QUESTION:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A – Were there more Christians in ‘Christian America’ ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
B – Are there more Christians in ‘Post-Christian America’ ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
C – Will there be more Christians in ‘Anti-Christian America’ ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ANSWER:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you go back a couple centuries, after the Great Awakenings, the answer is ‘A’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you go back less than a century, after prosperity led to comfort and materialism, the answer is ‘C’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– – –<\/p>\n\n\n\n
America experienced profound Christian growth when God blessed our publicly stated trust and dependence on Him, from the beginning, and in crises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“God Bless America” is no longer our national prayer—and likewise past tense—“God Blessed America”—even ashamed of that from our history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– – –<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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) ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How does God take the same census ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– – –<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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