What does Les mean when he says 'Christendom'?
By 'Christendom,' the meaning is the broad religious system including Protestantism, Catholicism, and all cults—anything using the Bible as its rules of order. About 90% of them still live under a works religion, believing do this, do that, and maybe God will accept you, rather than faith plus nothing.
Les explains that 'Christendom' is a broad category encompassing Protestantism, Catholicism, and all the cults—anything that uses the Bible as its rules of order. He observes that about 90% of them are still living under a works religion, saying do this, do that, and then maybe God will accept you. But Paul screams it is not of works; it is all of faith, faith plus nothing, relying solely on the finished work of Christ. Les notes the joy of those steeped in such religion when they realize it is faith plus nothing. He connects this to Israel, who sought not by faith but by works of the law and stumbled at the stumbling stone, which is Christ, still a stone of stumbling for the world today.