When I\u00a0first heard, years ago, that the word Democracy was nowhere in the Constitution or the Declaration of Independence I was startled. This could not be true. Our government is a Democracy! As it turns out, our Founders feared democratic rule. The Founders preferred the word \u201cRepublic. My sermon will share the truth about the differences between the two.<\/p>\n
Our reader Debby Losse will share these words by Rev. Scott Taylor (from Soul Matters):<\/p>\n
“Whereas history pleads, ‘Protect what we put into place!’ Heritage urges, ‘know the plotline of which you are a part.’ History is what happened. Heritage is a story unfolding.<\/p>\n
“History tends to trap us in tales about what they did. Heritage inevitably gets us talking about what we are called to do.”<\/p>\n
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