“The Valley Of Decision”

Posted on February 18, 2026 by Heritage Ministries of Kentucky

One of America’s greatest men spoke these sobering words:

“The time is now near at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves; whether they are to have any property they can call their own; whether their houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness from which no human efforts will deliver them.

“The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the courage and conduct of this army. Our cruel and unrelenting enemy leaves us no choice but a brave resistance, or the most abject submission. We have, therefore to resolve to conquer or die. Our own country’s honor calls upon us for a vigorous and manly exertion, and if we now shamefully fail, we shall become infamous to the whole world.

“Let us rely upon the goodness of the cause, and the aid of the Supreme Being in whose hands victory is, to animate and encourage us to great and noble actions.”

(756. Washington, George. July 2, 1776, from his Head Quarters in New York the General Orders were issued to his troops. Jared Sparks, ed., The Writings of George Washington 12 vols. (Boston: American Stationer’s Company, 1837, NY: F. Andrew’s, 1834-1847), Vol. III, p. 449. Peter Marshall and David Manuel, The Glory of America (Bloomington, MN: Garborg’s Heart’N Home, Inc., 1991), 11.18.)

The great American who spoke those words was George Washington. He spoke them to his ‘ragtag’ army on July 2nd, 1776, the day when the Declaration of Independence was first approved in Congress. Looking at their natural assets, that little army didn’t have a ‘ghost of a chance’ against Britain’s army, which was the best in the world of that day. Yet they won America’s independence because they trusted, as Patrick Henry said, “The just God who presides over the destinies of nations…” God obviously wanted this nation to exist.

However, over the last ninety years we’ve lost the understanding of why America exists. We’ve bought into the lie that our life is about pleasure instead of purpose. Consequently, we are very close to losing our liberty. The Bible says,

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“Knowing Lincoln’s God”

Posted on February 11, 2026 by Heritage Ministries of Kentucky

There’s a little-known story about Abraham Lincoln, whose birthday we celebrate this week, which needs to be told.

Shortly before his death, an Illinois clergyman asked Abraham Lincoln, “Do you love Jesus?” Mr. Lincoln solemnly replied:

“When I left Springfield I asked the people to pray for me. I was not a Christian. When I buried my son, the severest trial of my life, I was not a Christian. But when I went to Gettysburg and saw the graves of thousands of our soldiers, I then and there consecrated myself to Christ. Yes, I do love Jesus.”

(America’s Providential History, p. 241)

Abraham Lincoln was not by himself in his profession of Jesus Christ as the Lord and Savior of his life. Most of our ancestors in America, up until 1900, did know Jesus as their Lord. It was their faith in God, and their belief that the Bible was true, that made America the greatest nation on earth. However, in the early 1900’s a different way of thinking began to take root in America because the churches had weakened by that time. Liberal theology, which accepted the possibility of a different ‘creator’ of man, began to make its way into the seminaries and public school system of America. The result was that we began to accept that anyone who was, quote, “good” or religious (meaning he went to church somewhere), was also a Christian. No longer did the churches require that people make an open statement of their faith in Jesus Christ as the Son of God and their Savior.

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“Providential Provision At Valley Forge”

Posted on February 4, 2026 by Heritage Ministries of Kentucky

It was December, 1777. George Washington’s army filed silently into their winter camp at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Washington would tell of the amazing commitment of these men by reporting how you could trace their path by the bloody tracks they were leaving. A great many of the 11,000 were barefooted; many were nearly naked in this freezing cold. More than 2,000 would die that winter from lack of food and shelter. Yet the miracle was—they didn’t leave. Why?

While it won’t be revealed completely until we stand before the Lord at the Judgment, at least one reason is the praying that George Washington did that winter. There were different reports by people who said they came unexpectedly upon Washington kneeling in the snow in the woods, earnestly pleading with God for the cause of his nation. While Washington was a very private person, and not at all given to showy religion, people close to him reported of his consistent devotions to God. No doubt the last words his mother said to him before he left home to embark on his military career had greatly impacted him. Mary Washington had admonished him:

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