Easter and Freedom: To believe in Jesus is to take the holiday seriously

That God, which ever lives and loves,
One God, one law, one element,
And one far-off divine event
To which the whole creation moves.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)

When American colonists were oppressed by British governance, the word most frequently uttered in pamphlets, editorials and sermons was not “safety” ...