1 Cor 11:2329

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Michael ManwellerPolitical Science
ProfessorCentral Washington University

• America is at a once-in-a-generation crossroads
  
• More than an election hangs in the balance.

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Michael ManwellerPolitical Science
ProfessorCentral Washington University

• My generation, which has been absent too long,
  must grasp the obligation that comes with being
  an American, or fade into the oblivion they may
  deserve.

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Matthew 513-14 13You are the salt of the earth.
But what good is salt if it has lost its flavor?
Can you make it useful again? It is worthless,
good for nothing except to be thrown out and
trampled underfoot. 14You are the light of the
worldlike a city set on a hill, shining in the
night for all to see.
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John Winthrop First Governor of Massachusetts

• We must consider that we shall be a city upon a
  hill. The eyes of all people are upon us, so that
  if we shall deal falsely with our God in this
  work we have undertaken, and so cause Him to
  withdraw His present help from us, we shall be
  made a story and a byword through the world.

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Alexis de Tocqueville (Democracy in America
1832)

• America is great, because she is GOOD and if
  she ever ceases to be GOOD, she will also cease
  to be great!

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• Is America still GOOD?

from point of view?
GOD'S
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Every symptom of decay that preceded the fall of
the 20 great civilizations of world history
is present in America today!
Arnold Toynbee in A Study of History
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10 Warning Signs of
Culture
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CRISIS!
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1. An increase in lawlessness throughout the
culture.
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• Loss of economic discipline and self-restraint.
• indebtedness!

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3. Rising bureaucracy, governmental regulations
taxes.
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4. A decline in the quality and relevance of
education.
18th place
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5. A weakening of the foundational principles
that contributed to the greatness of the nation.
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The Puritan Covenant

• Resolved that we must shake off the yoke of
  anti-Christian bondage and join ourselves by a
  covenant unto the Lord into the fellowship of the
  Gospel to walk in all His ways, whatsoever it
  shall cost us the Lord assisting us.

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The Mayflower Compact

• A solemn covenant to serve God, walk in all His
  ways, and create a society that would be a model
  of Christian charity to the world.

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George Washington
It is impossible to rightly govern the world
without God and the Bible.
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John Jay

• Freedom is now in your power. Value the heavenly
  gift. Remember, if you dare to neglect or despise
  it, you offer an insult to the Divine Bestower.

1st Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
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Abraham Lincoln

• I believe that the Bible is the best gift God
  has ever given to man.

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6. Loss of respect for established religion.
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The Christian Life and Character of the Civil
Institutions of the United States B.F. Morris
The US House of Representatives 1854

• The great vital and conservative element in our
  system is the belief of our people in the pure
  doctrines and divine truths of the gospel of
  Jesus Christ.

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Our Foundation as a Nation
Supreme Court Ruling 1892

• In the court case "Church of the Holy Trinity vs.
  United States the U.S. Supreme Court documented
  many precedents from American history as evidence
  toward its declaration that America is a
  Christian nation.

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Church of the Holy Trinityvs the United States
Supreme Court Ruling 1892

• "There is no dissonance in these declarations.
  There is a universal language pervading them all,
  having one meaning they affirm and reaffirm that
  this is a religious nation.

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Church of the Holy Trinityvs the United States
Supreme Court Ruling 1892

• These are not individual sayings, declarations
  of private persons they are organic utterances
  they speak the voice of the entire people....

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Church of the Holy Trinityvs the United States
Supreme Court Ruling 1892

• These, and many other matters which might be
  noticed, add a volume of unofficial declarations
  to the mass of organic utterances that this is a
  Christian nation.

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• Prayer forbidden in schools!
• Bible reading forbidden in schools!
• The Ten Commandments forbidden
• in public forums!
• References to God forbidden in public forums!
• The Pledge of Allegiance deemed politically
  incorrect due to the mention of God!
• Christian values being decried as hate crimes
  against anyone who disagrees!

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Thomas Jefferson

• Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure
  when we have removed their only firm basis - a
  conviction in the minds of the people that these
  liberties are the gift of God? That they are not
  to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed I
  tremble for my country when I reflect that God is
  just that His justice cannot sleep forever.

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7. An increase in materialism.
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8. The lure of alien gods.
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• New Age
• Hinduism
• Buddhism
• Islam
• Wicca
• Occult

8. The lure of alien gods.
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9. A decline in the value of human life.
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• Abortion!

