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The State of the Union

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  11 Very well then, with foreign lips and strange tongues God will speak to this people, 12 to whom he said, “This is the resting place, let the weary rest”; and, “This is the place of repose”— but they would not listen. 13 So then, the word of the LORD to them will become: Do this, do that, a rule for this, a rule for that; a little here, a little there— so that as they go they will fall backward; they will be i njured and snared and captured.  (Isaiah 28)      Whether or not America is a Christian Nation has been an ongoing argument. Christianity was founded upon the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  The good news of the gospel is that believers in Jesus Christ are completely forgiven, totally accepted, and unconditionally loved by God.  It also means that they are not under LAW but operate on a higher plain called Grace. In other words to be a Christian Nation would mean we as a Nation operate and live in the Grace of God.  I would have to say, therefore, that we are not a