New Book ‘God Bless America Again,’ Shares Hope – Outside Politics – for our Nation’s Struggles
Pastor Allen Jackson Enumerates Internal Failures, Calls for Repentance
NASHVILLE, Sept. 17, 2020 – As the nation gears up for another contentious Presidential election – this one in the midst of a global pandemic and ongoing social unrest – Pastor Allen Jackson shares a prophetic perspective on the struggles our nation is facing in his new book “God Bless America Again.” As a student of history, Jackson especially speaks to the importance of learning from our nation’s heritage.
“It’s true that we’re not a theocracy. It’s equally true that we are tolerant of other faiths. No matter what faith you choose and how you choose to worship, you’re entitled to equal treatment under our law,” Jackson explains. “It’s true that we’re an inclusive society, and we’ll embrace diversity of beliefs and do our best to live with one another respectfully. It’s true that our founders clearly did not want a State Church to be founded so that the government dictated theology. However, we are unmistakably a nation with a Christian heritage.”
Jackson laments that rather than understanding our rights and our duties of citizenship, today’s culture too often encourages moral ambivalence and cynicism, that America represents nothing more than one of many different, equal nations. He disagrees that all nations are morally equivalent.
“Moral clarity does not require an uncritical evaluation of our own history and western ideals. Patriotism is not crude nationalism and injustice isn’t the sin of shortcomings,” Jackson continues. “These things are certainly a part of the American story, and we have to say so. But a fair and serious study of our own history shows that our nation, without a doubt, has been and continues to be a great force for good in the modern world.”
Jackson summarizes our nation’s current struggles, and calls out people of faith:
“There is a sense of futility right now. Beyond the fear, the chaos, the anxiety, the stress, and all the division in our nation, and all the things that we can see that are inappropriate and that need to be addressed and changed; the thing I hear most is a sense of feeling impotent, of powerlessness. What do I do in the face of this? I’m just one person. We’re inundated with messages from the healthcare community and public health officials, the scientific community, the economists, the political scientists, and all the prognosticators and pollsters. It’s like a tsunami of bad news that just washes over us every day, and the thing that is missing in the midst of that, I believe, is the response of the Church.
As a premise throughout the book, Jackson asks: “What would God say to America right now?”
“I think God would talk to us about the casual way we have set aside His moral boundaries, and we’ve chosen our own,” Jackson responds. “I think He would talk about the lack of contentment in our hearts. It’s inconsistent to want leaders at the highest levels of the land to work for righteousness when we’re not willing to stand for it in our sphere of influence.”
“God Bless America Again” is available to preorder now on Amazon, retailing for $17.99, with a release date of October 1st.
About Allen Jackson
Allen Jackson is senior pastor of World Outreach Church, a congregation of fifteen thousand; and he is founder of Allen Jackson Ministries, through which his biblical messages have been broadcast nationally and internationally on multiple platforms. His previous book, “Intentional Faith,” released from Thomas Nelson earlier this year.
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“God Bless America Again” by Allen Jackson
Available: Oct., 2020
ISBN: 978-1-61718-051-4