“Why Flag Day?”

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Recently one of the churches in our community held a special meeting on Flag Day, June 14th. They honored the United States Flag, “…the Republic for which it stands…”, and the soldiers who have defended that Republic. Our original Continental Congress approved the basic design of our Flag on June 14th, 1777, which is why the day has been set aside as a day to honor our Flag.

I remember being taught the importance of our Flag as a child by my Dad and Mom. Dad was a World War II veteran and had a great love for our country. The public school I attended likewise taught us respect for country and the Flag which represents it. We saluted the Flag and pledged allegiance to it every morning. This is rarely done now as the emphasis through the education system is on nations coming together in a one-world government. We were taught the Biblical understanding that:

“God hath made of one blood all nations of men…and appointed…the boundaries of their habitation.” (Acts17:26, emphasis added)

Now most children don’t even know the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Let’s carefully consider this pledge in an effort to regain its powerful message. The Pledge states:

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“Christ Brings Freedom To The Whole Man”


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Sam Adams, the Father of the American Revolution, which secured our liberty in America, stated:

Christ Brings Freedom to the Whole Man 1“The right to freedom being the gift of God Almighty, the rights of the Colonists as Christians may best be understood by reading and carefully studying the institutions of The Great Law Giver and the Head of the Christian Church, which are…clearly written…in the New Testament.”

(Adams, Samuel. November 20, 1772, in his pamphlet entitled, The Rights of the Colonists, in section: “The Rights of the Colonist as Christians.” The Rights of the Colonists (Boston: Old South Leaflets), Volume VII, 1772 | John Eidsmoe, Christianity and the Constitution – The Faith of Our Founding Fathers (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, A Mott Media Book, 1987; 6th printing, 1993), p. 254.)

Sam Adams believed that our liberty was rooted in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  It was simply the extension of the internal liberty Christ brings into our spirit and soul when we submit to Him as our Master and Deliverer.

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“Coming To God’s Order”

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Coming To God's Order--Pic 1A principle in one of our schools in East Kentucky insists that the students who come to his school be given breakfast before they start their day, even if they have to take it with them to class.  His reasoning:  So many children come from homes that are out of order, they may not have eaten since yesterday when they were at school.  Of course this is nothing new.  We’ve been feeding children breakfast for many years now.  But we didn’t do this when I was a child.  Our homes still had enough of the holdover of Christian order to them that most parents accepted their God-given responsibility of feeding their children before school.

Children coming to school hungry is typical of the disorder that now affects so much of our nation.  Individuals are being destroyed by addiction to drugs, or alcohol, or sexual immorality.  This disorder is the result of not knowing the God of order who created us.  His order protects us from destruction by bringing us into peace.  Peace is the natural result of His order.  When we are at peace in our soul, we don’t go looking for life—we already have it!  This is what Jesus meant when he said Continue reading