Can you love America? Is it a bad thing? Are you a bad person? If you love your country?

We've heard that the last several years in American public life. The critique from the woke left was basically this.

It's a bad thing to love America.

For example, I'm an American.

Sorry about that if that offends you.

I don't know if that's a bad word now.

But anyway, the critique was America has so many failings in its past that it is bad to love your country.

I don't believe that is true. I think that

with appropriate biblical care as a Christian, it's actually a good thing to love your country and to

seek the good of the city, the place where God has you. Welcome to Grace and Truth. My name is

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by the way, to all of you who are praying for this humble little podcast. Can you love America,

though? That's what we're talking about

today. And beyond America, is it okay to love your country or is it a bad thing to love your country?

As I said, and I'm going to be talking about America as an American, critical race theory and

critical theory more broadly and neo-Marxism more generally has really poisoned

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