4 years ago. and again tonight.

Four years ago I made a post congratulating Barak Obama for his historic winning of the presidency of the United States of America.

Right now FoxNews, CNN and some other sources are calling the election for him again. I'm watching Sun News and they are not comfortable calling the race just yet.

In the end it doesn't matter. Whether Obama or Romney it seems clear that God has raised up these leaders and given the USA a choice of which man will be used by God to judge them. I'm sad, very very sad for America tonight.

Four years ago I asked people to pray for Obama. I repeat that appeal. But unlike four years ago it seems to me that the "great American experiment" has finally found it's breaking point. That the USA would re-elect a President who has failed by every objective standard I can think of tells me that the people of that nation no longer care. When I was in High School (I was living in the USA at the time) the National Debt reached 3 Trillion Dollars. They shut down school and spent the day talking about how this would impact our lives, our futures, the nation's very sovereignty. Today the debt is 16 Trillion Dollars and growing at an insane rate. Who cares? Apparently not the USA. Did they shut down schools to inform their students about what this means? No of course not. What is left of the experiment of personal liberty, personal responsibility, minimal government fully accountable to the people and peaceful international relations? I think the experiment is over. It worked great while the conditions of the experiment were maintained. It seems the experiment is over. Perhaps someone should  have turned the light out to let the rest of us know.

Tonight I am concerned about Canada. It seems that within the next two years our greatest ally, and really the nation we depend on to defend us and our great natural resources, will crumble into itself in debt.

Canada, a nation rich in natural resources and lacking in self reliance, will soon have to stand up to defend itself. Will our economy survive? Will we be able to defend our borders? Given the lack of US strength on our side can we even begin to stand up to Russia in the North?

As I'm typing this Sun News just called the election for Obama with less of the popular vote than Romney has taken. I wonder if the Democrats will still be asking for the Electoral Collage to be changed... I'm sad and lashing out a bit.

Christians in North America, welcome to our new reality. In the coming years your faith is going to be tested like it hasn't been before. Will you still praise God?

Flip Flopping, let's get real!

Right now I'm watching the Election results come in. They aren't looking strong for Romney. I'm noting the change in the tweets on Twitter from Christians, and the change in posts on Facebook. Maybe you have noticed the same things.

When the other potential nomines fell by the wayside Evangelicals started to get behind Romney who they had previously said they would not support became the only option for America that they could support.

Worse, now that it is looking that Romney won't win the Election the posts and tweets are starting for Christians to pray, and to be satisfied with God's will. Where was this yesterday?

Why is it that "Christians" - and the quotes are VERY intentional - are so quick to fight a fleshy war of influence based on argumentation, social values, and influence instead of heading to their closet to pray right from the start?

Why is it that, consistently, it is only when the war based on the strength of the flesh is seemingly lost that "Christians" start to remind each other to rest in the sovereign will of God?

I think it's a cop out to be honest. I think this is nothing more than religion cloaked in false humility and faith in the wake of all else.

Injured Back

Hi All,

I've been working on the next instalment of The Debater's Potter but I've managed to hurt my back such that it is intolerable to sit in front of the computer for very long. So the next part will not be published until early next week.

In the mean time I'll link you to another post at Lou's In Defense of the Gospel blog. This time he's got an article from Dr. Clay Nuttal entitled "Once Upon an Election" which I think Believers in Christ ought to pay attention to. Here's a snippet:

The next question is, why would God allow such a person with a wicked, anti-god agenda to come to power?  This answer is also in the Bible.  God has often directed or allowed the wicked to rule in order to judge a nation for its sins.  The scripture describes how God has allowed destruction of a country when its wickedness overwhelmed the land.  The wholesale murder of the unborn and the acceptance of sodomy in our own nation are sufficient evils to warrant the judgment of God.  Then there is the rejection of, and opposition to, Israel; that alone is sufficient to bring the judgment of God.  When a people turn their backs on a holy God, we can be sure that He will send judgment, which often is done through allowing wicked men to be in authority.