What are you to do if you are a Christian in a non-Christian society?

More than that, what are you to do if you are a Christian in an anti-Christian society? What are you to do if you have been reared in a theological atmosphere steeped in Romans 13 with its emphasis on obedience to those in authority? What are you to do if you have been taught that your political leaders hold their mandate from God and that disobedience to these leaders is a sin against God? What are you to do if you are forced to conclude that that same authority is demonic and stands as the very antithesis of the Christian ethic?

What are you to do if you feel that that anti-Christian regime must be overthrown, and you are opposed to the use of violent means to accomplish the overthrow, but you have no hope that the C…