Comments on: America :: God’s Chosen Nation? http://reformingstudents.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/america-gods-chosen-nation/ God-Centered Student Ministry Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:04:15 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Phyllis http://reformingstudents.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/america-gods-chosen-nation/#comment-407 Phyllis Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:29:35 +0000 http://reformingstudents.wordpress.com/?p=137#comment-407 Somebody give him a pulpit!! Hey Nick, thank you for the inspirational post. Always have loved your passion:) This is not an easy subject to "handle" for fear of the pendulum effect. I don't want the fact that many believers have made government their god to dissuade the rest of us to work at voting into government those who will guide the country on Godly principles. I believe that is part of loving God and our neighbor. Are we a Christian nation? All nations belong to God, but not all nations acknowledge him. Would you say that those who do fair better? Probably. I like the fact that we live in a nation who claims to be "christian" even if they're not. It gives believers a freedom to act in getting the gospel out to the ends of the earth so that all may worship him!!! I mean, let's face it, those who truly believe will be able to seperate truth from a lie, so rather than get caught up in trying to expose the self righteous we can just forge ahead with God's work!! I mean, I'd rather have self righteous people with good morals than a country where man does what is right in his own eyes, not a good alternative.(headed there) Thanks for challenging my thinking. Now is not a time to be ignorant of Satan's devices, eh?! Looking forward to September! Phyllis Somebody give him a pulpit!! Hey Nick, thank you for the inspirational post. Always have loved your passion:) This is not an easy subject to “handle” for fear of the pendulum effect. I don’t want the fact that many believers have made government their god to dissuade the rest of us to work at voting into government those who will guide the country on Godly principles. I believe that is part of loving God and our neighbor.

Are we a Christian nation? All nations belong to God, but not all nations acknowledge him. Would you say that those who do fair better? Probably. I like the fact that we live in a nation who claims to be “christian” even if they’re not. It gives believers a freedom to act in getting the gospel out to the ends of the earth so that all may worship him!!! I mean, let’s face it, those who truly believe will be able to seperate truth from a lie, so rather than get caught up in trying to expose the self righteous we can just forge ahead with God’s work!!

I mean, I’d rather have self righteous people with good morals than a country where man does what is right in his own eyes, not a good alternative.(headed there)

Thanks for challenging my thinking. Now is not a time to be ignorant of Satan’s devices, eh?!

Looking forward to September!
Phyllis

]]> By: johnMark http://reformingstudents.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/america-gods-chosen-nation/#comment-405 johnMark Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:12:16 +0000 http://reformingstudents.wordpress.com/?p=137#comment-405 Well said, brother. A big issue that seems to be missed from those who would consider America a chosen nation is, as in the OT, a call for repentance. I don't believe we find examples of Israel living as we do in America today with God being pleased with such living. Mark Well said, brother.

A big issue that seems to be missed from those who would consider America a chosen nation is, as in the OT, a call for repentance. I don’t believe we find examples of Israel living as we do in America today with God being pleased with such living.

Mark

]]> By: Micah Thornton http://reformingstudents.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/america-gods-chosen-nation/#comment-404 Micah Thornton Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:57:54 +0000 http://reformingstudents.wordpress.com/?p=137#comment-404 "One nation, under God...." This can't be true of a nation of subjective morals, absolute tolerance, relative truth, and legal mass murder of infants. They might as well go ahead and take the "under God" part out of the pledge because I don't see any evidence of it. Oh and while I'm on the topic, might as well take "In God we Trust" off of our money and put something else that is actually true of most American people. Perhaps something like, "In politicians we trust to fix our problems for us". Yeah, that seems more appropriate. “One nation, under God….” This can’t be true of a nation of subjective morals, absolute tolerance, relative truth, and legal mass murder of infants. They might as well go ahead and take the “under God” part out of the pledge because I don’t see any evidence of it. Oh and while I’m on the topic, might as well take “In God we Trust” off of our money and put something else that is actually true of most American people. Perhaps something like, “In politicians we trust to fix our problems for us”. Yeah, that seems more appropriate.

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