Thursday, September 23, 2010

America and our mission as Christians

This is a quick read, and a pretty good book.  I didn't necessarily agree with every point he made, but for the most part I did.  

Excerpts from "Is God on America's side" by Erwin Lutzer.

Moral laws are limited in power; they cannot make people do good nor can they make godly families. Our message must be more radical than any government policy. It is a message that must penetrate the depths of the human heart.

Our first calling is to lovingly confront the greatest lie of Satan in America: that each person can come to God in his own way, with or without the sacrifice and priesthood of Jesus.

But let us not think that getting a community to change its laws means that it has been "christianized" or that its citizens are closer to believing the gospel.

Christianity is a message that a holy (and yes, loving) God punishes sin, and if we do not flee to the protection of Christ, we will be separated from God forever in Hell. Redemption and not Reformation is what we should be about.

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