Is The United States a Christian Country?
The Mark Driscoll Podcast
Mark Driscoll
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 14 November 2024
⏱️ 9 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | When our nation was founded, it was the American experiment in democracy, and this American |
| 0:06.4 | experiment in democracy, just so you know, it was started by pilgrims who were Christians |
| 0:12.3 | that read the Bible and wanted to try and set up a nation where the government was more consistent |
| 0:20.2 | with biblical principles. |
| 0:22.6 | That's why we're here. |
| 0:23.6 | I'll share six of them with you as I near my close. |
| 0:26.6 | Number one, rights come from God, not the government. |
| 0:29.6 | Romans 13, 1 through 7, we hit this in the first sermon. |
| 0:32.6 | There's God, there's government. |
| 0:34.6 | Our rights come from God, we're supposed to obey the government |
| 0:38.4 | until the government disobeys God, |
| 0:40.3 | and then we practice civil disobedience |
| 0:42.6 | because the government isn't the highest authority, |
| 0:44.8 | God is the highest authority. |
| 0:46.8 | The preamble to the Declaration of Independence |
| 0:49.6 | on July 4th, 1776 says, and I quote, |
| 0:53.0 | we hold these truths to be self-evident |
| 0:55.2 | that all men are created equal, biblical concept, |
| 0:58.5 | God made us and endowed by their creator. |
| 1:01.9 | We didn't evolve, we were created |
| 1:04.3 | with certain unalienable rights, |
| 1:06.1 | meaning the government has no right to take or change them, |
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