MORE CHRISTIANS ?

QUESTION:

A – Were there more Christians in ‘Christian America’ ?

B – Are there more Christians in ‘Post-Christian America’ ?

C – Will there be more Christians in ‘Anti-Christian America’ ?

ANSWER:

If you go back a couple centuries, after the Great Awakenings, the answer is ‘A’.

If you go back less than a century, after prosperity led to comfort and materialism, the answer is ‘C’.

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America experienced profound Christian growth when God blessed our publicly stated trust and dependence on Him, from the beginning, and in crises.

In the last half of the twentieth century, and now, we have pushed “In God We Trust” to past tense—“In God We Trusted”—even trying to erase that from our history.

“God Bless America” is no longer our national prayer—and likewise past tense—“God Blessed America”—even ashamed of that from our history.

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How do we take a census to count the number of Christians in America, in the past, in the present, in the future (or anywhere) ?

How does God take the same census ?

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God does not count the numbers, until He counts the commitment.
God counts our suffering, even if He has to send it, to count our name on His list.