This is the evangelical Protestant church I attended on July 11, one week after Sunday, July 4th. I knew we were in trouble when the preacher, bounding up to the pulpit flashed on the first power point slide: Old Glory!

He said he wasn't able to finish his July 4th message so he was continuing it for today, the 11th (by popular demand, we were told). I learned some interesting things about God from his message: 1) God miraculously defeated the superior British forces through Divinely appointed rain storms and fog, 2) He provided Godly, Spirit-filled men to write the Constitution based on the Bible, 3) He brought the French army in on just the right day to join the Continental Army to finally defeat the British at Yorketown.

But oh my, how far we have strayed from this Godly heritage! It behoves us, we were told, to elect Godly men and women to positions of highest power to once again bring America back to God! Lots of luck!

A couple other things I took note of: A deacon read some verses from John 5 including these: " Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out- those who have done good to life and those who have done evil will rise to be condemned". The deacon told us the we really won't be judged by what we do, (in direct contradiction to the scripture he just read) but that we will be judged according to our faith in Jesus. OK. And secondly, the median age of the audience was 71.5 years (my estimate).

Well, anyhow, God bless them.