Contributed by Scott Bayles on May 22, 2009
THE LIBERTY BELL: PROCLAIM LIBERTY
One of the most prominent symbols of freedom in the United States is the Liberty Bell, which hangs today in the historic district of Philadelphia. It’s been called an icon of liberty and justice. It’s most famous ringing was on July 8, 1776, when the sound of the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2009
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LIBERTY = VIGILANCE
In 1790 John Philpot Curran said, "The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt."
Thomas Jefferson condensed Curran’s advice with the
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Contributed by Tony Abram on Jan 29, 2008
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A. We must make Jesus Lord of our lives.
B. Since we fight for the liberty to worship, should we not make more use of that liberty?
C. When we recognize Jesus’ kingship, we’ll give him our worship.
D. A person may be worthy of admiration, but Christ alone is worthy of adoration.
E. When we submit
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Contributed by Richard Tow on Oct 31, 2021
Emergencies' have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded. By Friedrich August von Hayek.
Quoted in a
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THE LIBERTY BELL
One of the most, iconic symbols of our national heritage --the Liberty Bell --hangs magnificently in the city of brotherly love. In 1751, the Pennsylvania Assembly ordered the bell to commemorate the commonwealth's fiftieth anniversary of William Penn's 1701 Charter of
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
It is not the fact of liberty but the way in which liberty is exercised that ultimately
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 22, 2008
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TEN COMMANDMENTS: STATUTES OF LIBERTY
In The Gospel and the American Dream, historian Bruce Shelley writes, "In one hand Liberty holds the torch of freedom and in the other the tablet of law. The torch challenges the forces of darkness and tyranny. The tablet of law reminds us that liberty
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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"And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed I tremble
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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"Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
There is no liberty in wrong-doing. It chains and fetters its victims as
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