One of our local radio stations is already playing Christmas music
full-time. It’s amazing how many songs have been written about
Christmas. Most of them are secular, but the most common message they
convey is one of family joy, of children and Santa Claus, of remembrance
of all the Christmases we enjoyed in the past with loved ones who are
no longer with us.
So despite the attempts by atheists to ban Christianity from American
public life, particularly in the public schools, they cannot eradicate
Christmas from family life, let alone the shopping malls. As anyone can
see, Christmas has acquired great economic power. And that is because
Christianity is at the foundation of our spiritual life and political
system.
Secular humanism tries to give the impression that Christianity was
just a passing phase in American history, and that our culture is
advancing into a new secular religion more in keeping with modern
values. But the humanist movement cannot remove the need in people’s
lives for attachment to their Creator. In recent years we’ve seen a
revival of religious fervor in America, particularly in the South where
mega-churches have been built to accommodate the large numbers of people
who need all the spiritual nourishment they can get.
Everybody seems to recognize that our modern civilization is in very
big trouble. We have a national debt in the trillions of dollars. We are
at war with radical Islam. We have a socialist regime in Washington at
odds with our constitutional form of government. Our technological
advances are astounding, yet we have mobs in the streets calling for the
end of capitalism, the very system that created all of these goodies.
Perhaps a refresher course in American history and our Christian roots
is needed to strengthen our convictions of how the American people
should go about reconstructing their future. Getting people to live in
obedience to the Ten Commandments has always been an uphill battle, even
in colonial times.
Paul Johnson, a great admirer of the American system of political and religious freedom, wrote in his book, A History of the American People:
"There was a spiritual event in the first half of the 18th century in
America, and it proved to be of vast significance, both in religion and
in politics."
He is referring to the Great Awakening, a religious revival started by
impassioned preachers determined to bring as many souls as possible to
the saving grace of Jesus Christ. Keep Reading >>>
