A Religious Awakening with Jesus?
I must say if the terrorists who bombed the WTC and the Pentagon had known that they would be causing an all-time high in pride in the American flag, they might not have done what they did. If they would have thought that they were going to cause "God Bless America" to be sung more in one month than it had been sung in several decades, they might not have done what they did. If they would have known that they were going to cause our ever-secularizing country to become more religious than it's been in a long time, they might not have done what they did. But what does this all mean? Has a religious awakening been started in the last month since the terrorist attacks? Robert Schuller of the Crystal Cathedral had a Muslim cleric in his church on Sept. 16th the first Sunday after the terrorist attacks.
The Muslim addressed the crowd as "my brothers and my sisters", and considering the place he said it he was probably right. Dr. Schuller's congregation gave the visiting Muslim cleric a standing ovation. Imagine if some Christian being tortured in a Muslim jail would have been forced to watch that sight!
Are evangelical, born-again, Bible-believing Christians being invited to Mosques? Not on your life! On Friday, Sept. 14, 2001, a service was held at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. In the opening comments, Hindu's and Sikh's were referred to respectfully, along with Christians and others - Implying the pluralistic "we-all-worship-the-same-God" theme.
Listen to how they closed in prayer: "in the name of Allah, the God of Abraham and Jesus". 0n Sunday afternoon, Sept. 23, 2001, Yankee Stadium hosted "A Prayer for America." Thousands gathered. But Jesus' name was never mentioned once at Yankee stadium. Not once!
Why? Because some "Christians" don't want to offend the Muslims. In the largest gathering of its type - at the epicenter of the tragedy (New York City)-no one said the name of Jesus.
We have offended the Father by our unwillingness to mention His Son's Name.
The founding fathers of this country would have raised arms at such trash!
The facts are, 86% of the people in America say they are Christian. Two percent say they are Jewish. One and a half to two percent say they are Muslim. One third of a percent say they are Hindu. Even less are Sikhs. Basically, nine out of ten Americans say they are Christian YET we give equal billing to every other imaginable religion - and, on top of that - don't mention the name of Jesus.
Folks, we had better get a hold of something! We are not going to be ashamed of the Name that is above EVERY NAME and then sing "GOD BLESS AMERICA" and expect it to mean anything! We aren't having a religious awakening, we are getting ourselves in trouble with God! - Trumpet Editor