We are too late in America'
s history to remain apathetic or unconcerned. Whether you'
re a Christian or not, you must admit that America is broken. Something is wrong. The question is, how can we fix America?
The founders agreed that religious morality and virtue were necessary to good government. Some religion was better than no religion. The founders chose Judeo-Christian religious principles. Though all of the founders were not orthodox Christians, they nevertheless operated from a Judeo-Christian world view. Our public schools inculcated morality and virtue. The governed were self-restrained and therefore needed very little external governmental restraint.

History is a good teacher. If we understand the lessons of our history, we don'
t have to repeat the mistakes of the past. Comparing the American Revolution to the French Revolution should teach us something. Both revolutions occurred during the same general historical era. Both were concerned with personal liberty. However, the philosophical basis of the two revolutions was fundamentally different. The American Revolution was based upon Judeo-Christian religion, morality and virtue. Spiritual liberty was seen as a prerequisite to physical liberty. The founding fathers believed that external liberty was not possible without a precedent of spiritual liberty.

Alexis deTocqueville was the famous French statesman, historian and social philosopher who toured the United States in 1831. Documenting his observations of America, deTocqueville stated:

Upon my arrival in the United States the religious aspect of the country was the first thing that struck my attention; and the longer I stayed there, the more I perceived the great political consequences resulting from this new state of things.

In France I had almost always seen the spirit of religion and the spirit of freedom marching in opposite directions. But in America I found they were intimately united and that they reigned in common over the same country. (Alexis deTocqueville, Democracy in America 1:319.)

In order to take back America, we must have a spiritual revival and we must become involved in our society. Oftentimes when talking about this subject, people take an either/or approach to the matter. Some people tend toward the pietistic side of things and say that the only thing we can do is pray. Others tend to the political power side of the coin and say that we must enact new laws to reflect our values. The truth of the matter is that we must do both. We must pray and we must become active.

Obviously we are involved in a spiritual battle. The battles and the struggles that we see in the physical realm are simply an outgrowth of the broader spiritual battle going on in the cosmos between Christ and Satan.

Christians have been intimidated into silence by anti-religious organizations stating that Christians are imposing their morality when they enter into the political realm. Certainly Christians are imposing their morality, but someone who is not a Christian is also imposing their morality. All laws contain a moral or an amoral basis. All laws are value judgments. Clearly your Christian faith is not a disability. Obviously the founders of this country believed that our Christian liberty was essential to good government. In the absence of our spiritual liberty, our physical liberty will obviously fail.

We must also become educated about our Judeo-Christian beliefs, values, and our history. If we don'
t know the basis of our government and the reasons for its creation, then every wind of doctrine or new idea articulated by some eloquent speaker will captivate our mind and change our values. Every time we drive on the road we must know the rules of the road. If you don'
t know the rules of the road, you won'
t know how to navigate or how fast to drive.