Theology Applied THE LIVESTREAM - Kash Patel’s American Dream
This past Friday Kash Patel was sworn in as the director of the FBI. In a trend that has picked up steam, Director Patel took his oath of office not on the Bible, but on the Bhagavad Gita, a Hindu scripture. While we’re big fans of Kash Patel cleaning house of the corruption that the FBI has come to embody, what exactly does it say for the future of our still majority Christian nation when our representatives and office holders pledge their allegiance to these United States under the witness of demon gods? Can a house divided stand? Now to be clear, the Constitution states in Article 6 that “no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.” And unfortunately, the founders, for the most part, literally meant that. Thomas Jefferson, for example, celebrated an amendment in a bill to protect all religions in Virginia that explicitly removed the name of Jesus Christ and wrote that the legislators were intent on protecting “the Jew and the Gentile, the Christian and Mahometan, the Hindoo, and Infidel of every denomination” from any type of discrimination. Expanded religious freedoms like this at the state level prior to ratification of the Constitution in 1788 paved the way for the vague, secular language of our constitution that we know today.So what do we do with this? Perhaps at the time, coming out of intense religious persecution, insistence on complete religious freedom was necessary to stave off the unholy union of church authority wielding the power of the state. But today, with religious pluralism and the decline of the West, what was perhaps once necessary to protect against overzealousness, is now a roadblock. Kash delightedly declared at CPAC that the American Dream is for everyone. But is it? Does the prosperity and opportunities of America belong to the world with all her various cultures and religions? Or should America be for Americans and for unapologetic exaltation of the supremacy of the Christ and the Christian Faith?This episode is brought to you by our premier sponsors, Armored Republic and Reece Fund, as well as our Patreon members and donors. You can join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/rightresponseministries or you can donate at https://rightresponseministries.com/donate.Tune in for today’s episode where we discuss the founding fathers, the American Dream, and where to go from here.*MINISTRY SPONSORS:**Private Family Banking*How to Connect with Private Family Banking:1. FREE 20-MINUTE COURSE HERE: https://www.canva.com/design/DAF2TQVcA10/WrG1FmoJYp9o9oUcAwKUdA/view2. Send an email inquiry to chuck@privatefamilybanking.com3. Receive a FREE e-book entitled "How to Build Multi-Generational Wealth Outside of Wall Street and Avoid the Coming Banking Meltdown", by going to https://www.protectyourmoneynow.net4. Set up a FREE Private Family Banking Discovery call using this link: https://calendly.com/familybankingnow/30min5. For a Multi-Generational Wealth Planning Guide Book for only $4.99, use this link for my affiliate relationship with "Seven Generations Legacy": https://themoneyadvantage.idevaffiliate.com/13.html*Reece Fundhttps://www.reecefund.com/*Dominion: Wealth Strategists* is a full-service financial planning and wealth management firm dedicated to putting more money in the hands of the church. With an education focused approach, they will help you take dominion over your finances.https://reformed.money/