We're not white or black or red or green or blue. We're Christ followers.

All those other divisions come behind the label that I am first and foremost a citizen of the kingdom of heaven.

We stand united under the lordship and the headship of Jesus of Nazareth in his eternal kingdom.

That doesn't mean we don't identify with all those other subsets.

Those are all accurate descriptions of who we may be, but they are secondary to serving Jesus.

I don't like hyphenated Christian labels.

I'm not an independent inter-denominational Christ follower.

I'm a Christ follower.

I'm a Christ follower.

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Now it's on to Pastor Allen.

Be blessed.

I want to start a new series tonight.

Really, to walk us through this month, I hope while we have the opportunity to be outdoors a bit.

I want to talk about our nation and I'm not sure I've got the title just where I wanted.

We'll start with us tonight. America restored or rebuked and I understand it could be both, but I'm confident that God is

dealing with our nation and which means he's dealing with his people in our

nation.

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