
{"id":1066187,"date":"2024-06-21T08:11:36","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T14:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awmi2.wpenginepowered.com\/?post_type=browse-teaching&#038;p=1066187"},"modified":"2025-10-06T16:13:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T22:13:34","slug":"christians-citizens-and-disciples","status":"publish","type":"browse-teaching","link":"https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/browse-teaching\/christians-citizens-and-disciples\/","title":{"rendered":"Christians: Citizens and Disciples"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1066187\" class=\"elementor elementor-1066187\" data-elementor-post-type=\"browse-teaching\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-dce-background-overlay-color=\"#227AAD\" data-dce-background-image-url=\"https:\/\/cdn.awmi.net\/awmi-images\/teachingarticle_banner-sans_text-1400x330-LG20240425-v05-copy.webp\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17829013 e-con-full elementor-hidden-mobile e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"17829013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-dce-title-color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13fd469a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"13fd469a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Christians: Citizens and Disciples<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-dce-background-image-url=\"https:\/\/cdn.awmi.net\/awmi-images\/teachingarticle_mobile_sans-text-480x270-LG20240425-v05-copy.webp\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-298839e elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"298839e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-dce-title-color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40ddf24e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"40ddf24e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Christians: Citizens and Disciples<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57edaca0 e-con-full e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"57edaca0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18fd554b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"18fd554b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ways to Access This Teaching<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25894846 elementor-hidden-mobile e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"25894846\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26d767d0 videoModeBtn e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"26d767d0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\" href=\"#video-teaching\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6337a0a6 ta-icon-6 videoModeBtn dce_masking-none elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"6337a0a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"294\" src=\"https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/icon-screen-white-20-300x294.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1084170\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/icon-screen-white-20-300x294.png 300w, https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/icon-screen-white-20-1024x1004.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/icon-screen-white-20-768x753.png 768w, https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/icon-screen-white-20-1536x1505.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/icon-screen-white-20-75x75.png 75w, https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/icon-screen-white-20.png 1709w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Watch<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b996e12 audioModeBtn e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4b996e12\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\" href=\"#audio-teaching\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44349c00 ta-icon-6 audioModeBtn dce_masking-none elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"44349c00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/icon-headphones-white-20-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1084171\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/icon-headphones-white-20-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/icon-headphones-white-20-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/icon-headphones-white-20-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/icon-headphones-white-20-768x767.png 768w, https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/icon-headphones-white-20-75x75.png 75w, https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/icon-headphones-white-20.png 1451w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Listen<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d5a1b6b e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7d5a1b6b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7520a7ff ta-icon-6 dce_masking-none elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"7520a7ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/store.awmi.net\/purchase\/1069-C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/icon-cart-white-22-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1084172\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/icon-cart-white-22-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/icon-cart-white-22-1021x1024.png 1021w, https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/icon-cart-white-22-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/icon-cart-white-22-768x770.png 768w, https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/icon-cart-white-22-75x75.png 75w, https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/icon-cart-white-22.png 1445w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Purchase<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73a8fdc5 e-con-full elementor-hidden-desktop shrink elementor-hidden-tablet e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"73a8fdc5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b546470 videoModeBtn e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3b546470\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\" href=\"#video-teaching\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d24d9ea ta-icon-6 videoModeBtn dce_masking-none elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"6d24d9ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"294\" src=\"https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/icon-screen-white-21-300x294.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1084173\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/icon-screen-white-21-300x294.png 300w, https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/icon-screen-white-21-1024x1004.