On April 6th, while in Turkey, our president said America is Not a Christian Nation. While he may only have been trying to contrast our nation from countries who have theocratic forms of government based on Islam, many claiming to be Christan were upset.
Many of the founders of our republic were members of the Church of England. Members of the Church of Christ certainly do not recognize people claiming a belief in God and a dependence upon him as the identifying marks of a Christian. While a reliance on divine providence and nature were claimed in many of the initial documents of our republic and what are considered Christian/Judeo principals used for a basis of many laws we can hardly claim our country was founded as a Christian nation.
Everyone recognizes that good people do bad things. But how many bad things does a person have to be involved in until they are no longer recognized as good people. The same question must be asked when considering a nation a Christian nation. How many unchristian things must a nation do before it is not recognized as a Christian nation?
How many unchristian acts must members of the Church of Christ permit to go unchallenged before what we think is considered irrelevant by advocates of such acts? Members of the Church of Christ have remained on the sidelines too long to be seriously considered a voice in America. We have prayed for safety from persecution not to permit us to take the gospel throughout the nation but to permit us to assemble in our buildings. It is time for us, as individuals, not as the body of Christ, to affirm and to confirm our reliance upon God; to read and memorize Jesus' teachings in the New Testament; to take public positions upon national issues; to take the gospel, the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes into all the world. Or it just may be time for each us to become Daniel.
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