I received this from a well-intentioned friend regarding Church and State:

“Remember what the original colonists were fleeing; a FEDERAL CHURCH, run by the Government of England. They were not looking to abolish religion, only to keep the Government from establishing ONE GOVERNEMENTALLY CONTROLLED DENOMINATION.”

That seems like an oxymoron. How does one abolish Church while instituting it? Many say the early Americans (and the modern) wanted some sort of non-governmental church, where the government did not “control” the Church. But the Presbyterian Church, which essentially became the new American Church (over 80% of the Rebel soldiers were Presbyterian) after they warred against the Anglicans in the Revolutionary War, declared in their documents that they no-longer wanted the protection of the State.

This new church neither wanted the guidance nor the protection of the State. So what did they think would happen? that heretics would never take over? If you notice my post on The Fool a few days ago, you will notice that the liberal’s eschatology is over-realized in that their anthropology is so skewed that they have become completely naive. They underestimate the nature of sinful man!

You can’t fire your security force and expect there to be no break-ins. You cannot leave your doors open every night and expect no one to eventually walk in and harm you. I think we need to start admitting that America was far too arrogant by stating they wanted no oversight from the country that first funded their expedition in the very beginning. If we want the grace of God, we need to be humble (James 4:6). And it is certainly going to take the grace of God to ward off the Muslims and liberals that are after our country.