Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

The Declaration of Independence says "that all men are created equal... [and] are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights... Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." This sermon explains the significant range of meanings of each of those rights which adds to our understanding of the Bible and our understanding of America's founding.

Don Hooser is a minister for the United Church of God. He lives in McKinney, Texas, a suburb of Dallas.  He and his wife Elsie had three children, and she died in August 2020.  Don married Judy in January 2022.  Mr. Hooser graduated in 1963 from Southern Methodist University with a degree in mechanical engineering, and graduated in 1966 from Ambassador College, Big Sandy, Texas.  For most of the time since then, he served as the pastor of churches in Ohio, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, and Washington. From 2011 until his retirement in 2021, his primary responsibility was answering the many letters written to the Church.