![]() This is the Christian equivalent of America Last. He argued that “Baptists-whether globally or locally-always tend to be at their worst when in control of some earthly power and always at their best when speaking from the margins.” Moore would rather that we content ourselves to having a “prophetic witness”-that is, standing outside the halls of power and shouting some true things, hoping it pricks the conscience of the global elites running this country into the ground, but never rolling up our sleeves and getting to work. Not too long ago, a prominent Presbyterian pastor, Scott Sauls, said, “worldly power is of course anathema.” Southern Baptists have been repeatedly harangued by the likes of men such as Russell Moore, arguing it's better when Christians (or at least Baptists) don’t have power. What’s the answer? Clearly, it’s “yes.” Fuller rallied his fellow countrymen-his Christian compatriots-to be willing and ready to take up arms to fight the French (and he didn’t mean David).Ĭontrast Fuller’s admonition with Christian pastors and evangelical “leaders” today. Now if such was the duty of men in their circumstances, can there be any doubt with respect to ours? Ought we not to seek the good of our native land the land of our fathers' graves a land where we are protected by mild and wholesome laws, administered under a paternal prince a land where civil and religious freedom are enjoyed in a higher degree than in any other country in Europe a land where God has been known for many centuries as a refuge a land, in fine, where there are greater opportunities for propagating the gospel, both at home and abroad, than in any other nation under heaven? They were in a foreign land a land where there was nothing to excite their attachment, but everything to provoke their dislike. I do not suppose that the case of these people corresponds exactly with ours but the difference is of such a nature as to heighten our obligations. ![]() ![]() Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.” As he considered the relationship between his British congregation facing an invasion and the Israelites in Babylonian captivity, he said: ![]() The sermon, entitled “Christian Patriotism,” was delivered in 1803, as the British feared an imminent invasion from Napoleon.įuller preached his sermon from the text of Jeremiah 29:7, where the Lord commands the Israelite exiles in Babylon to “seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. The English Baptist pastor and theologian Andrew Fuller, whom Charles Spurgeon said was the “greatest theologian of his century,” once delivered an entire sermon defending the love of his nation and a concern for its future. Many other great men in history have shared these sentiments about their own nation. In fact, Christians shouldn’t just support it, they should demand it. So, what is this maddening news? This forgotten common sense? It is that American Christians should wholeheartedly support an America First government. In this world, common sense can sound crazy given this, common sense often needs a defense. That world has come to pass, brought about by postmodernism and the woke mind virus (to which Christians are not immune).
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