Day: July 4, 2013

Fourth of July, Independence Day; the day when Americans celebrate the very heart of our national identity—our freedom. While we celebrate that freedom with hot dogs and fireworks, and acknowledge the great sacrifices individual citizens have made to secure it, we also need to remember that our national liberty is ultimately of this world. The only true freedom is found in Jesus Christ. Part of his mission was to “proclaim freedom for the captives” (Isaiah