Two words for Christians in 2015

In looking to the year ahead, John Stonestreet of the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview honed in on two words: clarity and hope. The events of 2014, particularly watching several evangelical pastors change their positions on what has historically been accepted as biblical sexuality, made him long for more clarity, Stonestreet said.

The biblical concept of sexuality has “never before been up in the air,” but many Christians now believe God wants them to endorse loving, committed, same-sex unions, Stonestreet said.

“I’m not sure that we have the right foundations of thought to approach the issues of our day,” Stonestreet said when we talked last week. “We need to get some clarity on the issues of our day. And, even more than that, we need to get clarity on the fundamentals of a Christian worldview.”

Stonestreet also challenged Christians to be more hopeful—not in political leaders, but in Jesus Christ.

“Hope is a certainty because of what Christ accomplished on the cross, and that has secured history,” Stonestreet said. “So no matter what culture we’re in, the larger story of that culture is the story of creation, fall, redemption, and restoration secured by Jesus Christ, who brought everything into existence and has secured its restoration through his death and resurrection.”

Listen to my full conversation with Stonestreet on The World and Everything in It: