The long-anticipated IBLP Christmas Conference has arrived! James and I are here in Indy, enjoying spending time with friends from all over the ministry.

One thing that I especially enjoy about this time of year is the beautiful music that points our thoughts heavenward and causes us to feel in a deeper way the meaning behind the holiday. The Indianapolis Training Center bell choir performed some beautiful Christmas music this evening.

Bill Federer shared a powerful message on the history of Islam. We sat in rapt attention as he wove story after story together to give a startling but accurate assessment of Mohammed’s life and teachings and how it affects us today.

One point that really resonated with me was in regard to the modern movement for “religious tolerance”. These people would readily say that everyone is created equal. In fact, this is fundamental to their worldview. But where do they get that idea? It doesn’t come from the Islamic Koran, which commands the killing of infidels (non-muslims) and the inferiority of women. It definitely doesn’t come from the Hindu cast system or the idea of reincarnation. And it certainly doesn’t come from atheistic communism, where one’s worth depends on how much they contribute to the state.

The idea that everyone is created equal is a Judeo-Christian teaching. Yet it is the foundation for the “religious tolerance” movement that tries to tolerate all religions but Christianity. It will probably take a major crisis before people realize that “religious tolerance” is knocking the very legs out from under the table on which their belief system is based.