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/icon-screen-white-21-768x753.png 768w, https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/icon-screen-white-21-1536x1505.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/icon-screen-white-21-75x75.png 75w, https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/icon-screen-white-21.png 1709w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Watch<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63e45f5a audioModeBtn e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"63e45f5a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\" href=\"#audio-teaching\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f729e93 ta-icon-6 audioModeBtn dce_masking-none elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"f729e93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/icon-headphones-white-21-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1084174\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/icon-headphones-white-21-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/icon-headphones-white-21-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/icon-headphones-white-21-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/icon-headphones-white-21-768x767.png 768w, https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/icon-headphones-white-21-75x75.png 75w, https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/icon-headphones-white-21.png 1451w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Listen<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33da97cc e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"33da97cc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/store.awmi.net\/purchase\/1069-C\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a24b119 ta-icon-6 dce_masking-none elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"3a24b119\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/icon-cart-white-23-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1084175\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/icon-cart-white-23-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/icon-cart-white-23-1021x1024.png 1021w, https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/icon-cart-white-23-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/icon-cart-white-23-768x770.png 768w, https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/icon-cart-white-23-75x75.png 75w, https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/icon-cart-white-23.png 1445w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Purchase<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-591bbc87 e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"591bbc87\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-389b9c23 e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"389b9c23\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-221fba12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"221fba12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Your Vote Matters<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I believe this year\u2019s elections are the most important in my lifetime. Much is hanging in the balance, and this November could either be the turning point or the point of no return for our nation. I urge you to get out and vote, and become a part of the answer instead of a part of the problem.<\/p>\n<p>I also urge you to read this letter in its entirety. I believe it will give you a new perspective on the importance of your role as a Christian citizen and disciple of the Lord.<\/p>\n<div class='yrm-content yrm-content-1 yrm-content-hide  ' id='yrm-Vce8o' data-id='1' data-show-status='false' data-after-action='' style=\"height: 0\">\n\t\t\t<div id='yrm-inner-content-yrm-Vce8o' class='yrm-inner-content-wrapper yrm-cntent-1'><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Church Should Be the Salt of the Earth<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>John Adams, the second president of the United States, wrote, \u201cOur Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other\u2026. Free government rests upon public and private morality.\u201dIt is not our government that has failed; it\u2019s the church that has failed to be the salt of the earth (Matt. 5:13).<\/p>\n<p>Read what Dr. Jedediah Morse said in 1799: \u201cIn proportion as the genuine effects of Christianity are diminished in any nation, either through unbelief, or the corruption of its doctrines, or the neglect of it institutions; in the same proportion will the people of that nation recede from the blessings of genuine freedom\u2026Whenever the pillars of Christianity shall be overthrown, our present republican forms of government, and the blessings which flow from them, must fall with them.\u201d He was saying that Christianity, not government, is the driving force behind true freedom.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Seeking God As a Society is Key<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When World War II brought America back to her knees, a revival broke out that is still referred to as the era of the highest church attendance in recent history. A time of repentance and seeking God brought peace and a period of great prosperity. But sadly, the result was a church that was lulled to sleep. While it was sleeping, a generation of \u201cbaby boomers\u201d became obsessed with materialism and freedom from moral constraint.<\/p>\n<p>How did the church react? In a variety of ways, some of which were very good. People began seeking the Lord, and the Lord answered through what is often called \u201cThe Jesus People Movement,\u201d \u201cThe Charismatic Movement,\u201d \u201cThe Word of Faith Movement,\u201d \u201cThe Lay Witness Renewal,\u201d and others. These revivals were not spearheaded by any individual, yet they had worldwide impact. Truly these were mighty moves of God\u2019s Spirit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Politics Alone Is Not the Answer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yet, as a whole, the church responded by promoting political involvement as the answer to society\u2019s woes. Make no mistake\u2014Christians who live in a country that provides them the freedom to govern through voting or holding political office have a responsibility to participate. However, for many, politics has not been a weapon against the moral decline; it has been the only weapon.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201870s and \u201880s saw the largest influx of Christians into the political process in recent history, and it did produce some good results. It influenced who was elected president and helped change the balance of power in Congress and the Supreme Court. Although some good came of it and the potential destruction of our nation was stayed off a little longer, it hasn\u2019t turned the tide. There are still millions of innocent children killed every year. Immorality continues to advance nearly unchecked. And some of our so-called \u201cconservative\u201d Supreme Court appointees defied logic by turning the government loose in ways that would have caused our Founding Fathers to mount a revolution.