I looked upon the last few hours leading up to the selection of the new Pope with possibly a different mindset than many. Watching the nearly one hundred and fifty thousand people waving jubilantly and waiting untiringly in St. Peter’s square for the new Pope to emerge recaptured in me some confidence in Christian people.

In reality, for every one person who had the privilege of making it to the Vatican for this event, there had to be a thousand more watching on television. The significance and the potential power of millions of Christians around the world uniting for one purpose, for one event, should make those who oppose them sit up and have second thoughts. But that really isn’t the case, is it? Why not?

“There’s just one problem,” says David Kupelian, in writing about all Christians, “they have been seduced by the marketers of evil… and unfortunately, once the churches – the fortresses of America’s goodness and strength – are overcome, there is no longer a substantial defence against the forces of corruption.” Which is to say that those who rule over us, those who oppose our Judeo-Christian principles, know very well that Christians in their day-to-day lives are dormant and/or have taken shelter.

Therefore, during events like these, if Christians themselves could wake up to the fact that united, they not only would be able to celebrate an event taking place, but much more importantly, they would have the power to change a nation, or even a world. United, they could use their gatherings, their pulpits, and the voting booths to take back their country.

Mark Twain once said of Christians: “It will be conceded that a Christian’s first duty is to God. It then follows, as a matter of course, that it is his duty to carry his Christian code of morals to the polls and vote them. Whenever he shall do that, he will not find himself voting for an unclean man, a dishonest man. If Christians would vote their duty to God at the polls, they would carry every election, and do it with ease. Their prodigious power would be quickly realized and recognized, and afterward there would be no unclean candidates upon any ticket, and graft would cease. If the Christians of America could be persuaded to vote God and a clean ticket, it would bring about moral revolution that would be incalculably beneficent. It would save the country.”

I, having had the misfortune of being orphaned at the age of six and living through the whirlwind of life experiences that followed, have been afforded a certain boldness about faith and denominations. I owe it to the Roman Catholics who instilled in me at a young age a much-needed structured spiritual foundation. Later, the Ojibwa People gave me an appreciation for people and the land; after that, various Protestant denominations allowed me the freedom (with some helpful direction) to seek out the true meaning of life. No denomination can claim the credit for my salvation, which comes from Christ alone. He alone brought me into the personal relationship I cherish with Him today.

I explain all this to hopefully help some of my readers to understand why I find division between Christians so frustrating. Disunity is un-Christian and very much a terrible waste of all our valuable time. I am truly a respecter of all denominations and I can say with certainty that if Christians don’t get off their high-horse religious pedestals and unite for the cause, it is their own stubbornness that will lead to our nation’s demise.

Let it be known that the Christian Heritage Party doesn’t belong to any particular denomination. It belongs to all Canadians who wish to see biblical principles reflected in public policy. That’s our Canadian heritage! If you’re awake, then let’s join forces and let white smoke signify to the world our united surrender to the God of this universe; let’s allow Him to part those waters which divide us and move those mountains which seem to stand in our way. In unity, we can accomplish much.

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