The American Philosophy

This is a sermon I preached some years ago and recently reviewed it for any rewrites, revisions, or updates. Considering all of the anger, rage, chaos, and moral rot we see in this country, I saw no need to change what the Lord had impressed upon me. Even now it still cries out to anyone having ears to hear. Through research, reading, and careful study of the worldviews that have shaped and influenced us as a nation, two specific realms of thought have prevailed and are now at war with one another. One worldview comes from the Judeo-Christian perspective, and the other from secular humanism, or progressivism.

Citizens and statemen in times drew the nation's attention to our its origins being founded upon the Word of God and the principles of Christianity. This began with the first settlers and the establishment of a form of government known as the Mayflower Compact of 1629. The pilgrims who wrote it declared that this new country would be founded upon the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the Bible for the governance of future generations. The nation was to operate along the lines of Judeo-Christian philosophy, or the study and application of the attributes of God.

The other worldview, Humanism, was founded on the belief that we are the sum and measure of all things. We established the nation upon the works of political philosophers and secular principles that tended to avoid any form of biblical standard and to rely instead upon reason, logic, science, and encourage skepticism towards anything of a supernatural explanation. This school of thought has reaped a harvest of national tares and has been not an example of human superiority but has instead incurred wrath and judgment from Almighty God, who we have told to leave us alone. He has complied, leaving us to drown in the immoral cesspool we have dug for ourselves.

The deliberate abandonment of godly standards and the adoption of what has become a foundation of sand has resulted in the formation of a new philosophical guide that produces "law and order" that protects the guilty, glorifies anarchy, and maligns the innocent. Law enforcement and any type of civil behavior have become objects of scorn in cities across the country. The present American philosophy has gleefully encouraged us to embrace ourselves and abandon the person and work of Jesus Christ, redefining "truth" as whatever seems right to the individual. It has redefined the value of life as the "right" to kill an unborn child in the womb as nothing more than a "choice" and isolate the elderly in "homes" that are convenient places for the children and relatives to abandon their responsibilities towards those who had cared for them in the past. The humanist worldview has replaced education with indoctrination, molding young minds to hate and demean anyone and anything who would dare to disagree with them, be they peer or parent.

The humanism that makes up the American philosophy today turned the meaning of "love" and "family" into a quagmire of self-defined groups, with the objective of ridding the nation of the traditional structure of a man and woman in the bonds of matrimony, and to redefine the concept of "love" to go so far as to advocate the wretchedness of pedophilia. None of this has a shred of decency or merit, and because we have thrown God out of the national fabric, we now reap a harvest of dung and mud. I am personally convinced that the riots we have witnessed, fueled by the inept and local and state officials, the fires, vandalism, and destruction of entire city blocks, along with the total breakdown of national order are the results of the evil and malevolent ideas proposed by the late Saul Alinsky and his manifesto that he dedicated to "the first rebel, Lucifer", known by the title "Rules for Radicals". What did Alinsky write under the influence of Satan that resulted in this case of national insanity?

It starts with questioning the existing authorities and slandering anyone who disagrees with you. The radical then plants idealistic ideas in the minds of the gullible and impressionable with the promise of "free college", "universal income", wealth redistribution", "equality", and "social justice". Promote rejection and disrespect for all religious convictions and beliefs. tear down all houses of worship and limit all religious activities. Protest the established government with the goal of overthrowing it and the existing social structure, forming a statist system with full control over production of goods and services. We are seeing this happen in America through the growing acceptance of socialist thought and the idea that Marxist dogma is the proper means of governing all nations.

Leftist and humanist worldviews in America today have made the message of redemption and salvation through the Lord Jesus Christ into an object of slander, blasphemy, ridicule, and hatred. The irony is that Jesus told His followers that this would be rampant in the days before His return (Luke 21:12-19) and was reaffirmed by the apostle Paul in his final letter (2 Timothy 3:4-5). Atheists and skeptics openly mock Jesus, either denying HIs existence or deny what the Scriptures have presented about Him or deny the authority and divine inspiration of the Bible altogether. If their claims are true, then why do they spend any time even discussing or debating it? (Romans 3:10-18; Psalm 14:1, 53:1).