Words of Faith by Those That Started America

In our journey through looking at our nations Christian heritage it’s amazing to recall some of the things our forefathers and key political leaders said during the formation of America. Check these out:

James Madison - Religion is the basis and Foundation of Government.

Benjamin Rush – Signer of Declaration of Independence - Without religion there can be no virtue, and without virtue there can be no liberty, and liberty is the object and life of all republican governments", Benjamin Rush

John Hancock -1st Signer of the Declaration of Independence - Resistance to tyranny becomes the Christian and social duty of each individual. ... Continue steadfast and, with a proper sense of your dependence on God, nobly defend those rights which heaven gave, and no man ought to take from us.

Benjamin Franklin - Signer of the Declaration of Independence and Unites States Constitution -

Here is my Creed. I believe in one God, the Creator of the Universe. That He governs it by His Providence. That He ought to be worshipped.

John Quincy Adams - The hope of a Christian is inseparable from his faith. Whoever believes in the divine inspiration of the Holy Scriptures must hope that the religion of Jesus shall prevail throughout the earth. Never since the foundation of the world have the prospects of mankind been more encouraging to that hope than they appear to be at the present time. And may the associated distribution of the Bible proceed and prosper till the Lord shall have made 'bare His holy arm in the eyes of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God' (Isaiah 52:10).

William Penn - Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

James Monroe - When we view the blessings with which our country has been favored, those which we now enjoy, and the means which we possess of handing them down unimpaired to our latest posterity, our attention is irresistibly drawn to the source from whence they flow. Let us then, unite in offering our most grateful acknowledgments for these blessings to the Divine Author of All Good.

Roger Sherman - Let us live no more to ourselves, but to Him who loved us, and gave Himself to die for us.

George Washington - And now, Almighty Father, if it is Thy holy will that we shall we shall obtain a place and name among the nations of the Earth...grant that we may be enabled to show our gratitude for Thy goodness by endeavors to fear and obey Thee.

Thomas Jefferson - God who gave us life gave us liberty.  And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the Gift of God?  That they are not to be violated but with His wrath?  Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever." 

Abraham Lincoln - I am profitably engaged in reading the Bible. Take all of this Book upon reason that you can, and the balance by faith, and you will live and die a better man.

Patrick Henry - It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians, not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ!

Oliver Wolcott – Signer of Declaration of Independence - Thro Various Scenes of Life God has Sustained me. May he ever be my unfailing Friend, May his Love cherish my Soul, May my Heart with Gratitude Acknowledge his Goodness and may my Desires be to him and to the Remembrance of his Name... May We then turn our Eyes to the bright Objects above, and may God give us Strength to travel the upward Road. May the divine Redeemer conduct us to that Seat of Bliss which he himself has prepared for his Friends; at the Approach of which every Sor-row shall Vanish from the human heart, and endless scenes of Glory Open upon the enraptured Eye.

College Presidents at the time:

Harvard President - After God had carried us safe to New England, and we ... rear'd convenient places for God's worship ... dreading to leave an illiterate Ministry to the Churches, when our present Ministers shall lie in the Dust ... it pleased God to stir up the heart of one Mr. Harvard, a godly gentleman and a lover of learning ... to give the one half of his estate ... towards the erecting of a college and all his Library.

Reverend Jonathan Dickinson – 1^st president of Princeton - Cursed be all learning that is contrary to the cross of Christ.

Thanksgiving - More Proof America's Roots are in Faith

Most don't realize or simply deny the fact that early settlers of our nation were people of faith - of the  Christian faith to be more specific.

At the time of the first Thanksgiving celebration, the settlers had laws that even required everyone to attend church. Can you even imagine that today?

There is no doubt that American Thanksgiving was established and created by Pilgrims that were believers. Their faith is what pushed them to rebel and separate from English rule and their Faith in God is the only thing that sustained them during their difficult travels and hardships.

Originally, even the English celebrated a "thanksgiving" in which they gave thanks for successful crops and harvest. The Puritans and Pilgrims eventually combined the two reasons into one event which will still observe today, much to the disdain of the Pilgrims.

