What the World Needs Now

Isn't love. I DO, however, like that song (if you don't know what I'm talking about, then shame on you!). I was listening to Michael Savage last night. I usually detest him. I find him to be a raging, shameful, banal man. He usually is so predictable that you can tell exactly when he'll explode with this line: "We've gotta get the perverts out of our schools!" or some such other outburst. He's a robot. He's programmed. He's fake. I DO, however, tend to agree with a lot of his political views. I WILL say, though, that the man knows precious little about religion. So, I was quite surprised to hear him say something last night that I unconditionally agreed with. What he said was (paraphrase), "the only way that America will ever become a great nation again is when there is a revival of religion." I completely agree with that. Two years ago, I went on an archaeological expedition to France. I spent some time in the British Isles, as well. I was shocked and horrified to see the sheer godlessness of the people who had birthed some of the greatest theology of all time. It was shocking, appalling, and sad. I realized that America is QUICKLY traveling that same path. If we do not do something quickly to bolster religion in America once again, then we will very soon become a depraved country full of socialists and wimps.

Why do you think that the generation that fought in WWI and WWII was called the "greatest" generation? I'll tell you why. Character. Solid, rock-like, un-compromising character. Whether you were in the city or the country, you could find men and women of character everywhere, just sixty years ago. Where are they now? I would suggest that many of them are probably STILL in our armed forces. I think that that accounts for a lot. How great to have a willingness to die for one's country and freedom. However, all the rest of the character-driven people are in churches. I'm not saying that everyone who goes to church or claims to be a Christian is a person of character. What I AM saying, though, is that the Church is the last stronghold of character in America.

It IS the last stronghold because it is the only place where you will currently find morals. Those morals are the same today as they were in the greatest generation. We still value life, family, freedom, God, and ACCOUNTABILITY. If you ever see the Church fail somewhere, it's because they have left some or all of those values to fall by the wayside. I think of churches that ordain homosexuals. That defeats the very central core of the Church. Whether or not you agree with homosexuality, you MUST agree that the Bible, and Christianity, does NOT agree with it. There are far too many accounts of homosexuality being an abomination to God. If that is true, then why would one ordain a homosexual to be a minister in a church that condemns the act? I see so much of this in the Church, that it makes me sick. I'm not just talking about homosexuality, either. I'm talking about sexual immorality, lying, cheating, stealing. It is on the rise.

However, there IS hope. You see, there is this thing called "holiness." It is the theological concept that you can live a HAPPY, sin-free life in Christ. It is that message that is preached in most Wesleyan churches. The Church of the Nazarene, which I am a part of, the Methodists, the Wesleyans, Christian Missionary Alliance, etc. These are all holiness churches. Until we bond together and begin to spiritually revive all of America, there will be no more greatness in America. You will see this country wane and rest upon the brink of destruction. It's a fact. Look at every other country that has done away with "religion." They are NOT great! We must get back to morals. We must get back to God! We must be held accountable for our actions. If we do not, then we have lost. We damn ourselves to hell through our complacency and unwavering resistance to accountability.

This post is already huge, so I'll leave it at that.

"We have to learn to walk according to the standard which has its eye on God. 'Walk before me.'"--Oswald Chambers.