Posted by
Virginia Daddy on Friday, February 13, 2009 12:31:51 AM
Our Christian heritage is true. By and large, this nation was founded under Christian morals and principles. Through most of the two centuries, it has ben populated by Christians who went to church and were active in their communities. People just understood Christianity to be the predominate faith. We all lived with this and life was good, even though there has also been a sizeable population of folks from other faiths.
We are losing this now. Indeed. While huge numbers call themselves Christian, the resistance against the faith is growing, and people are less likely to be enthusiastic a) about electing a Christian and b) speaking out for the Christian faith.
I wonder what the best solution is? Do Christians seek to influence national events by invoking our Christian path? Maybe, but perhaps a better solution would be to simple turn to Christ, and to serve each other and our communities. After all, the towards the beginnig of Acts we see an example of how Christianity spread-- by sharing the gospel but also by looking out for those in our 'camp'. People saw the wondrous things happening within that camp and came to it.
I just wonder what impact such an approach would have on our society today. Instead of forcing government into accepting our policies and ideas as to how they should be, ought we to change our focus to this more local approach? I do not think we can ignore the national scene, but that ought not to be our priority. The early Christians lived under an oppressive regime, and it is possible we can, in America, as well. Christ did tell us to give to the government what belongs to the government.
In terms of our Christian heritage, we should always remember that, and it would be good to remind our leaders the warnings given by the founders. But we can only warn them. We cannot change them. Elections could be an opportunity to bring some of our own, but given the truth I spoke of earlier how people, while still calling themselves Christian, separate themselves from the faith and would not likely vote for those who are not afraid of the association. Unless, of course, we can win them over at home, and that can only be done by focusing our attention to our homes and communities.