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Daniel BennettMatthew LoftusKatelyn Walls SheltonSamuel JamesJohn SheltonAmerica 250

America250 Forum, Day 3: Giving Thanks as American Christians

Ours is not a heritage of blood, nor of soil. Our heritage is one of the noblest ideas in the history of mankind, “that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

Daniel K. WilliamsAmerica 250

The Declaration of Independence’s Radical Promise of Equality for All

Jefferson did not “live out the full meaning of [his] creed.” But he understood that when he declared that “all men are created equal,” he could never be fully comfortable with slavery again. He had set in motion an egalitarian revolution that is still ongoing.

Miles SmithEddie LaRowDaniel K. WilliamsNadya WilliamsAmerica 250

America250 Forum Day 2: The Weight of History

For together we are Americans; divided we are merely another power doomed to the shipwrecked seas of history. As a Christian, I am thankful that the Divine Will—the Sovereign Hand of God—is at work upholding and sustaining.

Vika PecherskyDaniel HummelJohn EhrettAmy MantravadiCultureAmerica 250

America250 Forum, Day 1: The Idea of America

What do we mean when we say we love America? Do we love these people, 340 million strong? The light and dark ones, the old and young, the rich and poor, the sensible and wayward?

Jake MeadorAmerica 250Culture

A Refuge for Chaotic Saints

I cannot think of other western nations that so reliably produce such remarkable and unruly saints as we seem to grow quite predictably in America.