Fix Church, Fix Culture, Fix Politics
As one conservative believes the U.S. is trying to replace God with the government, a Christian leader and commentator says the outcome of the upcoming elections will be “profound” — but won’t cure all of the nation’s problems.
Break Point host Chuck Colson recently shared on American Family Radio’s Today’s Issues program that he does not view the political system as the nation’s savior. He decides it is “nothing but an expression of culture.”
“Our culture is sick. Why is our culture sick? Because the church is the root of culture. ‘Cult ‘ — that’s what it means; that’s where the word comes from. So what you do is fix the church,” he suggests. “If you fix the church, you’ll fix the culture. If you fix the culture, you’ll fix politics.”
But the program host is quick to point out that Christians should not feel they should avoid serving in government or playing a role in policy. “That’s how you organize our lives together. But don’t put your ultimate hope there,” he warns. “We’re not going to be delivered by the political system.”
Since every aspect of culture points back to the church, Colson thinks it is time for the church to undergo “a lot of self-examination…a lot of repentance [and] a lot of time on our knees…begging God to use us.”
Likewise, Daniel Diaz of Young Americans for Freedom believes America has been morally declining since it began removing God from the government in the 1960s.
“From the 1960s to today, if you look at every statistic in America, before 1960 there was not one school shooting. Since then, there [have] almost been a thousand school shootings….” Diaz points out. “Rape has gone up, SAT [scores] have gone down, diseases have gone up; it’s all related to the morality of our nation.”
He suggests the United States is seeking to replace God with the state to ultimately cause Americans to be dependent on government. “When you take God out of society, which they did in 1960 when they took prayer out of school and [when] they took the Ten Commandments out of schools in 1980, you start seeing that the society no longer has an objective moral truth,” Diaz contends.
Even though the country has many faults, the Christian activist argues that America is still exceptional. “We believe in moral truths and freedom, and that’s why America is great,” he explains. “We [have] to stop apologizing for our strengths.”
So Diaz is calling for the U.S. to return to limited government, individual liberties, traditional values, and free markets.
(Source: Onenewsnow)
