It was good to be reminded in the Special Interest Session on Religious Liberty and the Separation of Church and State that as Baptists we are committed to the separation of church and state. We were also encouraged to speak out for religious freedom wherever we see that freedom threatened among us as Baptists or with anybody else's religion.
Persons from the Baptist Joint Committee on Religious Freedom spoke eloquently on the subject and stated that the core theological point for this matter goes back to creation. "God made us free, totally free, to choose God/religion or not," said Holly Hollman.
As I sat there in that room with the other attendees, my mind drifted to the thought again of the incredible love of our God who would care for us so much to give us such freedom to choose. God's love seeks not bondage to a particular state or nation, but freedom. No wonder the Apostle Paul reminds us that it is for freedom Christ has set us free. May we not lose that gift and choose to live below our high calling.
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