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Today we hear much about what is called the “Separation of Church and State”.  By that phrase is meant that the Bible, nor Christian ideas, have any right to influence government.  Groups such as the ACLU, who promote this idea, say that the First Amendment to the Constitution forbids Biblical ideas from influencing government.  But an honest study of the men who wrote the First Amendment will reveal just the opposite.

America’s Founders came from a long line of people who looked to God as the Source and Strength of their lives.  Prayer to them was as natural as breathing, and an absolute necessity in times of national crisis.  When the first major step toward war occurred, which was the blockading of Boston harbor, the first Continental Congress was then in session.  This gathering marked the first time the thirteen colonies had come together to discuss how to deal with the King of England’s tyranny over the American colonies.  Their very first act was to invite a minister to start their sessions with prayer and the reading of the Bible.

On September 7, 1774, John Adams wrote to his wife, Abigail, describing Continue reading →

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I cannot tell you how very disappointed I’ve been with church leaders in recent days.  The so-called “pandemic” revealed some very interesting things about our lack of understanding of the Biblical principles of civil government.  This is not to say that, in the beginning of it, there was not the need for caution.  There certainly was; since we didn’t know what we were dealing with.  But the way church leadership just bowed down to the so-called “medical experts” and were willing to stop most ministry just because some governor said they had to, reveals a tremendous lack of understanding as to how Communists, and the many groups which work with them, work to take over free nations.  This lack of understanding is scary.  It shows that we’ve let our minds be shaped by socialist ideas:  That we haven’t known that Karl Marx, the father of Communism, stated that his whole aim in establishing worldwide communism was for the purpose of destroying Christianity.  What kind of ignorance does this reveal in us who lead the church?  Remember the Bible says,

“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge…” (Hosea 4:6)

It was Pastors who led Continue reading →