Love
**Freedom 250** – Why I Love America
Fifty years ago on July 4th, 1976, Shirley (my fiancee) and I were helping to coordinate The Spirit in ’76 rally near Philadelphia led by Leland Paris and YWAM Hammonton. Thousands gathered in the “birthplace of freedom” during that bicentennial year to thank God and intercede for the United States of America.
I have a large and beautiful Bicentennial Bible on my bookshelf that highlights the 200-year celebration. Shirley is now my wife of 50 years and Leland recently graduated to heaven at age 87.
This week we celebrate the 250 years of freedom of the most influential nation on earth.
I want the USA to bring glory to God for the next 250 years (if the Lord tarries).
Here’s why I love America.
Merry Christmas – Jesus Christ is Born!
We interrupt the normal flow of communication and commentary to celebrate the greatest birthday of all time.
JESUS CHRIST IS BORN!
He came to save us from our sins. We receive the gift of eternal life by believing in his death and resurrection and giving Him his rightful place in our lives as Lord of all.
HALLELUJAH!
Merry Christmas
Twelve Ways Jesus Changed the World
To most people, Jesus is a historical figure who was the founder of Christianity—but that is as far as it goes. Many have no idea that his most wonderful life had an unsurpassed effect on human history.
In fact, without the birth, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ, life on planet earth would be incomprehensibly different from what it is today.
Let’s do some deeper thinking about the impact of the life of Jesus Christ. Here are twelve ways Jesus changed the world over the past two thousand years.