I know the blog is called salt and light Zambia, but I think it doesn't hurt to hear what other Christians think about a nation being charterised as "Christian".
Here is are the some thoughts from Albert Mohler on why America can be considered a Christian nations.
America is not a Christian nation by constitution or charter. There has never been a time when all Americans were Christians or that Christian identity could be assumed as evangelical.
But, American citizens are overwhelmingly Christian. This has always been so, and is so now. This is why G. K. Chesterton would refer to America as the “nation with the soul of a church.” The American experiment in religious liberty has produced a nation that, unlike most of Europe, has resisted complete secularization.
The vast majority of Americans identify themselves as Christians. This simple fact points to the “Christian” character of the nation. America is not Christian by constitutional provision or creedal affirmation — but its people are overwhelmingly Christian by self-affirmation. Thoughtful evangelicals will not overestimate the convictional character of this self-identification.
Thanks for this quote!
ReplyDeleteI have a lot of time for Albert Mohler. But I actually think that such statements are a stumbling block to reaching the lost. There's probably no nation on earth that has exported such wickedness in the history of our planet than the USA. What they should focus on is not appealing to its heritage but to recognise the need for urgent repentance.
The story of Gideon is one that always comes to mind. Only for scripture to later declare :
"And Gideon made an ephod of it and put it in his city, in Ophrah. And all Israel whored after it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and to his family" (Judges 8v27)
Good things wrong handled can be our ending.