“Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.” -Matthew 5:13

Not too long ago, I took the time to get acquainted with local law enforcement here in Minnesota as to what was been happening locally and within the county.

In doing so, soon the conversation led to the churches within the county, who are commanded by God to be the moral compass of society (Matthew 5:13).

I had asked what his take was concerning the fruit of the church (Matthew 7:16-20), and in response, he said that they were great.  I then asked him what was being taught in the public schools locally?  He just looked at me while I then answered my own question.

I said that they are indoctrinating the children with an abortion agenda (Proverbs 6:17), a sodomite agenda, evolution.  The history books are being changed every 3-5 years.  I said that the young people are literally being subjected to everything while being protected from nothing.  This is how good of a job that they are doing.

As a matter of fact, the young people are asking where is the love that the church overseers talk so much about, and where it actually lies.

George Barna of the Barna research group found that after surveying the said pastors from across the country as to why they were not preaching against the sins of the nation that,

“What we are finding is that when we ask them (the pastors) about all the key issues of the day {90% of them are} telling us, yes, the Bible speaks to every one of these issues. Then we ask them: Well, are you teaching your people what the Bible says about those issues? – And the numbers drop… to less than 10% of pastors who say they will speak to it.”

When researchers ask those pastors what else they are willing to do to get their people active in their political process, Barna said, “It is almost nothing.”

“So, the thing that struck me has been that when we talk about the separation of church and state (There is no such thing found within any of America’s founding documents), it’s that the churches have separated themselves from the activities of the state – and that’s to the detriment of the state and its people,” stated the researcher.

Why the disconnect? According to Barna, the answer is simple. He suggests asking pastors how someone would know if their church is “successful” – which he did.

“There are five factors that the vast majority of pastors turn to (when asked that question),” he explained.

He found that the number one reason was that they cared more about attendance, and the number two reason was their offerings.

The rest of their top priorities were the number of programs they had in place, staff and believe it or not the square footage of what they call their churches.

“Now, all of those things are good measures, except one tiny fact: Jesus didn’t die for any of them,” Barna continued. “What I am suggesting is (those pastors) won’t probably get involved with politics because it is very controversial. Controversy keeps people from being in the seats, controversy keeps people from giving money, from attending programs.”

“As they look at things, their tendency is to say. Well, that’s not my part of my mission; my mission is to bring in more people and to get them to understand certain things that I feel that they should know.”

Barna also thinks it has something to do with the training of pastors.

“When you look at what they get in Bible school or in the seminary, they are not taught to get people engaged in these particular issues,” he shared. “They are taught just to exegete (Exposition; explanation; interpretation) scriptures; they are taught something about the history of where those scriptures came from – but they are not prepared.”

“I am afraid that the schools will prove the very gates of hell, unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scriptures and engraving them in the heart of the youth.” – Martin Luther

Article posted with permission from Sons of Liberty Media.  Article by Bradlee Dean.