“The Story of the Birthing of The United States of America”

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Heritage Ministries of Kentucky

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It had been a long struggle. For over twenty years the American Colonies had appealed to their king, asking him to recognize his departure from English law. The Americans, because of their Biblical foundation, understood that government servants (including the king) had to do what they did according to the law of God. King George III showed no respect for what the Bible had to say about government, and thus ignored every request to come back into the order of God.

Finally on June 7th, 1776, Virginia delegate Richard Henry Lee introduced a resolution on the floor of the Continental Congress stating:

“RESOLVED, That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown; and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved.”

(The Declaration of Independence, Rod Gragg, Rutledge Hill Press, Nashville, 2005; p.35)

A committee was appointed, which included Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Ben Franklin, to write a Declaration of Independence which would, upon the approval of the Congress be sent to the King of England. The Congress then recessed for three weeks to give the committee time to write the Declaration. Continue reading →

“Government Must Limit Man’s Selfishness”

Posted on June 17, 2015 by Heritage Ministries of Kentucky

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As America’s Founding Fathers were growing up as children one of the greatest revivals in all of history was occurring. It would come to be called “The Great Awakening” as the Holy Spirit of God awakened Americans to the faith their Pilgrim ancestors had known so well. The Bible became the standard once again for morals as well as manners. They would grow up with the view of God and the view of man which the Bible revealed. The Ten Commandments would set the boundaries for what was right and wrong in their generation. The Biblical structure for education, business, and government would become their quest in building their society. Their view of God was not the “teddy bear” god we’ve tried to shaped Him into in our day; rather, it was the Biblical revelation of Him as the awesome Creator and Ruler of all that is. Because He was our Maker and Redeemer (in Christ) He was the One Who would be our Judge.

Thus, our current view of ourselves as being the focus of life was not their view. They believed what the Bible teaches about man: Continue reading →

“Do Gospel and Government Mix?”

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Heritage Ministries of Kentucky

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Recently a young friend of mine sent me an article he was disturbed about. A man, who no doubt is a sincere believer, was saying Christians should not be involved in government because, as he said, “God’s kingdom isn’t here on earth”. He went on to put forth the idea that our work as Christians is to share the Gospel with the lost, not to lobby in government. This is a common mistake I hear believers make. They divide life into the “spiritual” and the “secular” parts. In their thinking, neither is supposed to affect the other.

Is God’s kingdom only in heaven? If that were true, why did God say in Genesis 1:26 that the reason He made us was so we would be “in His image, after His likeness, and have dominion over…all the earth”? If we were made to look like God, live like God, and rule like God, as this verse teaches, whose kingdom did He desire to be on this earth?

Perhaps you’re thinking, but that was before man sinned in the Garden. Is it still the will of God for us to rule with His authority in this present world? Then also answer this: Why did Jesus teach us to pray, after the fall of man into sin,

“Father…Your kingdom come, Your will be done in earth as it is [being done] in heaven”?

(Matthew 6:10)

Did Jesus not say, “The kingdom of God is within you?” (Luke 17:21) Continue reading →

“America’s Foundational Religion”

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Heritage Ministries of Kentucky

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“Education without the Bible is useless.” Those words were not spoken by a right-wing fundamentalist, or what the media might call “an ignorant backwoodsman.” They were spoken by the man who was the Father of America’s original education system. That educational system brought the greatest amount of liberty to the greatest number of people of any in world history, in that it produced the great Continue reading →