If you think that we have taken God out of schools or government, then you do not understand the manner in which He has been there all along. If you think the spirituality of public institutions is an indicator of the faith of a nation, you are sadly mistaken. If you have spent time fighting to make our nation reflect only Christianity in its laws and policies, you have wasted precious time in the real fight for the Kingdom of God. Much like the heart of a person is not changed by outward conformity to God’s laws, neither are the people of a nation brought closer to the Kingdom by the whitewashing of their government. The failure to “keep God in the public” lies not with institutions- public or religious- but with God’s people, who are too willing to leave the work of the Kingdom to “the leaders” of our nation, rather than be the leaders themselves. Furthermore, when our religious liberty is taken from us, it will be the result of us trying to make our public institutions into mass outreach devices rather than using our freedom to be a light in our everyday relationships. That is how God remains in our schools, government, and nation- by being in your little piece of the world, through you.
Or is He?
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