Do you consider yourself courageous? How do you define courage? Today, the louder you are, the braver you seem. Our culture says courage means standing up for yourself, being ready to argue, to win the debate, to make your point. Even in churches, being loud is often confused with courage, and bitterness masquerades as boldness. We hijack what true courage is, mistaking it for political passion. We venerate cultural outrage & call it virtue. But Scripture flips that completely. It says real courage isn’t about being louder, it’s about laying yourself down. If our version of courage isn’t aimed at making disciples, it might get likes and reposts, but it’s fake. It’s not courage. It’s arrogance dressed up as conviction. It’s self-righteous, self-serving temper tantrums that look courageous for a moment but are powerless for Kingdom work. Biblical courage isn’t about cultural or political battles. It’s faithfully proclaiming the only truth that can actually save anyone, no matter what the obstacles to that might be. Because when the church’s courage gets hijacked by anything other than the Gospel, we lose our prophetic voice.
