God Laughs on His People's Behalf

God Laughs on His People’s Behalf
Psalm 2

We watched Independence Day fireworks last night, and I recalled how people sometimes ask me, “Do you celebrate Independence Day in Britain?” I say, “Yes, of course: parents are glad when their kids grow up and take control of their own lives so that the parents are free of responsibility for them.” Living in Britain, I was hardly aware of the fact that the United States had once been a British colony. Only through living in the United States have I come to appreciate the significance of the successful rebellion by the ragtag colonial militias against the British authorities. For the citizens of the one superpower in the twenty-first century, it may also be difficult to imagine the nature of that achievement...