Yesterday evening I traveled with my friend Brian Schmucker (Borden area Youth for Christ representative), to the Answers in Genesis headquarters at the Creation Museum in Petersburg, KY to participate in a live video webcast. We were part of the guest audience for Ken Ham’s 2010 State of the Nation Address. The broadcast went out live on the web, Christian television, and Radio. The rebroadcast can be watched by going to www.answerslive.org. I have heard Ken Ham speak live several times and knew it would be powerful. I have a great deal of respect for his scholarship, his Christian faith, and his unmistakable passion for the ministry of Answers in Genesis.
Ham stated, “This address has been constructed to challenge both church and nation (America), and in many ways, is a response to President Obama’s “State of the Union” address given a few weeks ago—though it is applicable for any country (as I will be dealing with biblical principles and the spiritual state of a nation that once had a biblical foundation, as was the case with many Western nations).”
The truth is, this speech was an absolute wakeup call to America. I wonder if we will listen? We have become ashamed to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints. Because of this Ham proclaims the moral fabric of our country is scarcely intact and rapidly unraveling. Ham’s new book titled Already Gone has confirmed that, “The trends are frightening”. The American church is rapidly going the way of its atheistic European neighbors. The next generation of America Christians is calling it quits at a historic rate (as many as 70 percent of twenty-something’s who faithfully attended conservative evangelical churches as children no longer attend). Ham suggested that without a serious reformation in which unashamed Christians turn back to their biblical roots, we can expect and increasingly rapid death of the church and its influence in America.
One of the positive highlights of the evening was the rollout of the new I am not ashamed campaign. It is a powerful new billboard, television, and newspaper campaign to put scripture before the American people which speaks to the absolute truths of God’s word concerning moral and ethical positions in American culture. They will address things like gay marriage, abortion, evolution, and racism, using scripture to declare that the bible has spoken clearly on these issues.
Please take the time to watch this webcast and get ready to make a difference and stop being ashamed. Brother Scott ><>
Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
2 Timothy 1:8 Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord or of me His prisoner, but join with me in suffering for the gospel according to the power of God,
2 Timothy 1:12 For this reason I also suffer these things, but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day.
2 Timothy 2:15 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth.
1 Peter 4:16 but if anyone suffers as a Christian, he is not to be ashamed, but is to glorify God in this name.
Luke 9:26 “For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory, and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
