For the next several weeks, I thought it would be wise to “re-educate” us about the founding of our nation. Marcus Perry recently sent me this e-mail...
“The founders of this nation handed us a treasure that was bought and paid for with humility, persecution, and prayer. They gave us a running start. They gave America the opportunity to be the greatest and most benevolent nation this world has ever known. We have been a beacon for hope throughout the world. God forgive us for our complacency and compromise. I pray we're not too late to turn back the tide.”
Did you know that 52 of the 55 signers of The Declaration of Independence were deeply committed Christians? The other three all believed in the Bible as the divine truth, the God of scripture, and His personal intervention.
Patrick Henry, who is called the firebrand of the American Revolution, is still remembered for his words, "Give me liberty or give me death." But in current textbooks the context of these words is deleted. Here is what he said: "An appeal to arms and the God of hosts is all that is left us. But we shall not fight our battle alone. There is a just God that presides over the destinies of nations. The battle sir, is not of the strong alone. Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death."
These sentences have been erased from our textbooks.
Was Patrick Henry a Christian? The following year, 1776, he wrote this: "It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religion, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. For that reason alone, people of other faiths have been afforded freedom of worship here."
May we not forget the foundation of our nation!
Jeff Powell
