As it really is

What happened was once the red, white, and blue varnish was removed from Jesus and I learned to read the Gospels free of a star-spangled interpretation, I discovered that my Lord and Savior had a lot of things to say about peace that I had been missing. I was as surprised as anyone! But once you’ve seen the truth, you can’t unknow what you know and be true to yourself.— A Farewell to Mars: An Evangelical Pastor's Journey Toward the Biblical Gospel of Peace

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I thought this would be an appropriate post for Veteran's Day...
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