Our relationship to our country -- land that we love -- flows from our relationship to our God -- the one we love with all our hearts, the one who loves us with all his heart. The two are intertwined, no matter how much we want to separate church and state. Our God plays a role in government, which means in our lives. It interests him. It interests him because we interest him.

Sermon preached at Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church (Sioux Falls, SD) by Pr. Benjamin Tomczak.