Christianity in America Today

As I started to put this post together I came across an article on Franklin Graham,the son of Billy Graham. In case you are unaware, Franklin is the head of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association as well as his own which is called Samaritan's Purse.Franklin is viewed as one of the "good" evangelicals,unlike people such as Benny Hinn,David Cerullo,Kenneth Copeland,Paula White,the Crouchs',TD Jakes,and "Bishop" Eddie Long, who not only teach bad theology but also live like kings off the tithes of their "flock." Well, it appears that Franklin was letting it be known in this article that he was cutting back his salary from both the organizations he fronted because it was discovered that he was making 1.2 million a year from them. This figure apparently does not include some other "benefits" Franklin received yearly.Think about this for a moment,think about how much money that really is. How does a supposed man of God justify this kind of income? Franklin is a disgrace,plain and simple. He offers yet one more reason why society has lost total respect for Christianity. Oh yes,if you question the validity of this info on Franklin, just do a Google search and you can read it for yourself.
The above however is not really the reason why Christianity has helped to contribute to the decline of this nation. Neither is the fact that most Christian faiths and denominations look with disdain on each other,criticize each other or seem to be competing against each other,almost like they are rival businesses.Nor is it because these faiths often hold to widely varying views which create confusion to those who are seekers.The problem with Christianity in America is that it is encouraging a kind of complacency.Granted,the Christian faith is about Jesus,who He is and what it means to those who believe and follow Him.We know from scripture that we are to obey our government,that is taught quite clearly. However,are we to continue obeying a government that promotes homosexuality and enthusiastically allows abortion? Some might also say,do we support leadership that is in the process of taxing us out of a middle class and getting us involved in imperialistic ventures overseas? Scripture tells us that when it comes between obeying God and obeying man we are to.....obey God.With that said,why are we not seeing things like ads and articles in the newspapers as well as protests from churches against the utter immorality of homosexuality and abortion? When was the last time you went to a church's web-site or read in the "religion"section of your newspaper something decrying these two things?Where's the protest as the Christian faith is ridiculed and aggressively being driven out of this society? Most Christian faiths and denominations are content with their head nodding "preaching to the choir" sermons denouncing abortion and homosexuality.They also encourage a pie-in-the sky bye and bye attitude, that we are not to be "of this world," that we need to have a let God take care of them mindset.Meanwhile, this country has become a modern day Sodom and Gomorrah. Have they forgotten how Jesus repeatedly condemned the leaders of His day?That's the problem with Christianity in America today,it's complacency. A real Christian faith teaches many things,complacency isn't one of them.