“Covenant Is the Basis of Our Nation”

Posted on June 26, 2019 by Heritage Ministries of Kentucky

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When the Pilgrims came here in 1620, they had learned some things that recent generations have had stolen from them. For instance, they had come to understand that the basis of the government is covenant. No state can exist very long if its citizens are not in covenant with each other.

The word covenant is defined as “a meeting or agreement of minds”. The minds of a people living under a particular government must be in agreement on the basics of life if they are to be able to walk together throughout the generations.

They must agree about Who God is, and who He says they are, and what His plan for them is, both as individuals and a nation. Without this agreement, education, commerce, and government just become Continue reading →

“Revival – The Foundation of America”

Posted on June 19, 2019 by Heritage Ministries of Kentucky

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Why did early Americans respect the Bible so much? Why did our Founding Fathers who wrote our Founding documents reason from Biblical principles? Why did they insist that their education and governmental systems be the means of communicating the truth to the next generation?

To really understand how they thought we must consider the time in which they were born. Most all of them were born in the midst of an amazing work which came to be called the “Great Awakening”. It was a time of revival that brought the Pilgrims’ descendants back to the faith of those original settlers in Plymouth. It started in 1734 in the little village of western Massachusetts called Northampton. The Pastor of the church there, Jonathan Edwards, described it in his own words in Continue reading →

“Why Flag Day?”

Posted on June 12, 2019 by Heritage Ministries of Kentucky

Recently one of the churches in our community held a special meeting on Flag Day, June 14th. They honored the United States Flag, “…the Republic for which it stands…”, and the soldiers who have defended that Republic. Our original Continental Congress approved the basic design of our Flag on June 14th, 1777, which is why the day has been set aside as a day to honor our Flag.

I remember being taught the importance of our Flag as a child by my Dad and Mom. Dad was a World War II veteran and had a great love for our country. The public school I attended likewise taught us respect for country and the Flag which represents it. We saluted the Flag and pledged allegiance to it every morning. This is rarely done now as the emphasis through the education system is on nations coming together in a one-world government. We were taught the Biblical understanding that:

“God hath made of one blood all nations of men…and appointed…the boundaries of their habitation.” (Acts17:26, emphasis added)

Now most children don’t even know the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Let’s carefully consider this pledge in an effort to Continue reading →