by Starlette Thomas | Jul 3, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
A preposition can make all the difference. While performing the Canadian national anthem at the NBA All-Star game in Salt Lake City, Utah, in February, Jully Black changed one word — “our home and native land” to “our home on native land.” “I didn’t realize that my...
by John D. Pierce | Jul 5, 2022 | Christian Nationalism, Opinion
Growing up in the tightknit Boynton community near the Georgia-Tennessee border, it seemed that everyone gathered at the local baseball field on the Fourth of July. All day, there was one baseball or softball game after another. Some were serious competitions — at...
by Jim Hopkins | Jul 1, 2022 | Opinion
Francis Bellamy, the author of the original pledge that became, with modifications, the official U.S. Pledge of Allegiance, was a Baptist minister’s son from upstate New York. Educated in public schools, he distinguished himself in oratory at the University of...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Jul 1, 2022 | News
Many Protestant pastors in the U.S. will incorporate patriotic elements in their church’s worship services during the July 4 weekend, according to a LifeWay Research report published June 28. A majority (56%) of the 1,000 respondents to the LifeWay survey agreed that...
by Paul Lewis | Jul 7, 2021 | Opinion
The purpose of July 4 is not to provide an excuse to watch fireworks and eat hot dogs, though many of us did so earlier this week. It’s meant to commemorate the efforts of the 13 colonies to win their freedom from what was perceived to be arbitrary, despotic political...
