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Is America Blessed by God?
posted on August 28, 2012At First Things, William Doino Jr. writes that American exceptionalism risks becoming American self-worship when it’s not coupled with Christian humility. Doino quotes Richard Land, who recently warned fellow American Christians: “We cannot assume ‘God is on our side.’ We are not God’s gift to the world. America does not have a special claim on God.”