Isaiah 59:4 (New International Version)

 ⁴ No one calls for justice;
       no one pleads his case with integrity.
       They rely on empty arguments and speak lies;
       they conceive trouble and give birth to evil.  

From: from www.firstchurchoftheinternet.org , I validated and linked to points of interest)  

Today, nearly 4,000 precious and innocent unborn babies will be murdered in America by abortion… And 300,000 pulpits are mostly silent…  

In 40 years, homosexuals have gone from the closet, to the classroom, to the comedies, to the cabinet, and now to the clergy… And 300,000 pulpits are mostly silent…  

Hardcore pornography outlets outnumber McDonald’s in America. Since 1960, the pornography industry has grown by more than 10,000 percent. Over 6,000 adult videos are produced every year. Consequently, rape has increased 700 percent in the last 50 years, and every year a majority of all sexual assault victims were reported as children under 18, many of these attacks were made on children under 12… And 300,000 pulpits are mostly silent…  

Nearly every state in America now has a lottery or some form of gambling preying on the poor and robbing their children’s future…And 300,000 pulpits are mostly silent…  

Christian morality cannot be taught in America’s public schools, but atheistic immorality can. The Ten Commandments cannot be distributed, but condoms can. A Christian pastor cannot address the class, but a witch or a transvestite can. Jesus cannot be mentioned, but Muhammad can. The Bible cannot be read, but the Koran can…And 300,000 pulpits are mostly silent…        

The entertainment media in America offers the average American TV viewer 14,000 references to sex a year, 81 percent of which are outside of marriage. Add to that the multitude of homosexual characters preaching tolerance of what God declares as an abomination. Add to that the extreme violence and sexual immorality, the greed and the paganism. Program after program, movie after movie contains immoral, ungodly, destructive messages that grow more gritty and graphic with each passing day… And 300,000 pulpits are mostly silent…  

Rock and rap music fills the media and our children’s minds with music and images which legitimize rape, murder, group sex, sado-masochism, adultery, satanic worship, homosexuality, alcohol and drug abuse, etc…. And 300,000 pulpits are mostly silent…  

And Perhaps even worse than our silence, many Christians are Not Participating in Democracy  

In the 4 elections from 1992 to 2000, Christian voter turnout declined by 40 percent. In 2000, of the nations 59 million self identified evangelicals who were qualified to vote: 24 million did not even bother to register to vote, and of the 35 million who did register, only 15 million actually voted.  

Several Christian public policy organizations have identified that of their own members, who are active participants in trying to restore godly principles to government, 35–45 percent were not even registered to vote. 45 percent of Evangelicals vote according to economic issues above moral issues.  

Again from www.firstchurchoftheinternet.org, when a church accepts the 501c3 status, that church:  

• Waives its freedom of speech.
• Waives its right to influence legislators and the legislation they craft.
• Waives its constitutionally guaranteed rights.
• Is no longer free to speak to the vital issues of the day.
• Becomes controlled by a spirit of fear that if it doesn’t toe the line with the IRS it will lose its tax-exempt status.

TITLE 26–INTERNAL REVENUE CODE

 

Sec. 501. Exemption from tax on corporations,
          certain trusts, etc.

  (c) List of exempt organizations

 

A 501c3 organization is to have ”no substantial part of the activities of which is carrying on propaganda, or otherwise attempting, to influence legislation (except as otherwise provided in subsection (h)), and which does not participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements), any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office.” 

The church in America today is, by and large, not speaking to the vital issues of the day. The church has been effectively silenced. There has been a chilling effect upon the church’s freedom of speech for fear of IRS retribution should the church get out of line. The inevitable result is a moral downward spiral in the culture as the church stands mute.   

So many are concerned about the problems we have in washington these days. I’d like to suggest that our problems didn’t start there. When good men and women do nothing and say nothing; evil triumphs.   

Matthew 5:13-16 (New International Version)

 ¹³“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men. ¹⁴“You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.   

Silence is tacit acceptance therefore silence is not acceptable…