Sojourners

The type of “Christianity” that is practiced in many small towns and small churches in America is dying.  This type of Independant-Fundie-Pre-trib-Pre-Mill, America as God’s nation type of faith is dying.  This fact is clear and undeniable.  However, this morning as we are approaching memorial day weekend I went to one of these mentioned churches.  I sat there as America was promoted and the gospel put aside.  A video was shown of how great America’s soilders were and are.  Statistics were given about how many Americans died in the wars, including WWII which all of the Jewish, Russian, Polish, etc casualities were neglected.  Then the “worship” leader led in the song “America the Beautiful.”  (I’m sick at my stomach by this point)  Then he began to preach out of Exodus 14 in a passage that mentions the word memorial.  He then equated this memorial for Israel for her passover feast with that of our memorial day.  What kind of hermeneutic is that?  He is saying that the principal being taught here is that we should remember?    Where is weeping for the children starving in Africa?  Well, this morning the church did not care, because they are free to worship as they wish and remember the sacrifices people have made for that.  Idolatry is what is is.  They have made it safe for us to go to church so I know longer care about anyone else.  I wish it would die.