Another great post! American culture has made being a “rebel” a virtue, mostly because our country was founded by “rebels.” Rebellion against the opressive group in power has become the defining narrative of most of pop culture (just think Star Wars).

On the flip side, though, there is a sense in which Christians are actually called to be rebels, in the sense that this present age is still under the dominion of sin and death and we are called to be salt and light in the darkness. Something like C. S. Lewis’s metaphor of Allied troops landing in enemy occupied territory.

We’re called to rebell against the rebels!