One simple documentation proving Thanksgiving based in Christians roots was this Congressional statement from 1789. Enough said.

Day of Thanksgiving. Resolved. That a joint committee of both Houses be directed to wait upon the President of the United States to request that he recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging, with grateful hearts, the many signal favors of Almighty God...." (U.S. Congress, in a resolution to establish a National Day of Thanksgiving, 9/25/1789

Can you even imagine our current Congress supporting this obvious and blatant endorsement of Faith?

How far we have come in removing God from our nation. We must preach the truth. American is One Nation Under God.

For more:

http://www.plimoth.org/learn/MRL/read/thanksgiving-history
http://www.christianpost.com/news/who-were-the-pilgrims-the-real-story-of-thanksgiving-and-what-it-teaches-us-about-loving-god-109640/
http://newpatrickhenry.blogspot.com/2009/12/forefathers-quotes-prove-our-christian.html

If Not for Christians We Wouldn't Be Celebrating the 4th

It is always funny to me that people try and claim America was not based and founded upon Christian values and beliefs. The entire reason America even exists was because families revolted from the European political and religious systems and a majority of them held to the belief that God existed and He was guiding them.

This is clearly evident in the 5 references we see of God in our very Declaration of Independence. Check it out:

“When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.”

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” 

“We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these united Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States, that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown…”

“And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.”

Boom goes the dynamite!

Not a Christian Nation huh?

The first book every used in PUBLIC schools was, you guessed it....the Bible. Even the liberal, tax funded PBS channel agrees on this fact. It was our moral guide.

If our nation didn't have Christian roots or values at its core when it was founded explain why the Bible was the only textbook for a long time?

http://www.pbs.org/kcet/publicschool/evolving_classroom/books.html

Christian Nation Resource

Google looks like it has pushed down all results for Christian Nation - figures. Here is another great resource though. We need to teach our kids the TRUTH about why America was founded before it's completely forgotten. It's already being removed from history books every year.

http://www.toptenproofs.com/product_ach.php

posted by Brady Speers

Lesson Two - State Constitutions Exprssed Dependence on God

How's this for some faith based reality to the founding of this great nation - the following States constitutions had language that clearly made it known that Christianity was the chosen faith of the Land and that each State had the power (not the Federal govt) to respect and honor these religious values.

Delaware, New Jersey, Georgia, Maryland, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island.

Most of the States also required that office holders be followers of Christ and the Christian faith - even Rhode Island.

The modern day belief of separation of church and state is a falsehood people.

Sources:  Isaac Cornelison, Jesse peck, Dary DeMar

Lesson One - Christian Colleges That May Surprise You

Did you know this? Four founding universities in America based their values in the Christian faith - as did the rest of the land. Check it. Snopes it out.

Harvard University was founded in 1633 by John Eliot, a minister known as the "apostle to the Indians". Harvard used to have these words in their "Rules and Precepts" in 1646: "Let every student be plainly instructed...the main end of his life and studies is to know God and Jesus Christ." Today, Harvard just gained notoriety for allowing a sex club on campus. http://www.boston.com/yourcampus/news/harvard/2012/12/harvard_college_officially_recognizes_kinky_sex_club.html

Yale University was started in 1701 and required the "Westminster Confession" in which it was for the "upholding of the Christian protestant religion by succession of learned and orthodox men." Today it is believed that one in four attending is gay and hence it is called the Gay Ivy school. http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2009/07/why_is_yale_the_gay_ivy.html

King's College in New York was founded in the 1700s and at one time ran an add that said the following: "the chief thing that is aimed at in this college is to teach and engage the children to know God in Jesus Christ...". Last year they promoted Islam more than most. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ctZoxsuxc4

William and Mary, founded in 1693, and it's goals were printed saying the "Christian faith may be propagated amongst the Western Indians, to the Glory of Almighty God." A few years ago it started removing crosses from their chapels. http://hamptonroads.com/node/230261