With some people (and pastors) objecting, I want to explain really quick why this week's LIVE FREE episode (and social media) is unashamedly about the United States.
I love my King of Kings more infinitely than any earthly ruler.
And there is an Eternal Kingdom that has infinitely more allegiance from me than any earthly country.
But...
In the Bible, God established 3 institutions for the good of the world:
– The Family
– The church
– The State (governments)
This means that a Christian man should seek to be...
- A family man
- A churchman
- A statesman
This week, we'll celebrate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States, and part of being a "statesman" is loving your country.
- A family never gets better unless the father LOVES his family.
- A church never gets better unless people LOVE their church
- A nation cannot get better unless people LOVE their nation
So, I do unapologetically love my country, thank God for the historically unique way Christianity played a role in the founding of our nation, and I'll have a BLAST this week unapologetically and enthusiastically celebrating it and working for its future good... not IN SPITE of the fact that I'm a Christian, but BECAUSE I'm a Christian, who is grateful to God for what He has done in the past and imploring Him to pour out his Spirit in our culture for the good of its future... and then I'm going to walk in this weekend and preach verse by verse through Exodus 3 and make Jesus real famous.
"But seek the welfare of the [nation] where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare."
– Jeremiah 29:7
If the Bible never existed, America would not exist as we know it.
If the Quran never existed... America would still exist exactly as we know.
One of them was foundational to the shaping of our society and one had nothing to do with it, so (in addition to one is true and the other isn't), I think we really do have pretty clear grounds.
American schools can and should teach things that were foundational to our nation, and shouldn't teach things that are oppositional to our historic culture.
CHRISTIANS: What we’ve been taught about the founding of our nation is a lie. We WERE, in fact, founded as a Christian nation.
Please listen to this podcast with @howertonjosh and @TimDavidBarton where they provide REAL evidence and proof of our founding https://t.co/0BqbTnpn56
Apply the whole Word of God to the whole of the issues in the World.
Restated: Do not shrink back from declaring the WHOLE counsel of God (Acts 20:27)
Or: "You are the salt of the earth"
(not the salt of the "church" or "just apply the Bible to in-house issues among Christians and let Babylon be Babylon." You are the salt of the EARTH. Our job as emissaries from heaven is to oppose evil and decay wherever it is.
Dear @CaitlinClark22, you’ve garnered millions of fans who will gladly follow you to another league and country. Please leave this trash-ass @WNBA league and @IndianaFever organization, along with their hateful racist players, and play real basketball all elsewhere. Please.