Quoting Andy Stanley:
Our Founding Fathers were wise men. They knew intuitively that freedom apart from Divine accountability is unattainable. Accountability to God is what provides freedom with context and therefore fixed boundaries. They understood that the best system is one in which religious virtue and morality is celebrated and encouraged, but not mandated. The founding fathers saw government and religion as partners; government protecting religion, religion providing the moral framework for government.
The role of government was to create laws to keep us from abusing our freedom. But religion would play the role of inspiring us to leverage our freedom for good and the sake of others. They recognized what all of us recognize eventually. Government can rule a person’s behavior. Only God can rule a heart. Government can tell us what we can and cannot do. But it is the divinely informed conscience that instructs us in what we ought to do. So let us pray that we become once again a Nation ruled by law and conscience. For as our national conscience goes so goes our freedom.
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