Christian Patriotism

<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW253258879 BCX4"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW253258879 BCX4"><span class= "TextRun SCXW253258879 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW253258879 BCX4">Can a Christian be patriotic?</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW253258879 BCX4" data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559731":720,"335559739":0,"335559740":480}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW253258879 BCX4"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW253258879 BCX4"><span class= "TextRun SCXW253258879 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW253258879 BCX4">Years ago on</span></span> <span class="TextRun SCXW253258879 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang= "EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW253258879 BCX4">Break</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW253258879 BCX4">p</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW253258879 BCX4">oint</span></span><span class= "TextRun SCXW253258879 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW253258879 BCX4">, Chuck Colson pointed out how Americans used to openly embrace the Christian traditions and values that shaped our Republic. In that culture, it was easy for a Christian to be a patriot.</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW253258879 BCX4">Perhaps</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW253258879 BCX4">too</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW253258879 BCX4">easy. Vibrant, biblical faith could degenerate into a civil religion where the country’s wellbeing and the expansion of God’s Kingdom were synonymous.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW253258879 BCX4" data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559731":720,"335559739":0,"335559740":480}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW253258879 BCX4"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW253258879 BCX4"><span class= "TextRun SCXW253258879 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW253258879 BCX4">But today, many Americans have rejected the religious values