I’ve just begun reading an interesting book called “The Myth of a Christian Nation.” The central thesis is that it’s impossible to build God’s kingdom within the framework of our political system and that the myth of America having been a Christian nation isn’t true - and so the statement that we’ve heard of “taking back America for God” is based on false pretense.

Why is it impossible to build God’s kingdom within the current political framework of America? Because the two are vastly different. The kingdom Jesus sought to build was based on servant leadership. You can bet there were political issues just as hot as gay marriage and abortion in his culture, yet the only cultural issues Jesus ever stood against publicly were religious ones.

Can you imagine if Jesus had used legislation to change peoples lives? Passing a law against abortion doesn’t change people. What Jesus did was spoke to the hearts of people and the revelation they received pin-pointed their sin and was the impetus for change. Policies, legislation, and law don’t change lives. Jesus does.

It’s time for the evangelical nation to realize that and rally behind Jesus again and not a political candidate - we’ve seen where the latter has lead us.