Truth, we do have a greater respect for God, but when the leaders of the nation that are leading us in the war speak to the people of spending time in prayer to God at the nearest mosque, synagogue, or church there is a problem. I don't think a little idol of Allah is going to help this country in a war. Whether we as Americans care to admit it, this nation was founded(as pointed out by the article) by mainly Protestants. The first Amendment protecting the right of free speech is not there to allow the worship of anything from a tree to a crystal ball. It was there to establish that the federal government could not institute an exact way that we must worship the one and only true God. Remember at the time, Christianity was the religion of choice. Do you honestly believe that the Founders when writing the Constitution were allowing for the worship of bags of crystals or to Satan. 50 of the 55 Founders were devoutly religious and involved in their respective churches(Founding Fathers, M.E. Bradford). Also the regular media and entertainment arena has had their little catharsis and it's back to business as usual.
If Christ came not to change the law, but to fulfill the law as he stated, then the original precepts within the Old Testament still hold true. If we seek favor in battle, as we should, we should return to some semblance of the faith of our fathers. Just because we have had for the past month a feel good session and maybe a few people return or enter the church, does not mean it should be back to business as usual morally. But apparently that has happened and that is what I fear the most
We still live in a nation that officially condones the muder of not 6,000, but 20,000 Americans per week, in the sanctity of their own mothers' wombs. And for those who make it out alive and go to public school, watch TV, see movies, listen to radio, walk past the magazine racks, well....
It's frightening indeed, to consider the warning/curse that Jesus pronounced for those who choose to offend the little children who would come to Him.
That is on us. Our hearts need to be set on the harvest; not screaming at the tares.
when the leaders of the nation that are leading us in the war speak to the people of spending time in prayer to God at the nearest mosque, synagogue, or church there is a problem.
The problem here is that the national leaders are leaders to ALL the people. See my comment above. I love my Savior more than anything, but it would still make me nervous for for W to preach the gospel from the Oval Office. Now when he goes back into private life...
I have tried to make it a point at my church to talk to people that identify themselves as visitors. Hopefully, some "lost coins" will be redeemed (Luke 15).