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HONORING VETERANS
Why Is A Veteran

IMPORTANT?

by Evelyn Fisher

hat makes America great? It is the out over all the land. Our freedom had to be
land where all men and women purchased, and it was purchased with blood.
Whave an equal voice. It is the land Yes, our freedom was purchased by the blood
of freedom. What made America free? Or a and sacrifice of those who willingly gave their
more relevant question might be who made lives to freedom's cause. The men and women
America free? Freedom was not always over the centuries who fought for the ideals,
guaranteed, not even in America, the land of respect, and independence of our nation are
the free. We remember the Liberty Bell, that the reason America is the land of freedom she
famous symbol of American freedom, and we is today. This freedom set the stage for the
hear Martin Luther King, Jr.'s refrain of “Let opportunity, invention, and ingenuity that
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freedom ring.... "¹ Occasionally, we take for make America great. Veterans are important.
granted this freedom, but there was a time Because of our veterans, freedom rang for the
when the Liberty Bell was silent, waiting for first time in the history of the world, and it still
the day when the peals of freedom could ring rings today.

Between I have had the privilege of knowing Ted for 16 years through his

work with the Emmaus and Kairos communities and in many
e Lines other ways and have always known him to be a man who has a
high regard for the Bible. He has demonstrated this regard in not
only an intellectual appreciation but one which directs his life. In

2 Cor. 1:13 this short and easy-to-read book, Ted invites you into a
conversation about one of his favorite subjects. ere is no heavy
theologizing or lofty academic discussion, though there are
important nuggets of contextual information scattered
Teddy E. Assiter throughout. What you will nd are straightforward, honest, and
personal thoughts born out of a mind, heart, and life that has
sought to allow the Word of God to be a living guide. Anyone
would bene t from taking a break from life and joining him in
this conversation about his re ections on the Bible.”
Dr. Don Raney II D.D.
University of Alabama

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