Stephen and Moses

Stephen and Moses
Acts 7.17-34

Where do you get your sense of national identity?
In America, people often look back to three great moments. First, there was the arrival in America of the first settlers from Europe, particularly from Britain. Second, there was the glorious revolution of the late eighteenth century, when George Washington led the people to get rid of the hated British, and established a constitution which has lasted, with careful amendments, from that day to this. Third, there was the Civil War in the middle of the nineteenth century, which for better and for worse established the shape and direction of American society ever afterwards. Talk of the founding fathers, or of the constitution, with even a slight reference to the cultures (and the assumed lifestyles) of North and South, and everyone not only knows what you’re talking about. They are ready to take sides...

Taken from Acts for Everyone Part 1 by Tom Wright