"There can be no recovery that takes the shape of a secular conservatism. I also believe that the idea of a secular state - which many take to be foundational for the American experiment - is an illusion. Any lasting state will eventually make ultimate claims, and every society is based upon some claim of ultimate allegiance. A state that fails to acknowledge God will eventually worship a secular deity, demand the ultimate allegiance for itself, or enter a process of inevitable decline and decay." —R. Albert Mohler, Jr.