Nathan E. Lewis

Joshua Prescott weighed in at 4lb 14oz, 17 1/3″ and arrived at 7:52am
James Michael weighed in at 6lb even, 18 1/2″ and arrived at 7:53am
Isaac Thomas weighed in at 5lb 1.4oz, 18 1/4″ and arrived seconds later also at 7:53am

Sophia (My 8 year old daughter) traveled with me to Dallas, TX, this past June. While I participated in the PCA’s General Assembly meetings, Sophia joined other children at a Vacation Bible School and series of field trips. One of the highlights of the trip was our visit with dear friends, Jay and Karen David, my age and expecting the birth of their first children - triplet boys this July 14! (View other photos of Sophia’s adventures in Dallas.)

You may not appreciate my satirical sentiments, but I am hoping that I will at least get you to read the Declaration of Independence and be thankful for God’s gracious reception of us rebel freedom fighters. As you read, keep echoing in your mind and heart, “America, America, God shed his grace on thee…”

When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

(And so it is “separation” that birthed the greatest nation in history, who calls the world to unite, who has overused the rhetoric of “one world empire,” of lights and hands joining everyone together in peace and harmony.)

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,

(Yes, all human beings are created equal. How quickly has every American institution built class order in opposition to this founding pillar of our nation! Even the Church!) Continue reading »