Listen, watch, eat, drink, and give thanks for our nation and its cherished freedoms. . . This is not quite the Bicentennial -- which itself got caught up in budget problems and our first non-elected President. It will certainly be better than the debacle of 1926, caught as it was between two world wars. I might be better than the 1876 celebration. But this is not a party and it is not even Trump's party. It ought to be a moment in which we try to figure out again what freedom means and how to live out the legacy of liberty we have inherited. But don't forget it is a holiday.
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The nation, our nation, which most of us have cherished and appreciate, and to which we declare our loyalty, cannot prosper without the grace of God, nor apart from God. As we consider the word “freedom” and what it means, Christian thought says to our hearts and conscience that it is not a license to do anything we please. Freedom and liberty are part of the American experience, and the glue that has kept the union from dissolving into authoritarianism. Now, in these latter days, some misguided among us are actually advocating that the Republic be deconstructed and replaced by a socialist communist form of government. This movement would result in misery and the end of freedoms outlined in the Bill of Rights and the Constitution. We can resist this movement, and resist we must. By the grace of God, truth can prevail. Soli Deo Gloria
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