At least one of every three children conceived
is aborted in America!
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10. A rise in immorality.
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• Pornography!
• Fornication!
• Adultery!
• Homosexuality
• Pedophilia!
• Bestiality!
• Incubus!

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10 Warning Signs of
Culture
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CRISIS!
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Living in a
POST- Christian
AmericA
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Guidelines for

• 1. Recognize it as a fact!

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Proverbs 1434

• Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a
  reproach to any people.

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Job 1223

• God makes the nations great, then destroys them
  He enlarges the nations, then leads them away to
  judgment.

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John Winthrop First Governor of Massachusetts

• We must consider that we shall be a city upon a
  hill. The eyes of all people are upon us, so that
  if we shall deal falsely with our God in this
  work we have undertaken, and so cause Him to
  withdraw His present help from us, we shall be
  made a story and a byword through the world.

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Guidelines for

• 2. Dont worry about it!

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Matthew 625-34

• 25 "I say to you, dont worry about your life,
  what you will eat or what you will drink and
  dont worry about your clothes, either. Isnt
  there a lot in life more important than food and
  clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air they
  dont plant crops, or harvest anything.

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Matthew 625-34

• They dont even store up food for themselves,
  and yet your heavenly Father always feeds them.
• Dont you think that you are more valuable to God
  than the birds?

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Matthew 625-34

• 27 Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to
  his stature? 28 So why do you worry...?

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Matthew 625-34

• 30 O you of little faith 31 Dont worry about
  what you should eat or drink, or about what you
  wear. 32 Those who are not true sons and
  daughters of God clamor after all these things,
  but your heavenly Father knows exactly what you
  need, and He will take care of you!

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Matthew 625-34

• 33 Seek first the kingdom of God and His
  righteousness, and everything you really need
  will be supplied to you by God.
• 34 So dont worry about tomorrow.

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Psalms 99-10

• The Lord is our place of safety and security in
  troubled times, 10 and those who know Your name
  will put their trust in You for You, O Lord ,
  have never forsaken those who seek You.

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Guidelines for

• 3. Stay focused on the Kingdom of GOD!!!

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Remember that Christ introduced the Kingdom of
God during the days of the mighty Roman Empire
and He ignored the Roman system COMPLETELY!!!
The Kingdom of God is NOT of this world!
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Matthew 619-21

• 19 "Don't store up treasures here on earth, where
  moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where
  thieves break in and steal. 20 Store your
  treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot
  destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal.

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Matthew 619-21

• 21 Wherever your treasure is, there the desires
  of your heart will also be.

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Colossians 31-2

• Since you have been raised to new life with
  Christ, set your sights on the realities of
  heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor
  at God's right hand. 2 Think about the things of
  heaven, not the things of earth.

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Matthew 625-34

• 33 Make sure that the kingdom of God and His
  righteousness are your very highest priorities,
  and everything you really need will be supplied
  to you by God.

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Rom 819

• All of creation has been anxiously awaiting
• the day of the manifestation of Gods mature sons
  and daughters!

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Dan 1132

• Those that know their God will be strong and do
  great exploits!

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Matt 1340-43

• 40 So it will be at the end of the age, that 41
  the Son of Man will send His angels, and they
  will remove from His Kingdom everything that
  causes sin and all who do evil.

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Matt 1340-43

• 43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in
  their Father's Kingdom. Anyone with ears to hear
  should listen and understand what this means!

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Guidelines for

• 4. Pray for our leaders, and for Gods will to be
  done in America!

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I Timothy 21-2 1 I encourage you to make
petitions, prayers, intercessions and prayers of
thanks for everyone, 2 but especially for
rulers, and for everyone who has authority over
us. Pray for these people so that we can have a
quiet and peaceful life always lived in godliness
and reverence.
PRAY for those in authority
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1 Peter 217 17 Show respect for everyone. Love
your Christian brothers and sisters. Reverence
God supremely, but also show respect for the
king.
PRAY for those in authority
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1 Timothy 22 / 1 Peter 217 The King that
Peter Paul were referring to was NERO, who
crucified Peter upside down, and beheaded Paul!
PRAY for those in authority
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1 Timothy 22 / 1 Peter 217 Nero was the guy who
executed his mother and only brother, and fiddle
while Rome burned! He fed Christians to the
lions, burned them on stakes as street lights
at night in Rome.
PRAY for those in authority
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Guidelines for

• Recognize it!
• Dont worry!
• Focus on GODS KINGDOM!!!
• Pray for Gods will to be done!

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