The head of the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board, David Platt, recently stated that churches in the United States are supposed to focus on Jesus Christ and not nationalism.
Preaching at the Virginia-based McLean Bible Church on the Sunday before Independence Day, Platt focused his sermon on the issues of “God and government” and faith and freedom.”
“If we’re not careful we can … almost unknowingly think about the government the way the world thinks about the government instead of the way God’s Word thinks about government. In a similar way, we can have more of an American idea of freedom than a biblical idea of freedom,” Platt, who is pastor teacher at Mclean Bible Church, said.
During his message, Platt spoke that while he is “incredibly thankful for the political freedom that we enjoy in this country,” there is nevertheless “a much, much greater freedom that we are celebrating in this gathering.”
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