iMonk: American Idolatry

The iMonk has started a new series about American Idolatry. I've thought about several of these things he brings up. A couple of weeks ago, I went to a "church service" held at the local baseball grounds (to attract non-believers), it was called Sermon on the Mound. They had a US Senatorial candidate share her "testimony" to the large audience, mostly members of the large Baptist church that was sponsoring the event. She went on and on about how our city was a city of God and how this church could begin a change in our city that changes the state, country and the world. Nice bit of schmoozing.

Anyway, I agree with Monk when he says:

How did it become possible to say that to be a follower of Jesus is to be a flag-waving American? Or a flag-waving anything for that matter? The Bible doesn’t have a single sentence that takes us in this direction. It’s simplistic idolatry and pure invention. The Kingdom of God isn’t represented by the government of the United States, no matter how superior our constitution might be to that of other nations (and I believe that, in God’s common grace, it is.) Our values and way of life may be influenced by a heritage that includes Christianity, but in what delusion does America, today, inspire this “cross and flag” version of our culture? It’s bizarrely idolatrous.

I highly recommend reading the whole article here:

American Idolatry: With God On Our Side