http://www.desiringgod.org/Blog/1003/
This is a link to Desiring God, John Piper's ministry. They post a lot of interesting things, many of which I like to comment on. So here is my first.
This talks about grieving rather than griping and gives some great old testament scripture references, but how does this equate to Christians living in America? We talk about having a Christian Nation, but I don't think we really do. It is probably worth discussing whether the founding fathers could even envision the world we live in, and what they would say about it (more on this in another post). I guess where I am going is that the scripture is about grieving about Israel, God's chosen nation. Not for the world in general. In one sense we can grieve that God is not honored, but can we grieve for our nation? Can we expect otherwise from our society? Surely we don't want a Christian nation dictated by the government. If we had that then maybe we could grieve about our nation. Just thoughts here.
With the elections so close we start hearing this kind of talk from some Christian candidates, and frankly it makes me nervous. Let's pray earnestly for our country, but for individual revival that transforms society because the people have changed, not because the government has changed. Big social issues become less important if individuals all agree and honor God in their viewpoints.
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