To the Americans:
I've travelled all over the world. I've familiarized myself with many places, and met many people. And I'm a Canadian, although I’m privileged to reside once again in the States.
And here's something I've noticed, and it’s a key element of America's continuing greatness:
You bloody Americans value success, and you believe in its existence.
This is something that doesn't really happen anywhere else in the world. Even in other free democracies—the United Kingdom; Finland, Sweden, and Norway; Australia, New Zealand and Canada; Germany, France, and the Netherlands (great countries all)—a counterproductive cynicism too often reigns.
Success is equated with exploitation.
Ambition is looked upon with contempt.
This happens sometimes in the United States too—particularly among the miserable progressives, who confuse their resentment, ingratitude and unearned skepticism with wisdom.
But in your great country, by and large, striving is admired and success celebrated.
This means that more people strive and succeed in the US than anywhere else. And it's increasingly obvious. You remain stunningly more innovative and productive than any people anywhere else on the planet.
And so I say, as all should who are fortunate enough to live in the western world, let alone America:
Thank God for the United States.
Thank God for the wisdom of its founders.
Thank God for its faith in the free market and in the natural rights of man.
Happy birthday, you damn Yankees and Southerners.
Long may your admirable country dominate the world.
Long may your freedom and hope provide an example to those suffering everywhere at the hands of their malevolent states.
May your two and a half centuries of unparallelled success be just the beginning.
Your country is the light of the world, and the city on the hill.
Thank God for the USA.
Happy 250th.
Dr. Jordan B. Peterson
Kool & the Gang performs their legendary hit "Celebration" on A Capitol Fourth: 250th Weekend Celebration, and America could not have asked for a better birthday soundtrack! Missed the show? Stream it now on YouTube!
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You know what shook me when I was Muslim?
The story of Hosea. God tells a prophet to marry a woman He knows will betray him.
She does. She runs to other men. She ends up enslaved, sold, used up, worthless to the world.
And God tells Hosea to go BUY HER BACK.
To pay money for his own wife who cheated on him, and love her again. Hosea 3.
I thought it was the most humiliating command in the Bible. Why would any man do that?
Then I realized I was the wife.
I gave my heart to everything but God. I chased other masters. I sold myself cheap. I made myself worthless.
And God looked at me, the betrayer, and didn’t say “you’re not worth it.”
He said, “Name the price. I’m buying her back.”
That’s the Gospel. God doesn’t wait for the unfaithful to come crawling back clean.
He pays to redeem them while they’re still dirty.
Islam told me to make myself worthy of God.
Hosea showed me a God who pays to redeem the unworthy.
The cross was Him naming the price.
Praise the Lord.
🚨BREAKING: Secretary Rubio just brokered a historic framework peace agreement between Israel and Lebanon, right here in Washington, D.C.
The deal is simple: Iran is out. Hezbollah is out. The Lebanese military moves in.
Israel begins withdrawing from southern Lebanon. Lebanon takes back control of its own soil. And for the first time in decades, a real path to peace is on the table.
America made this happen.
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I’m in tears. President Trump just said “with God all things are possible”. Jesus Christ is absolutely King
“We officially rededicated America as One Nation Under GOD”
AMEN 🙏
✝️This song is so powerful. Truly had me sobbing. My Dad isn’t a believer and probably never will be no matter how hard I try. To think I won’t see him on the other side is 💔 Do you ever think about that for your loved ones/friends that don’t believe in Christ?
🚨 SHOCKING EXPOSURE: MRI study on young children reveals something TERRIFYING: They scanned the brains of 60 children aged 3 to 5, including 5-year-old Rose, and discovered that time spent in front of interactive screens is causing measurable loss of white matter in their developing brains. Even just 2 hours a day are linked to impaired neural connectivity, as well as language and literacy development.
"Wow… I didn't expect to see anything like this"...
Professor Mike Nagel, neuroscientist and father.
FOLLOW ME, THE NEXT DROP WILL BE SHOCKING.
🚨 WOW! Team USA stops to PRAY after their 2-0 victory over Australia in the World Cup
America is a Christian nation! 🙏🏻
These patriots are making their country proud on their home turf! 🇺🇸
Happy Birthday to the 45th and 47th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump. A relentless patriot who fights every day for the country he loves, the people he serves, and the American Dream. 🇺🇸🇺🇸