Today, like never before, we are in an all-out war to preserve our Christian culture. It’s a dominion war for the shared values of Christians worldwide, and it’s making inroads in the United States of America.

The U.S. was founded on biblical Christian ideologies. In fact, the nation’s Christian values mimic the very principles our King, Jesus Christ, taught in His Word. He taught us to pray, “Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth just as it is in heaven.” But that petition is not limited to praying for God’s blessings to arrive on earth now or in the distant future. That petition intends to establish Christ’s Kingdom culture for eternity.

Kingdom culture is found in Kingdom values – and every born again believer is called to establish and advance Christ’s Kingdom culture on earth. Today, however, we find ourselves too often on the defense, trying to preserve those values, instead of on the offense, propagating them. Indeed, demon powers have our Kingdom culture in the crosshairs.

Some use the attacks against our Kingdom culture to buttress their argument that Jesus is coming soon. I, too, believe that Christ is returning, but that doesn’t give me license to ignore what’s taking place around me. I’m not called to duck and run when the battle for our Christian values is under attack. On the contrary, if you are a citizen of Christ’s Kingdom then you have a responsibility to defend that Kingdom. As citizens of the Kingdom of heaven we have a responsibility to establish Kingdom culture around us. To establish our culture requires us to confront the evils of anti-Christ and anti-Kingdom spirits.

People are influenced by culture. Cultures can be changed when foreigners occupy a land. Take Mexico, for example. Why do Mexicans speak the Spanish language instead of the English language? The reason is that Spain invaded and occupied the territory. The Spaniards imposed on Mexico their language and their culture – and it is still visible today.

Unless we as born again followers of Jesus Christ stand up for our shared Christian values they will be replaced. The days of passivity are over for the Christian. Scripture declares, “From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force” (Matthew 11:12). Could it be possible that the violence against the Kingdom is visible as violence against our shared values? Every night we witness on the news the Kingdom of heaven under attack. It’s time now to recognize that it’s going to take all of us to stand in the gap and make up the hedge. We must blow the trumpet and sound the alarm in Zion – the dominion wars have begun. What shall we do? Will we shrink back in fear and apathy or draw our spiritual swords and run to the battle lines? What do you think our response-ability is?