we have to do to survive.

If that's all that causes us to live one to another, once the difficult times get better, we'll simply go back into the old, unbiblical way of doing the attendance-based going to a building, rather than sharing our lives together in Christ on a daily basis.

We need to see this as a wake up call from God to commit to one another move towards living a life as a community together, not as a bunch of individuals going to a meeting once or twice a week.

Jesus died for much more than we are seeing in what people think is the church today. He died so He could share His very life with us, by coming to intimately dwell within each true born again believer. That life is then meant to be lived and shared together daily by His people, who are called to deny themselves, take up their cross, and follow Christ.

That is the vision, that is the calling, and in the end, that really is what is called the ministry. It is the daily caring and sharing of life together centered in Christ that is what God has called us to, and the circumstances on the earth are such that it's ripe for a time of harvest concerning Christians and community.

What is there that should hold us back from this? Nothing! If we'll truly die to ourselves and live unto Christ, it won't be a difficult decision to make. Speaking from experience, it can be hard at times, but the fruit, life, love and family life that comes out of it is something that literally is not of this world, and surpasses anything that this world has to offer.