"Those from among you shall build the old waste places; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; and you shall be called the repairer of the breach, the restorer of streets to dwell in." ~ Isaiah 58:12
Is there any link between America and the Bible? Was this nation founded on Biblical principles, or was it just “coincidence” that it came into being and grew to be the greatest nation in world history? Though people without knowledge of, or respect for, the Bible would have us believe it was just “luck”, the historical record reveals just the opposite.
In speaking to a 4th of July celebration in Newbury, Connecticut in 1837, John Quincy Adams revealed our Biblical foundations. Being one of our Founders and our sixth President, he was very familiar with the thinking of the Founders. He knew what Continue reading →
Do we Americans live in the land of the free; or the land of political slavery? Political slavery, or socialism, means that the few who administer civil government tell the rest of us what to do. To determine if we live in political slavery:
Ask a parent if they can spank their child without fear of the government removing the child from them;
Ask a school teacher if they can choose their own curriculum;
Ask a physician if they can choose the type of medicine, therapy, or hospital, by which they care for their patients;
Ask a business owner if he can operate without first consulting government as to his location, pay for employees, and tools he uses;
Ask a church if they can building a building, or parking lot, without first asking government about septic systems, phone taxes, employee taxes, fire prevention restrictions, etc.;
Ask an individual how long he works each year just to pay the government what he is taxed. Let me answer that one for you; in 2013 all Americans worked until April 18th just to pay local, state and national taxes—30% of their work year!!
President Ronald Reagan warned us,
“Government that is big enough to give you everything you want is more likely to simply take everything you’ve got.”
(Speech given at St. John’s University in New York, March 28, 1985)
Why did the Pilgrims come to America with the hope of Jesus Christ ruling—through His followers—their educational, economic, and governmental systems? They came with that hope because they knew that RESURRECTED CHRIST personally! This had come through “…the diligence of some Godly preachers…” by whose preaching “…their ignorance and sins [had been] discovered unto them…” They had repented of their “ignorance and sins” and had received Christ as their Lord and Savior. Thus, the power of the Resurrected Christ flowed in them.
But, as they studied the Scripture, they found that this Resurrection life of Christ wanted to flow not only in their personal lives, but through their lives out into their local communities. They didn’t buy satan’s lie that Christianity must stay in the home and the church. Matthew Henry, the great Puritan preacher, revealed their thinking when he Continue reading →
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