Being a Christian in the United States of America is a uniquely different task to that of historical Christianity. From the beginning, this country has placed such emphasis on Christian values and doctrines that it can be hard to determine if to behave in the publicly accepted way is to be a “good Christian” or not. This paper proposes that a substantial portion of the Christian heritage of the American system is one of moral equivocation and continues to be so at present. Moral equivocation for the purposes of this paper is the overt practice of justifying what one knows to be wrong for the sake of allegedly right goals. These moral equivocations by Christians have been a persistent impediment to the proliferation of the primary hallmark of the kingdom of Christ: justice. The thesis of this paper as that the unfortunate legacy of these failings of faith demonstrates to the world that personal hypocrisy murders truth and aborts justice. The paper will look at three different examples of moral equivocation and how it has impacted the propagation of justice on the earth. First, we will consider the issue of the enslavement of African persons in the beginning years of the republic, looking specifically at the writings of Samuel Hopkins and witness of John Brown as contemporary critiques of the horrendous institution. Second, is a look at cultural practices in the African American community, an ethnic group with a pervasive connection to Christianity yet championing the imparting of deceptive behaviors to future generations in the name of survival. A consideration of the words of Paul Laurence Dunbar, James Baldwin, and Martin Luther King, Jr. help to frame this discussion in communal commitments and engagement. Finally, we consider a current crisis facing the Church in America in the form of Christian Nationalism and the longing for political power as a goal that is contrary to the teachings and mission of Christ. The aim of this paper is not to condemn a particular movement or way of living, but instead to highlight moral equivocation as a perennial issue faced by the Church in America; faced, and too often submitted to.