America Cannot Be the Biblical City on a Hill

That's what the church is for.

Last weekend, Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn (Ret.) told a large crowd at the three day Reawaken America tour event held at Cornerstone Church in San Antonio that America should really have just one church and be one nation under one God to be the city on a hill. He went on to say that all of the churches in America needed to come together to help make this happen. Now, some of that is in the Pledge of Allegiance (the one nation under God part) and is well accepted. However, his remarks and call to action caused some people from other religions or no religion to wonder what that kind of vision for our nation would mean for them. Those are good questions, but I wanted to address Flynn’s misuse of Biblical imagery in calling America the “city on the hill.” Read More