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"Indifference to idolatry has its roots in the early modern period.
According to a common telling of the story, Europeans discovered that
theology was bloodily divisive and concluded that the only way to
restore comparative harmony was to expunge theology from the public
square, forcing theological decision and debate into the recesses of
the conscience or, at best, safely behind the walls of the church.
Christian capitulation to secular politics -- more the rule than the
exception in the modern church -- in nothing less than apostasy, a
denial of the gospel that announces Jesus as Lord." Peter J. Leithart, 1 & 2 Kings
 Americans today are a biblically illiterate, Proverbs 28:28, "When the wicked arise, men hide, and when they perish, the righteous increase."
The Obama Administration's investigation of conservative groups,
instruction to Attorney General Holder to ignore Clinton signed Defense
of Marriage Act, and the Obama appointed judge who invented a
constitutional right to homosexual marriage in Utah, are just the
beginning of Obama's long-term legacy, "the establishment of lawlessness in the United States".
Government is becoming a real threat with the miscreant Obama
Administration and President Obama's clear abuse of Executive Orders
and Imperial Decrees. "Resistance to the state is built into the fundamental tenets of Christianity." Paul W. Kahn
Proverbs advises the importance for a community having the right kind of government, "When
the wicked are in power and control the affairs of state, violence and
injustice...flourish unchecked (29:16), and the people groan under an
intolerable burden of oppression (29:2) and make themselves scarce for
fear of life and limb (28:28; 28:12) K. T. Aitken, Proverbs
Christians in America are going to bear the consequences of
disengagement from the public square -- for the last 2-3 generations --
we're about to learn something that can be learned in no other way...
 "Righteousness exalts a nation."
Virtue is a key component of freedom, the glory of a nation lies its
righteousness, not its military strength or wealth. The greatest export
of America was never "Democratic Capitalism", but, Jesus
Christ, Son of God and Lord of Life. American Exceptionalism is the
after-effect in the lives of the outstanding men and women of
character, produced by a Christian culture, Christian thought and
Biblical wisdom.
The engine that birthed America was spiritual, "Having undertaken, for the Glory of God, and advancements of the Christian faith" (Mayflower Compact) and Pastor Robert Hunt, landing at Jamestown, erected a cross, took communion, and prayed, "We
do hereby Dedicate this Land, and ourselves, to reach the People
within these shores with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and to raise up
Godly generations after us, and with these generations take the Kingdom
of God to all the earth. May this Covenant of Dedication remain to all
generations, as long as this earth remains..."
The
resurrection of America in the 1800's was spiritual. The Republican
Party emerged when the Whig Party collapsed trying to impose the evil of
slavery into the territories. Slavery -- like homosexual behavior and
marriage today -- is a moral character defect. The melee over slavery
was political-theological; trust me when I say that the Republican Party
will crumble if homosexual marriage or the murder of the unborn babies
is brought into its Platform.
 At stake in America is freedom, the battle is over whose values are going to hold sway.
The Founders established a people through representative government as
the sovereign of America. The Supreme Court's first Chief Justice John
Jay, "The people are the sovereign of this country"; politicians are not going to save America, Wall Street is not going to save America, but, Bible believing pastors and pews are the only hope for America.
With the U.S. Supreme Court's establishment of the false religion of
secularism in America (1963), the decriminalized killing of 60M unborn
babies (1973), and now the legalization of homosexual marriage (2013),
America is coming to her kairos. Christians must repent and begin to
cultivate witnesses.
"The
Western state actually exists...under the very real threat of
Christian martyrdom: a threat to expose the state and its claim to
power as nothing at all. In the end, sacrifice is always stronger than
murder. The martyr wields a power to defeat his murderer, which cannot
be answered on the field of battle." Paul W. Kahn, Putting Liberalism in Its Place
 Christians have failed America's Founders. The failure is spiritual, theological -- and heretical -- "The
serpents final defeat under Messiah's heel (3:15) is delayed to effect
God's program of redemption through the promised offspring. In the
interim, God leaves Satan to test the fidelity of each succeeding
generation of the covenant people (Judges 2:22) and teach them to fight
against untruth. (Judges 3:2)" Dr. Bruce K. Waltke, Genesis Commentary
God never has, nor needs, the majority, but,
"I looked for a man among them who would repair the wall and stand in
the gap before Me on behalf of the land so that I might not destroy it,
but I found no one." Ezekiel 22:30
The good news is that this can be the Church's finest hour if we will
stand. At such a time of moral upheaval, great perils match great
opportunities, "There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune." William Shakespeare
Will a Gideon or Rahab the Harlot please stand?
David Lane
American Renewal Project
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