If you are anything like us, you've seen enough bad news on tv and social media to last a lifetime. And that's just in the last few months! There seems to be more anger and division than ever. Not to mention the chaos going on around the world. As people who love the Lord and this amazing land he has blessed us with, these thoughts have weighed heavily on our minds throughout the making of our new CD, UNITE. Many of you have already ordered it and for that we thank you from the bottom of our hearts! When we released it, we decided that this needed to be more than a CD. It needs to represent a "Movement."
But, a movement for what, exactly? We're not the type of band that simply searches for a new "gimmick" to help us move product, or gain notoriety. As a matter of fact, if all we achieve is entertainment, but we fail to motivate and inspire, we have failed. We are living in an important time, and too much is at stake. We truly believe "we were born for such a time as this." This amazing country, the United States of America, has always been known as a "shining city on a hill"... A beacon of liberty to the rest of the world. The greatest country on the face of the earth because of that liberty. But where does that liberty come from? And, is it possible to lose it?
I believe Alexis de Tocqueville said it best...
"I sought for the greatness and genius of America in her commodious harbors and her ample rivers – and it was not there . . . in her fertile fields and boundless forests and it was not there . . . in her rich mines and her vast world commerce – and it was not there . . . in her democratic Congress and her matchless Constitution – and it was not there. Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits aflame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power. America is great because she is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, she will cease to be great.”
― Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
John 14:6 Jesus answered, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
John 8:32 "Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
True liberty is found at the foot of the cross. It is found in the blood of Jesus. And until the hearts of men and women in America are bathed in that truth, we will surely find ourselves without it.
As Ronald Reagan once famously said...
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.”
This is why we have launched the UNITE INITIATIVE. It's simple... If the hearts of men and women need to be turned back toward God, then it is up to us – The Church – to deliver that message. Ask yourselves, "If not us, then who? If not now, then when?"
It’s time. It has always been time.
But we have gotten comfortable in our liberty, and forgotten that the world is completely lost without Jesus. Or we have come to a place where that knowledge no longer moves us to action. Which is worse?
We fill the plates as they're passed down the aisles at our churches, and we send missionaries all over the world to present the gospel to other nations. Yet we have allowed this truth to become antiquated tradition here at home. The heart of America is sick and it’s aching for revival. Together we can UNITE with the focused goal of engaging our culture by presenting the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to our friends, family, neighbors, and co-workers. Not with the intent of arguing to "humiliate," but with the intent of sharing to "Illuminate."
If you are willing to UNITE with us, please sign up for our email list. We will send you updates, scripture, weekly devotionals, personal testimonies... all with the express purpose of inspiring you to be a missionary throughout your circle of influence.
Together we can pump life back into our culture and this nation can once again be that "shining city on a hill."
But, a movement for what, exactly? We're not the type of band that simply searches for a new "gimmick" to help us move product, or gain notoriety. As a matter of fact, if all we achieve is entertainment, but we fail to motivate and inspire, we have failed. We are living in an important time, and too much is at stake. We truly believe "we were born for such a time as this." This amazing country, the United States of America, has always been known as a "shining city on a hill"... A beacon of liberty to the rest of the world. The greatest country on the face of the earth because of that liberty. But where does that liberty come from? And, is it possible to lose it?
I believe Alexis de Tocqueville said it best...
"I sought for the greatness and genius of America in her commodious harbors and her ample rivers – and it was not there . . . in her fertile fields and boundless forests and it was not there . . . in her rich mines and her vast world commerce – and it was not there . . . in her democratic Congress and her matchless Constitution – and it was not there. Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits aflame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power. America is great because she is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, she will cease to be great.”
― Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
John 14:6 Jesus answered, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
John 8:32 "Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
True liberty is found at the foot of the cross. It is found in the blood of Jesus. And until the hearts of men and women in America are bathed in that truth, we will surely find ourselves without it.
As Ronald Reagan once famously said...
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.”
This is why we have launched the UNITE INITIATIVE. It's simple... If the hearts of men and women need to be turned back toward God, then it is up to us – The Church – to deliver that message. Ask yourselves, "If not us, then who? If not now, then when?"
It’s time. It has always been time.
But we have gotten comfortable in our liberty, and forgotten that the world is completely lost without Jesus. Or we have come to a place where that knowledge no longer moves us to action. Which is worse?
We fill the plates as they're passed down the aisles at our churches, and we send missionaries all over the world to present the gospel to other nations. Yet we have allowed this truth to become antiquated tradition here at home. The heart of America is sick and it’s aching for revival. Together we can UNITE with the focused goal of engaging our culture by presenting the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to our friends, family, neighbors, and co-workers. Not with the intent of arguing to "humiliate," but with the intent of sharing to "Illuminate."
If you are willing to UNITE with us, please sign up for our email list. We will send you updates, scripture, weekly devotionals, personal testimonies... all with the express purpose of inspiring you to be a missionary throughout your circle of influence.
Together we can pump life back into our culture and this nation can once again be that "shining city on a hill."