Should Christians Still Celebrate July 4?
When he tried to force himself on her, after she protested that she was already pregnant, she whacked him with a stick and burned his body. She was condemned to hang, the local court effectively deciding that a slave had no right to prevent a master from raping her. Missouri’s supreme court declined to intervene.
.. At no point in America’s past has there been a golden era of Christian faith and practice — not among the people, and not in public policy. Church attendance today is estimated to be significantly higher than it was in the 19th century. And while secular elites seem to be effectively marginalizing Christian witness, there’s never been a time when Christianity, certainly not as Evangelicals interpret it, reigned supreme in private and public life.
.. Conservative Christians especially should robustly celebrate July 4, showing their country and the world their confidence that God is lord of all the nations, including America the sinful, confused, blessed, and beautiful.