Francis Scott Key was positioned just a few miles from here in the port of Baltimore when he penned our national anthem. Yesterday, our church participated in the Heritage parade where an estimated 100,000 - 250,000 viewers were in attendance. Yes sir, when it comes to the subject of freedom, the hard working people in this community get excited. B. Throughout the history of the Unites States, we have been the world defenders of freedom. C. Freedom ain't free.
Most people think they are really free when they can do whatever they want whenever they want.
But in our pursuit to live by this definition of freedom, we have actually enslaved ourselves. We have enslaved ourselves to debt. We have enslaved ourselves to materialism. We have enslaved ourselves to positions of prominence. We have enslaved ourselves to our fears.