Unchristian America Quotes

“America is not and never could have been a Christian nation. Nor has God made any provision for America, or for any other nation, to be 'Christian.' Nations have no standing before God any more than corporations, or the local chamber of commerce, or the neighborhood glee club do. These are human institutions that serve human ends. But He no longer elects certain nations over others to anoint with His blessing. He works through individual believer empowered by the Holy Spirit, living by faith, and ministering in the body of Christ - the church.”
― Michael Babcock, Unchristian America: Living With Faith in a Nation That Was Never Under God

“Israel was God's chosen people, the nation whose God was the Lord. This unique status has not passed to America or to any other earthly nation.”
― Michael Babcock, Unchristian America: Living With Faith in a Nation That Was Never Under God

“We should harbor no nostalgic regrets over the loss of this easy compatibility between 'Christianity' and 'Americanism'. It was, after all, a cultural Christianity - not a biblical one - that served the political interests of an emerging world power.”
― Michael Babcock, Unchristian America: Living With Faith in a Nation That Was Never Under God

“It can no longer be claimed on demographic grounds that the 'vast majority' of Americans believe in Christ and the gospel. We do remain a highly religious people, especially when compared with Western Europe, but Americans are increasingly satisfying their metaphysical needs through forms of spirituality that have little or nothing to do with orthodox Christianity.”
― Michael Babcock, Unchristian America: Living With Faith in a Nation That Was Never Under God

“When Christians on either end of the political spectrum redefine the church as a voting bloc instead of Christ's very body, then we have succumbed to a false wind of doctrine.”
― Michael Babcock, Unchristian America: Living With Faith in a Nation That Was Never Under God

“When the world equates the message of the Cross with political and cultural values instead of spiritual truths, then the church has failed in its defining mission.”
― Michael Babcock, Unchristian America: Living With Faith in a Nation That Was Never Under God

“We've casually accepted the secular doctrine that America is a shining city on a hill, populated by a tenaciously self-reliant and practical people. We have Christianized humanistic values - myths of utopia, self-reliance, and pragmatism - and have compromised the message and ministry of the church,”
― Michael Babcock, Unchristian America: Living With Faith in a Nation That Was Never Under God

“And herein lies the great contradiction that is America. We are at once a 'Christian' nation and a nation that is the fullest expression of humanistic ideals. This is not what evangelicals normally mean, however, when they refer casually to our 'religous heritage.”
― Michael Babcock, Unchristian America: Living With Faith in a Nation That Was Never Under God

“Carnal instincts bring out carnal methods and therein lies the greaat danger of trying to accomplish God's work through political means.”
― Michael Babcock, Unchristian America: Living With Faith in a Nation That Was Never Under God

“It's in the nature of politics to deceive and distort, because politics is all about the struggle for power.”
― Michael Babcock, Unchristian America: Living With Faith in a Nation That Was Never Under God