In fact, it is the loss of bravery that has led to our loss of freedom.  It's hard to find anyone who is willing to stand up for anything anymore…except for the god-haters.  They are boldly standing up all over the stinkin' place for their demented agenda.

Proverbs tell us that "the righteous are as bold as lions."  Evidently we are not very righteous anymore.  Christians have become the easiest pushovers in America…especially our pastors.  They will neither do, nor will they allow anything that might rock the boat.  I guess that is because they think the church is either a hospital ship or a cruise ship, while the brave men who built this country saw the church as a battleship.

Oh, for the good old days when men were brave and America was free. Has there ever been a time in American history when moral leadership was so lacking?

I am reminded of what George Washington said in his Farewell Address:

"Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and Morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of Men and Citizens. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle."