When the government no longer works, it's time to go
the old fashion route to remove the problems, and then... when the corrupt FEAR the people, .... we can BEGIN to get back to a JUST government.
But it must START with the PULPITS.
Charles G. Finney (1792-1875) has a pretty good description of TODAY'S PROBLEMS :
Brethren, our preaching will bear its legitimate fruits.
If immorality prevails in the land,the fault is ours in a great degree.
If there is a decay of conscience,the pulpit is responsible for it.
If the public press lacks moral discrimination,the pulpit is responsible for it.
If the church is degenerate and worldly,the pulpit is responsible for it.
If the world loses its interest in religion,the pulpit is responsible for it
If Satan rules in our halls of legislation,
the pulpit is responsible for it.
If our politics become so corruptthat the very foundations of our government are ready to fall away,the pulpit is responsible for it.
Let us not ignore this fact, my dear brethren;but let us lay it to heart,and be thoroughly awake to our responsibilityin respect to the morals of this nation.
--Charles G. Finney, December 4, 1873