"I cannot emphasize too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded not by religionists but by Christians, not on religion but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ." – Patrick Henry.
Gal 5:1 “For freedom, Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.”
Paul’s use of “slavery” and “freedom” tells of the story of the exodus, when God delivered Israel from Egyptian bondage. The Lord led them out of the wilderness. For us, it's the wilderness of sin; this is our fourth of July.
Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address, 1863: "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."
I found freedom through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. – Bruno A Spada