December 23,2006

There has been much talked about in the media the past 5 years concerning the "War on Christmas." IMHO, it's much more than Christmas although it peaks at this time of year. For a few decades now there has been a "war" going on, and it's a war waged upon our society's faith culture in general. The way to win any battle is to attack from multiple "fronts" so that your enemy is beset with confusion, breaks ranks and cannot muster a strong defense.

The enemy is winning this war. Why? There are two reasons which come to mind; both are glaringly obvious and easily overcome if people of Faith would merely come awake and alive take action. By "people of Faith" I mean people of ALL Christian faiths

So why is the enemy winning? Apathy and marginalization.

The "Silent Majority" remains silent. Why? Where ARE the churches? Where are the people who believe yet have no formal church affiliation? According to all of the public opinion polls ever done the overwhelming majority of voters in this country have a firm belief in God..so where ARE these people? They're at home sitting on their hands while the country goes to hell in a handbasket. Does anyone BELIEVE for a nanosecond that the local, state of Federal government wouldn't snap to attention if ALL of these people of FAITH made a mighty roar and said "ENOUGH !!" ???

1. We don't want filth on the airways.
2. We don't want filth in the movies.
3. We don't want corrupt government.
4. We don't want abortion.
5. We don't want "easy divorce" that breaks up families
6. We don't want same sex marriages.
7. We DO want a return to laws being actually enforced
8. We DO want common sense returned to "justice" in America.
9. We DO want silent prayer in the schools.
10. We DO want "In God we Trust" on our coins.

People of Faith in America may have vastly different religious beliefs, yet they share a commonality of morals and goals for their families. They all wish to worship in freedom in a country which is morally safe for their children and their children's children. America USED to be such a place. 50 years ago, it was not Utopia. Yet it WAS a nation filled with people who lived without locked doors, without fear of your 10 year old walking alone down your own street after dark, without fear of your child being exposed to filth in a movie theater, without the disgust of reading that your President had an affair, without 1 in 4 American teens experimenting with methamphetamines, without abortion-on-demand as a means of a "smart economic" choice, without the very mention of God being surgically removed step-by-step from our history and culture.

As people of Faith..what are we doing?