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Real Source of Our Society\u2019s Ills<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Calvin Coolidge, the thirtieth president of the United States (1923-1929) declared, \u201cThe foundations of our society and our government rest so much on the teachings of the Bible that it would be difficult to support them [the foundations of society] if faith in these teachings would cease to be practically universal in our country\u201d (brackets mine).<\/p>\n<p>Our society isn\u2019t sick because of the government; it\u2019s sick because the church has not made faith in the teaching of the Bible \u201cpractically universal in our country.\u201d Once we cease to win the hearts of man, it is inevitable that ungodly people will make their way into leadership and take the country with them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Governments Transform When Hearts Change<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If we change people\u2019s hearts with the Gospel, the people will change the government with their votes. Government merely reflects what people believe in their hearts; it does nothing to form those beliefs. William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania, wrote in the late 1600s, \u201cGovernment seems to me to be a part of religion itself\u2026. Let men be good, and the government cannot be bad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s good to pursue legal action and political means to right wrongs. But the power of the Gospel has more power to change the hearts of man than all the military might and legislative bodies of any government. Billy Graham understood that when he was asked to run for president in the 1950s. He responded by saying he would not lower himself to that position. He was not attempting to diminish the office of the president; he was elevating the office of a minister of the Gospel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Real Battle for America\u2019s Soul<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Elias Boudinot, President of the Continental Congress in 1783 and later congressman from New Jersey who served as president of the American Bible Society, said \u201cthe moral character of a people once degenerate, their political character must soon follow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There is a civil war going on in America today, but it is not political. Sure, the courtrooms and congressional halls are the battlegrounds, but the war itself is between light and dark\u2014the truth of the Gospel and the lies of the devil. It\u2019s between the people of God and the children of the devil.<\/p>\n<p>In this war, the Enemy tries to hide his true objectives behind the mask of individual rights and personal liberties. But make no mistake: The real goal is the elimination of God and His influence from society so people can indulge in their carnal lifestyles without conviction or guilt.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It\u2019s Time to Emphasize the Great Commission<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The way to win this war and save the political character of this nation is to change the moral character of its people with the Gospel. Our Founding Fathers understood that. Dr. Benjamin Rush said in 1786, \u201cNothing can be politically right that is morally wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The church needs to refocus its energies back to the Great Commission that our Lord Jesus Christ gave us: \u201cGo ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen\u201d (Matt. 28 19-20).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recognize You\u2019re in a Battle<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I feel privileged to be on the frontlines of this battle for the hearts of man. It\u2019s a war that won\u2019t be won in Congress or the White House. It will be won in our families, the workplace, the marketplace, and in our schools.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why I\u2019ve just spent two months teaching Christian Philosophy on television. In this series, I teach about a Christian way of thinking\u2014a paradigm. Not only do I address the theology behind a sound Christian philosophy, but I deal with controversial social issues like evolution, homosexuality, and abortion. It\u2019s your philosophy that determines how you see issues like those.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Consider Charis Bible College<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am fighting to change hearts and minds. However, I know that one series of programs is not enough to win those hearts and minds, and certainly not enough to teach others to do the same. That can only be done through discipleship, and that is the reason I launched Charis Bible College (CBC) in 1994.<\/p>\n<p>Students arrive at CBC like fresh recruits to boot camp. Two years later, they graduate as trained soldiers in the war against ungodliness. Over 1,400 have graduated in the last seventeen years, and about 2,000 more are in our CBC system worldwide. Their lives have been changed, and now they are prepared to literally go around the world affecting the lives of thousands.<\/p>\n<p>These committed people are one of our best hopes to win this war, and many are already in the fight. Some have gone to the mission field, some are pastors, and some are taking their message to the marketplace. Many have become directors and staff members at the thirty-plus extension schools of CBC World Outreach. It\u2019s growing fast and it is only going to get bigger.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Get Equipped and Join the Fight<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Even If you can\u2019t come to Charis, you can still enlist in this army. One of the best tools we have to change your life and to help you minister to others is our <em>Discipleship Evangelism<\/em> curriculum. It\u2019s a book with forty-eight easy-to-understand lessons on the basics of Christianity. It makes the discipleship of a friend or loved one easy. If you can read, you can use this tool to help change a life. We are seeing this used to change lives around the world.<\/p>\n<p>In Uganda, for example, a graduate of Charis used this very tool to disciple over 800 pastors. He simply followed it word for word from the text. After that, the pastors went back to their churches and taught it to their congregations. The next year, over 2,000 native pastors participated. 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