Watching My Daughter 'Defect'
Part of being a good Christian is being a good citizen
Kenneth S. Kantzer | posted 7/01/2001 12:00AM
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And with our ties to life and land and loved ones, comes responsibility-responsibility to live as citizens of heaven and citizens of earth-to be obedient, loving, and useful Christians with an ultimate future with God and the heavenly hosts above, but here and now with our eyes and hearts on earth.
That's what my daughter is telling me. And it is very good.
This article originally appeared in the October 7, 1991 issue of Christianity Today. At the time, Kenneth S. Kantzer was senior editor of Christianity Today. He is retired in Pennington, New Jersey.
Copyright © 2001 Christianity Today. Click for reprint information.
Related Elsewhere
See today's other articles on patriotism, in commemoration of the American Independence Day:
Is Patriotism Dead? | The day that patriotism ceases, that day we will have ceased to be a people.
What Jonathan Edwards Can Teach Us About Politics | Before Jerry Falwell and Jesse Jackson, another preacher ventured into the public square.
More articles are available at ChristianityToday.com's Fourth of July area.
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