What's in vogue

this week? Is it patriotism? Is it finding you in a house of prayer? Is

it reading your Bible? Or, is it getting revenge unmindful of the week

during which prayer was in vogue?

I fear that

we Americans are so fickle that nothing short of touching our own house

and family will turn us in repentance to God. Check history.

Our closest

ally should be giving lessons on spirituality to America. But it's not

the case. The bombs were dropped on England during World War II so that

houses and families were touched by the Nazi terror. One would have thought

that because of the war on England and its threat to their security and

freedom, England would become a seedbed for revival. But peek into the

worship houses today and you'll find an England asleep to the mind and

commandments of God. It's very sad that after God saved England, less

than 10 percent of the population acknowledge Him, much less attend his

place of business, the church.

Please don't

read me as being un-American. I love America. When called I served in

the U.S. Army during the Vietnam era. I get throat- clogged at the singing

of the National Anthem. But I worry about Americans who faithfully cling

to fads. I worry about Christians who are more concerned with their stock

portfolio than their own spiritual condition, much less the spiritual

condition of others.

The President's

advisors tell us that the war against terrorism may take five to ten years.

That it's not a traditional war. We seem to accept their propositions

now. But since our enemy is "evil," how much more should the

church be willing to get into the war making a long-term commitment?

It's been said

before that we want a "microwave" solution. That is, fast! We

want a war against terrorism and we want it to be over soon so we can

get