A 21-year-old stood before his executioner and said, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."
That courage built America. Christianity — not democracy — was its true foundation.
"Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people He has chosen for His own inheritance." (Psalm 33:12)
250 years later, another nation tells a very different story — one of famine, fear, and forgotten faith. What does 1,800 recorded famines and decades of tyranny teach a free nation about staying free?
Discover why courage — not comfort — is what every generation needs to keep its freedom alive.
Join Pastor Steve Cioccolanti this Independence Day and find the courage your freedom was built on.
Why do empires really fall — and is America next? "Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord" (Psalm 33:12). Pastor Steve Cioccolanti says that one verse explains both America's rise and the warning signs facing it today. On this Independence Day message, Pastor Steve traces America's Christian roots through the words of the Founding Fathers, then pulls back the curtain on a history most Americans have never been taught: China's long, brutal cycle of famine, revolution, and collapse. You'll discover why superpowers rarely fall to outside enemies — they fall from within. And you'll hear why courage, not comfort, is what this generation needs most. Watch now and discover what history reveals about America's future.