By Kelly O'Connell ——Bio and Archives--February 2, 2021
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State of America: We're in atrocious shape. National debt = $27 trillion. 100,000 US businesses permanently finished by Covid rules. US education is mediocre. 60% of Americans are lonely, drowning in internet porn with 40% births out of wedlock, with almost a million babies aborted yearly. 38% of Americans use illicit-drugs, causing "$740 billion annually in lost workplace productivity, healthcare expenses, and crime-related costs."
Violence soars in major cities, with overall murders up 24% in 2020; Chicago up 50% and NY City 40%. America, founded by Christian religious dissenters sees the country lapsing into mindless atheism, with 25% identifying as "no religion". Since US avoidably closed businesses, sending workers trillions in Covid payments, do politicians bankrupt America into socialism? Now government declares war on Conservatives. We need revival!What historians call "the first Great Awakening" is best described as a revitalization of religious piety that swept through the American colonies between the 1730s and the 1770s...relying on biblical revelation rather than human reason.These revivals influenced society: "The major effect of the Awakening was a rebellion against authoritarian religious rule which spilled over into other areas of colonial life." Colonial pulpits educated the people why and how to rebel against British tyranny, according to Ellis Sandoz in Political Sermons of the American Founding Era. Vol. 1 (1730-1788):
The revolution in the spiritual life of America began within a decade of the preaching of celebrated Benjamin Colman in Boston in 1730, called the Great Awakening...It was a passage of history that involved the concerted effort of military force evinced in the Revolution and the articulation of the principles of free government; these principles inspired creation of a national community and became the grounds of a political orthodoxy called republican and constitutional government.
In the 18th year of King Josiah's reign...Hilkiah the high priest said, "I've found the Book of the Law in the temple of the Lord."... When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his robes. He gave these orders..."Go and inquire of the Lord for me and for the people and for all Judah about what is written in this book that has been found. Great is the Lord's anger that burns against us because those who have gone before us have not obeyed the words of this book; they have not acted in accordance with all that is written there concerning us."Josiah then led a cleansing of Israel ordering all pagan shrines destroyed, and faithfully removed everything Yahweh banned. God blessed Israel by delaying his judgment until Josiah died. Judgment of God: Is America under the judgment of God? Josiah's story indicates the wrath of God burns against the great sins of a society. Why should America be any different? Consider our countless struggles with disease, poor leadership, socialism, racism conflict, doling pointless trillions, selling influence to China, and spiritual malaise. Is it really crazy to suggest God is judging America? How can there be any other explanation? We are lost, but our colonial forefathers believed if we turned to God, repented and reformed, we could return to the good graces of the Lord before total destruction. So, please pray for revival!
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Kelly O’Connell is an author and attorney. He was born on the West Coast, raised in Las Vegas, and matriculated from the University of Oregon. After laboring for the Reformed Church in Galway, Ireland, he returned to America and attended law school in Virginia, where he earned a JD and a Master’s degree in Government. He spent a stint working as a researcher and writer of academic articles at a Miami law school, focusing on ancient law and society. He has also been employed as a university Speech & Debate professor. He then returned West and worked as an assistant district attorney. Kelly is now is a private practitioner with a small law practice in New Mexico.