
Episode #36
Things We Don't Talk About: Week 2 "Liberty" (Ellis Prince)
There is a lot going on in the world. There is a lot going on in our nation… our city… our neighborhoods… our families… ourselves. Last week we went to Paul’s letter to the Galatians. Self - Control. This Sunday is our second topic in our current series: Liberty. We are going to go back to the same letter and the same chapter to help us understand some of the things that are happening in our nation. On July 4, 2026, our nation turned 250 years old. We have a tradition at the Gallery Church where we take the first Sunday of the new fiscal year off as a Sabbath rest. We rest from our work in the city to celebrate all that God is doing and prepare ourselves for a new season of ministry. Because we do this annually, we are never together as a church on July 4th Weekend. This weekend - October 4, 2026 is going to be our redo on July 4th Sunday. We will not be decked out in red, white, and blue. We will be looking at what it means to follow Jesus in the nation where we live, learn, work, and play. Why is understanding the things happening in our nation something we need to discuss? Is this going to be my (Pastor Ellis) first political talk? How does the Letter to the Galatians have anything to do with what is happening in our nation? Is the United States of America a Christian Nation? Why do we have a statue of Liberty? Was our nation founded as a Christians Nation? Is the word Christian even used as an adjective or should it only be a noun? What does any of this have to do with the Story of God that we are trying to align ourselves with?






