Jesus calls us "Salt AND Light."  "Light" is our ministry of sharing the Good News of the Lord Jesus Christ with people in the spirit of unconditional love.  "Salt" is our ministry of confronting sin and moral rot in our society and taking a stand for what is right.  John the Baptist's "light" ministry was to announce the first coming of the Lord Jesus.  John the Baptist's "salt" ministry was to rebuke King Herod for committing adultery by taking his brother's wife.  Either ministry can land you in jail or a legal battle, or get you killed.  For John's "salt" ministry he got his head lopped off!  While our brothers and sisters in Christ who live in hostile nations and amongst hostile religious extremists are placing their lives on the line as salt and light, we American believers should at least "speak up" and fearlessly confront wickedness in our own culture!  If we don't we and our children will lose our precious freedoms. 

Below is a letter I recently wrote to Starbucks:

"Dear Starbucks:

 

Until today I bought a vente latte each and every day, Monday through Friday, at Starbucks early in the morning. As of today I am boycotting Starbucks and telling everyone I know about Starbucks filing a legal brief to repeal DOMA (Defense Of Marriage Act). The family unit is the fabric of society. Starbucks needs to get out of the culture war and stick to the business of making great coffee. But your stand for sin and homosexual perversion and the disintegration of the family unit is UNACCEPTABLE. You pretend to be family oriented in your promotion of Christmas teddy bears and with good food and coffee, BUT your company is campaigning for the family's destruction. Me being a leader of hundreds of people with email influence to thousands of subscribers, you will now lose tens of thousands of dollars for this utter corporate foolishness unless you apologize and recant and do away with your legal brief attacking marriage between one man and one woman, as repeatedly voted upon by state's citizens and demonstrated as reliable for centuries. I expect a letter from you. I am sorry you are doing this to your customers and your employees!  Thank you.  (See http://onenewsnow.com/Legal/Default.aspx?id=1479986)

 

Respectfully, Dr. Dan Cheatham"