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David L Powell Jr

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David L Powell Jr

November 17, 2024 9:13 am

Good words from Kansas. Servants of God, Christians must think clearly about the results of the recent election. Because the 2020 election was such a fiasco, it was expected that 2024 might also yie... View MoreGood words from Kansas. Servants of God, Christians must think clearly about the results of the recent election. Because the 2020 election was such a fiasco, it was expected that 2024 might also yield a result that took days or weeks to confirm. Not so. A few hours a&er polls closed it was clear that Trump had soundly defeated Harris. Because of the wisdom of our founders, the electoral vote yields a wonderful way to understand the mood of the country by region. Once again, it is clear that the states on the west coast and the extreme northeast of the nation are clearly more liberal than the vast majority of the nation. Does that information help Christians? Well, it could. It might—if we understand that the more populated an area is, the more out of touch with nature—human and otherwise—voters tend to be. Across the nation, the closer an area is to a coast, an urban center or to a university, the more likely the voters are to be progressive and utopian in their thinking. Will American Christians grasp that ideas and philosophies have consequences? And will we believe that ideas about God are more important than anything else? I have rejoiced that Donald Trump was elected to be our next President of the United States. I am happy and hopeful but I am not naïve. I know that no politician is perfect. I know Mr. Trump is not Jesus. I know it remains to be seen whether or not Donald Trump can keep some of the very big and bold promises he made during the campaign. I also know evil when I see it. Bumbling and fumbling old Joe Biden and his cackling sidekick, Kamala Harris unleased massive wickedness on our nation. The American people sent them and their supporters a very strong rebuke at the ballot box. I thank God for that. Could it be that hope is on the horizon the way a cloud “about the size of a man’s hand” was on the horizon of Mount Carmel during the days of the prophet Elijah? Will Mr. Trump and his administration have the courage and convictions to defang the federal government? A once small and limited government guided by the fear of God has become a secularized monster and a real danger to our democratic republic. It remains to be seen whether there is the national will to reign in our bloated and debt-ridden federal government. Will American Christians understand the times and diligently work for and fervently pray for a more just and Christ-honoring society? What was once a Christian-flavored nation has become increasingly secularized to the point that government has become hostile to the ideas that gave birth to the nation. The founding generation were a people who were a Christianized people. They generally feared God and knew government needed to be kept in check. The influence of secular ideas in education and the culture at large have led the nation down a destructive path of growing dependency on government. Marxist and socialist seeds sown for decades have born the fruit of discontent and entitlement. We have gone from a people who were embarrassed at the thought of being dependent on government to one loudly demanding the government be involved in every crack and crease of life. American education needs a massive revival. School choice must happen if the ideas of the American founding are to endure. Our national defense is in a shambles. The borders must become just that—borders once again. Americans must recover respect for human life—including family life. Marriage must be rescued from utopian experiments and human sexuality must be restored to its God-given binary categories. All of these changes are too big for a purely secular country to make. It takes belief in a transcendent authority—that of God alone—to reestablish belief in the glory and purpose of human nature. Humans were made to be frui>ul and multiply. We were created to have God-granted dominion over the earth. We were created to image God into the world by being like Him. Christians must live Christ-honoring lives that are both reverent and productive. We must boldly proclaim that only Christ can change human hearts so that a man or woman can live a joyful and hopeful life and we must live consistent with our claims. The election of Donald Trump may provide an opportunity for a revival of American greatness. If there is not a massive love for and obedience to Christ at its core, no a?empt at a revival will yield anything but a last pitiful gasp of a wounded giant. Christian must seize the day and be willing to labor for a just and prosperous society. If we do not, then no election will make a lasting difference. Blessings, Pastor Coram Deo

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