I appreciate your thoughtful essay on the state of Christianity in America, and share your concern.
May it be of comfort to you that a remnant are using the internet to study the Bible with a speed and comprehensive search function that was never possible before. The remnant can gather at places like FreeRepublic and find one another across the continent, even as we have done on this thread today. I know that many who said they would fast and pray yesterday or today are actually doing so, and there was no social coercion or peer pressure involved like there sometimes is within a local congregation. Those who heard the call, responded!
Shouldn’t all the evil that’s celebrated in our society today be the cause for more calls for prayer and fasting and returning to the Lord, and that even at holidays? Shouldn’t there be some mourning called for by our “Christian leaders” If we want America to be run in a way that’s more pleasing to God, then the Church must live up to its responsibility to be the guardian of “democracy” — the republic.
Likewise, our online congregation associated with the daily AMERICA Prayer Vigil, pinglists of many hundreds within FR like the MAGA list, the Bigly Trump list, the Trump Train group, the Boy Scouts list—over 1,200 freepers—all were called to this thread and its purpose this weekend. Other freepers may have simply happened upon the thread, and may have offered a meal sacrifice or a word with God. "The prayers of the righteous avail much!"
Remember, all true Christians are "the Church," and are a priesthood of believers. The leaders who go on television or sit in councils aren't the only leaders — a leader from our FR community called us today to fast and pray, and yes, to mourn for our country.
The group who post the daily AMERICA Prayer Vigil thread have been praying together specifically for our nation every day since the two candidates for president were finalized in 2016, and many of the leaders long before that. You were called to mourn and rejoice and fast and pray this weekend, and you responded! As have many others. It will take awhile to turn the vast ship of state around, but we mustn't lose hope. Whether the political nation survives or just its Christians run the race to the end, we must always pray, and pray continually for one another. You are welcome to join in any day, or to sign up to receive a daily ping.
Definitely I believe that in a country such as ours that Christians have a responsibility for how it’s run and that it’s possible in a sense for the Lord to change things, but given everything today, it seems like the country is being left to its own choices, and that includes the choices by many Christians. So very little of what the Lord bestows on Christians here — all of our possessions, including our hearts, minds, strength and time — is actually put to use for His Kingdom while so much of it is spent on enjoying this world, which we aren’t to love.