A Brief Defense of the Indefensible

Christians need to stand by the Puritans. As non-Christians hate them and laugh them to scorn, we need to defend them. Admittedly, not everything they did was praiseworthy. However, ultimately, we need to stand by their fundamental attitudes and beliefs. When pagans denounce Puritans and their "prudery" or "tyrannical morals", they are really rejecting an absolute standard of morality! Stop and think this through with me. The Puritans had the Word of God and they knew exactly what He had told them concerning how to live. God had laid out an absolute moral code. The Puritans took sin very gravely. This is fantastic on their part! Sin is serious! The world wants a Law that is flippant and bends to their whims. That is not the Law that the Puritans would adhere to. They would not waver. For this allegiance, they are hated. Christ said this would come. He said that we would be blessed if we were hated for his sake. Ultimately, we need to stand by the Puritans' strong stance on an absolute morality that is established by a Holy God. It does not bow to our wishes.

God Bless,

Stanley