This idea that God has a special relationship with America and that we are a special kind of people who have God’s favor is coded into our country’s DNA. It may not be as common today to hear sermons that mimic Nicholas Street in boldly applying multiple Old Testament texts directly to America, but we still see preachers and pastors applying Old Testament promises to the United States, as if there’s a correlation between the Old Testament people of God (Israel) and the American experiment today.
