Changed Forever Ministries

Have you ever heard a preacher, perhaps many years ago, preach that we could be one generation away from a Christless country? If we didn't stand up for truth and raise Godly children the future of our country is bleak- many preachers have warned. No doubt this was dismissed as sensational by most listeners. the concept of the United States not being a "Christian nation" was and is unthinkable to many. However, I am afraid those warning sermons were more prophetic than we would like to admit.

A few years ago (1999) a book was published entilted "A Hill on Which to Die" by Judge Pessler. It was sent to every pastor in Oklahoma (or at least in the metro). Recently some quotes from the book were posted on a blog by Wade Burleson, pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church, Enid, OK. I found these quotes interesting as well as Wade's comments.

I do need to clarify that I am not implying that the USA was founded or constituted as a Christian nation is any offical way. In fact our founding fathers were very clear about freedom of religious expression.

However, history clearly bears out that for the first 100-150 years of our counrtry's history the vast majority of citizens in this country (both slave and free) practiced a Bibilcal Christianity. Most were protestants and one of the primary motivations for leaving Europe to come here was to escape a religious system mandated by the state (The Anglican Church).