This past week we have heard the results of several court cases and as predicted the response has been varied, passionate, sometimes interesting, and often missed the point.
I can't resist a blog post on these issues, but my burden isn't for the Supreme Court to honor marriage, or for the government to spend wisely, or for a flag to fly or be put away, but for the church to be reminded for why we are here.
First, let me say that I am a for guns, freedom, biblical marriage, etc. The problem is that the church today seems focused on the wrong issue.
Instead of being angry at the future of "Christian America" we need to be weeping for the souls of people. The issue we need to be focused on is that there are people who need to hear the Gospel and we are focused on arguing which flag we should fly or if we should obey / honor the court.
We often speak of how much Jesus loves us, but we have been horribly inefficient in presenting that love to a lost and dying world. The world hears us argue, defend our rights, even point people to history, but we often forget that we aren't here to be right, honored and loved. We are here to point people to Jesus. If we spent as much time telling people about Jesus as we spend debating all those issues I can't help but we think we would make a much bigger difference for eternity.
The American church needs to get its focus off the Supreme Court and get it back on what God has called us to do. As we come up to July 4th, celebrate America, but make sure that you remember God didn't ask you to be great American, he called you to make disciples.
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