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Not Your Daddy’s Star-Spangled Banner
Madison Rising is a band on a mission: “to not only make great music, but also send a message that American culture is alive and well.”
I’m all for patriotism, to a point, that is, but I’m not so sure about ‘American culture’. That’s a pretty broad brush and includes many things I’m sure most readers would be glad to see dead on arrival.
I can understand the bands desire to keep patriotism alive, but sometimes there’s a fine line between patriotism and idolatry. That being said, there’s nothing wrong with loving your country.
After all, as Americans, we’ve been given much, much Gospel light, and more privileges than we sometimes realize. We still, as bad as things are, have more privileges than many other countries. We have, for the most part, multiple copies of God’s Word in our homes. God has blessed America in ways that should make us incredibly thankful, and yet, it seems our nation is drowning in apathy, taking far, far too much for granted.
Are we living according to the Gospel light we’ve been given? according to the daily mercies shown us? Americans have truly been blessed in the past, and like Israel, has hardened its heart against God. Like Israel of old, are we as Americans provoking God by neglecting our privileges and being ungrateful for daily mercies? I think so.
Patriotism is not a bad, nor even a sinful thing, unless of course, it takes the place of God. One thing is certain: neglecting what we’ve been given and blessed with as a country cannot be pleasing to God. Those blessings and mercies, the continual supply of grace surely deserves grateful hearts and outpourings of thankfulness from His Church to Him who is the giver of all things.
Star-Spangled Banner:
5 Pt. Salt 
Joel, I don’t know, sure looks like idolatry to me that will only promote more young men (and women) to forfeit their lives (or their limbs) for the American imperialistic military industrial complex. I wonder how Yahweh views this band, the song, and its intent?
It is IDOLATRY indeed. No singing the PLEDGE or STANDING for a JUDGE, refusing to worship the Constitution & supporting Prisons instead of restitution, the death penalty instead of life on the dole, etc – are abhorrant to those with no biblical love in their hearts.
Patriotism means loyalty to one’s Father. It’s another word we have allowed the idolaters to steal from us. I get patriotic about the Flag of Exodus 17: 15, where Moses said, “Yahweh is my banner.” Here are some questions I have concerning flag worship:
1) Do you acknowledge, according to the definition of the word, that “desecration” can occur only to something that is sacred?
2) Do you acknowledge, according to the definition of the word, that “sacred” means “of a deity”?
3) Do you believe that, since the word “desecration” is used to describe the destruction of Old Glory, that Old Glory is indeed sacred, and if so, of which deity is Old Glory?
4) Does America have a national (G,g)od?
5) Do you believe that there exist “gods…which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell,” according to Deuteronomy 4: 28?
6) Do you acknowledge that the word “worship” is accurately described as “acts, expressions and/or a state of religious devotion typically directed to one or more deities?
7) Can you show me, according to the definitions of “desecration,” “sacred,” and “worship,” where Old Glory is not an object of worship?
8) When you see the presentation of colors–Old Glory alongside the military flags–do you ever think of the “god of forces” of Daniel 11: 38?
9) What do you think Jesus thought about Peter’s pledge of allegiance in Matthew 26: 33: “Though all [men] shall be offended because of thee, [yet] will I never be offended.”?
10) What are you going to say if the first question God asks you on Judgment Day is: Did you ever disobey my First Commandment?
11) And last, but not least, what do you think of Psalms 33: 12, “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord”?
I posted this on facebook this afternoon and it fits here too I believe,,
David Zion Brugger Carla, Please keep in mind that America and The United States are 2 different jurisdictions and people, America was Common Law and Christian and existed about 150yrs before The U.S. was ‘Invented’ rather than grown.
After The Commercial, rather than Organic, U.S. was Incorpserated it began a very quick dive toward every perversion of God’s Law but there was still good principles and people till such was outlawed after Lincoln overthrew The Christian States then by skirting the very edges of lawfulness maintained the same Standing Army and took over the character of Caesar and made Commerce of The People and their lands till we have what we see today where Corporations and Government Agencies and Officers are more important to The State than actual People or their children’s children.
If and when we learn to be sticklers of our English language and learn the differences between terms like World and Earth, Person and Man or Woman, America and The U.S., and Legalized and Lawful then maybe we can reverse the trend where by (2Pe 2:3) through covetousness shall they [or Attorney Types and polititions] with feigned words [or manufactured legal terms] make merchandise [or Human Resources] of you [His Men Women and Children]: