Effective Faith?

Walter Williams's Wisdom:

A society's first line of defense is not the law but
customs, traditions and moral values. These behavioral norms, mostly
transmitted by example, word-of-mouth and religious teachings, represent a body
of wisdom distilled over the ages through experience and trial and error. They
include important thou-shalt-nots such as shalt not murder, shalt not steal,
shalt not lie and cheat, but they also include all those courtesies one might
call ladylike and gentlemanly conduct. Policemen and laws can never replace
these restraints on personal conduct. At best, the police and criminal justice
system are the last desperate line of defense for a civilized society.

In this context; Christians have relegated themselves to
placing their faith at the last resort - instead being on the front line. It
seems that only after failing to even try to influence the "customs,
traditions, and moral values," by placing them in their proper context in
a free society; we then turn to the mere color of Christianity that must be
enforced by the threat of law. In doing so, we deny the power of the Holy
Spirit to convince men of their sin. Relegating God to a relatively powerless
being who must use the power of the state as its "last desperate line of
defense" for what He created.

Here's an idea: Do not insult or sell our God short. Put Christ where he
belongs, at the first line of not only the defense, but the salvation, of
civilization.

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