America
May 28, 2007 Print This Post
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Happy Memorial Day, everyone. For you Americans who read my blog, don’t forget to take a few minutes to thank God for the one million plus men and women who have given their lives in wars and conflicts for the sake of our country.
We are a screwed up country in many ways, but we are also a great country as well.
Today, take time to thank God that we live in a country that allows freedom of religion. I am so thankful for the separation of church and state. Here are the words of Patrick Henry that I shared this weekend at Riverview:
“It can not be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religious people, but by Christians. Not on religion, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. And it is for this very reason that people of other faiths have been offered asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here.”
On a related note, Michael the internetmonk shares his experience singing “America the Beautiful” at church this weekend. He has some great thoughts. Here’s a blip:
Perhaps the reason a song like “America the Beautiful” persists in worship among evangelicals is a simple, but deeply rooted problem: We- the church- don’t know who we are. We have lost our identity, and in the world in which we live, it is always easier to take hold of national identity than to live out the identity of God’s people.
