Welcome to 10-minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life.

In the time it takes to get to work. I'm Patrick Miller.

Freedom. It's something that most Americans value, something many Americans have died to protect.

It's something everyone desires who lives under oppressive regimes,

someone who's imprisoned by the state or a social system will seek after. And this makes sense because

God gave us free will. He designed us to have volition, to make choices. But like any good thing,

freedom can become an idol when we make it into an ultimate thing. And again, I think that

it's tempting for many in the modern West to make freedom into an idol, but especially in America.

We don't like kings. We don't have kings. If any American sees a king on TV, it's probably the

Burger King, not the King of England or the

king of any other country. We got out from under the thumb of King George in 1776, and we're not going

back, unless you believe in beef patties, of course, we can have that kind of Burger King. And I think

it's because we all know the truth. There can only be one king in our life. When it comes to matters of state

or matters of the human heart, there can't be two kings at once. And we Westerners prefer to be

kings of our own lives. We don't want some monarch in a distant country ruling over us. Every throne

is a one-seater. Kings don't share, and we like that seat. I mean, even

countries with kings sometimes don't even like them. Back in 2017, Burger King drew the wrath

of Belgium's King for a hilarious online publicity stunt. At the time, they were preparing to expand

their franchises into Belgium, and to get attention,

they posted an online poll with two cartoon characters, the Burger King on one side, and a

cartoon of King Philip of Belgium on the other side. Beneath the kings, there was a question. Two

kings, one crown, who shall reign? The burger chain then invited Belgium to vote, and they voted for the

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