We are often reminded how blessed we are to be Americans, and indeed we are. Sadly, we often hear many who are aware of this blessing but opine their disdain of preachers being involved in politics or Christians mixing their faith with politics.
Samuel Adams (172-1803), called by his contemporaries “The Father of the American Revolution,” said in a speech on American Independence delivered at Philadelphia in 1776, “Our forefathers threw off the yoke of Popery in religion; for you is reserved the honor of leveling the popery of politics…This day, I trust, the reign of political Protestantism will commence.”[1] (italics added)
We might do well to remind Americans that without the involvement of not only Christianity, but particularly Protestantism, the blessings of America might not be.
Adams said of the result of political Protestantism, “We have this day restored the Sovereign to whom alone men ought to be obedient. He reigns in Heaven, and with a propitious eye beholds his subjects assuming that freedom of thought and dignity of self-direction which he bestowed on them. From the rising to the setting sun, may his kingdom come!”[2]
