I think that Christianity has been perverted. I don’t necessarily mean that it’s perverse, but I think that somehow, in some way, we’ve submissively allowed perversion to creep in.
I was reading an article in Newsweek a few days ago about all of the different political sides of Christianity, how our presence in American society is more or less defined by our numbers in Congress, or by how strong we are as a “religion” in pushing our agenda into the heart of the government.
The number of people identifying themselves as Christians has dropped significantly in the last year. Forgive me because I don’t remember the statistic, but I do remember that it’s nothing I’m going to lose sleep over.
I remember reading something about us, as a nation, entering into this ‘post-Christian’ age. I’m not sure what that means. I’m not sure that I really care.
Why are we allowing politics and media to define what Christianity is? And why are we letting them define it by who within political structures are willing to identify themselves as Christians?
Jesus told Pilate to his face that His kingdom was not of this world. It was spiritual, not physical. So why are we fighting a physical battle? I feel like there are a lot of Christians putting a lot of effort into a battle of presence. They want their voice to be heard on Capitol Hill.
And the truth is… it probably won’t be.
I think that for too long Christians have been trying to found their presence within our country on the foundations of the country itself and not on Christ Jesus as the cornerstone.
I read a story in the Bible one time about these guys who went to go build a house. One built it on the sand, on a not-so-solid foundation. When the rains came, his house washed away with the sand. The other man built his house on a rock. When the rains came, he was kickin’ it safely inside his home.
I’d hate to see the Church put any more effort into building a ‘house’ on Capitol Hill… a hill that I feel is composed of a lot of sand, of man-made laws and such.
And maybe I’m full of smoke and I can honestly say that I’ve not put much effort into thinking about politics and my faith. I just don’t think they’re related. I don’t see people of the persecuted Church in China fighting their way to the top of the empire to instigate laws to support their position.
