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		<title>Apostle&#8217;s Creed and the Flag</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[July is a month to celebrate our Patriotism, as the 4th of July rolls around. Most of our Churches celebrate this with a special worship service emphasizing a patriotic theme. This is a good way to recognize our nation&#8217;s birthday. However, you can take this too far. For example, it would be easy to put [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>July is a month to celebrate our Patriotism, as the 4th of July rolls around. Most of our Churches celebrate this with a special worship service emphasizing a patriotic theme. This is a good way to recognize our nation&#8217;s birthday. However, you can take this too far. For example, it would be easy to put the American flag up as a background image for all of the worship slides. But would it be appropriate to have the <em>Apostle&#8217;s Creed appear on top of the American Flag</em>? Maybe. Maybe not. Americans believe strongly in the <a name="first_amendment" title="This phrase does not appear in the U.S. Constitution itself, but was coined by Thomas Jefferson in a letter to the Danbury Baptists in 1802. Jefferson spoke of the combined effect of the Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause in the First Amendment."><strong>Separation of Church and State</strong></a>. However, where do you draw the line? Perhaps a better idea would be to put the Christian Flag up as the background for the Apostle&#8217;s Creed. That demonstrates both your patriotism &#8211; i.e. by showing a flag &#8211; and your belief that God is the ultimate one you worship &#8211; i.e. by saying the Apostle&#8217;s Creed. Here is what the Christian flag looks like:</p>
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