BTW - what qualifies you to determine that he is a "small minded man whose hubris leads him to far overestimate his own wisdom and knowledge" ??
Read the sermon, it only reinforces my view that this is a very pretentious man. He knows God's mind? He knows if God has abandoned a nation? What drivel! God abandons no one. People abandon God. God is always with me, not because of anything I do, but because he is my God who has promised to be with me forever. God has not "abandoned" any country, He is the God of all people, not only those in specific geographical areas.
As I said, each to his own. Those joining in this great cause against materialistic madmen will not decry your absence.
God abandons noone? Read Romans 1. It is clear, God has abandoned someone...it says so right there! Or, does the Bible not speak truth?