This is a class project for HUM422 Christianity and America. The presentation details an analogy for the relationship between Christianity and America.

2.  This analogy sums up what humans do when they do
not have Christ fully at the center of their lives.
 We try and fill those voids with whatever we can get our
hands on
 We end up not feeling whole, so when this happens we
search for new ways to try and fill the void

3.  When Adam and Eve choose to listen a follow what the
serpent said in Genesis, they allowed sin to enter the
world.
 Since we are now all born with sin, it starts to eat away
at us and creates the void which only God can fill. Then
as we grow up, we try and fill the void with other things
than God.

4.  Over the years the “band-aids” have, for the most part,
stayed the same. But for some of the band-aids they
have gotten worse. Like drugs. There are different
combinations.
 We have also gotten newer technology. Therefore, the
avenues to getting all different types of fillers has gotten
easier.

5.  In American culture, we are faced with views and values
that push us against the Christian faith.
 The media and our interactions with people effect us in
all different ways. The media makes sin look like fun
and that it is okay to do. And depending on the kinds of
friends we have and how we act with them, those
personalities tend to come out in our actions and how
we conduct our lives.

6. Computers
Religion
TV
Male/Female relationships
Alcohol
Money
Drugs

7.  Those were just some examples of band-aids that
people use.
 People like to use band-aids as a way of justifying their
actions to help them feel better.
 No matter what the situation is they try and find away to
justify it to themselves.

8.  We use phrases from Benjamin Franklin’s book, Poor
Richard’s Almanac to help us.
 Phrases like: “God helps them that help themselves.”
 People think that phrases like the example come from
the Bible so that makes it better but in reality it does not
come from the Bible.

9.  People think that if it is moral then it must come from
the Bible.
 Just because it is moral does not mean that it come
from the Bible. Or vis versa
 Just because the Bible says in Ephesians
“Bondservants, obey your earthly masters with fear and
trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ”
(ESV) does it make slavery right.

10.  Once people started to express themselves more,
things became more open and free-spirited
 The 60s were full of hippies promoting love and peace.
Yes, peace is good we all need to love each other.
 But when you do not follow the Bible’s plan for love then
it leaves you feeling empty and so you search for it
more.

11.  When the internet really took off in the early 90s this
opened a whole new way to fill in the void. People
could stay at home and not have to go out and find
things.
 People could, with a click of a button, get porn and other
“band-aids” to try and fill the void.

12.  One of the big fillers of the void is money. People think
that the more money they have the happier they will be.
 As it says in 1 Timothy 6:10 “For the love of money is a
root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that
some have wandered away from the faith…” (ESV)

13.  Our society and culture depend on money so much that
everywhere we look we are told to work more to make
more.
 “I will tell you the secret to getting rich on Wall Street.
You try to be greedy when others are fearful. And you
try to be fearful when others are greedy.” –Warren
Buffett (Forbes)

14.  It does not matter where we look for advice we just
need to make sure that it is true advice.

15.  In conclusion, the only way to fill the God sized voids in
our lives is to full commit to God’s will. It is hard but in
the end it is all worth it.
 God is the only filler that will truly make us whole.

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 Forbes. n.d. Web. 09 Nov 2015.
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 Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Rochard's almanack." Franklin,
Benjamin. Poor Rochard's almanack. Philadelphia, 1759. 23. Book.
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