Fly the Christian Flag in June
This post has one purpose: To encourage all Christians to fly the Christian flag during the month of June.
I wish I had something more profound to say — some deeper, mind-expanding argument to present — but I don’t. I just know that for years, Christians have been publicly quiet in the face of an expansive, regnant secular progressive celebration of unbiblical and degenerate sexuality. (I use the word “degenerate” advisedly: homosexuality is not generative; it cannot generate new life.)
Every June, for all of June, our streetscapes and social media feeds and storefronts are filled with pride flags. Christians, meanwhile, just keep our heads down.
But when your neighbors fly the pride flag, it isn’t only an act of affirmation or celebration — they’re staking a claim to the public square. We know that this is what flags mean: That’s why our ancestors planted their national flags when discovering new lands; that’s why there’s an American flag on the moon; that’s why conquering armies raised their flags over the ramparts of a defeated castle. That’s why whenever I see a pride flag flying from a church building I think, “Enemy-occupied territory.”
The pride flag is a territorial claim. “The public square is ours,” it says.
To which Christians say: “No, the public square belongs to Christ.”
So, from June 1 to June 30, fly the Christian flag from your home, fly it from your business, fly it from the back of your pickup truck. Counterclaim the public square for the Lord Jesus Christ.
You don’t need to be belligerent or combative about it; you don’t need to condemn people; you don’t need to say a single word to anyone. You don’t even need to call it your pride flag or your Christian flag — you can simply call it your June flag, like I do.
This shouldn’t be all you do, of course. You’re a Christian, so live like one. If you fly the flag outside your home, live as a Christian inside your home. Love your neighbors — Christian and pagan, gay and straight alike. Worship the Lord. Pray and fast during June for the salvation of the lost souls you see around you. Put your own heterosexual sin to death: stop looking at porn, cheating on your spouse, lusting after your coworker. Do all of these things — and fly the Christian flag.
Plant the flag and tell the watching world that this home, this business, this neighborhood, this city, this nation, this church, this month — these all belong to Christ.
I’ve been doing this since 2020, and I’ve been pleased to see the practice spread a little bit. But I’d love to see it spread even more.
The truth is, I don’t even like the Christian flag. As a flag, I think it’s poorly designed, and I’d love to see it be replaced or updated by something better. But that doesn’t matter. Every June, I fly one from the front of our house anyway. Two doors down, my neighbor flies a pride flag. And when I see the two flags flying in the breeze, I smile, because their flag no longer goes unanswered. This is the way it should be.
Start today. Start tomorrow. Start next week or next June. Let’s drown out the rainbows with crosses on a field of white.
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