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WAS AMERICA FOUNDED AS A CHRISTIAN NATION - and is America still a Christian nation?
One of the first acts of our current White House resident was to visit a Middle Eastern Muslim nation and publicly declare that America is no longer a Christian nation. Most of the actions taken by our current White House resident since initially taking office has been to make his dream of America not being a Christian nation come true. He has failed!
Of course, all the atheists and other confused non-believers will loudly declare, "America was not founded as a Christian Nation - and America is not a Christian nation!"
And, even many of our Far Left Liberal (most often Socialist) and Legalistic Christian brethren will agree with those wayward folks -- and disagree with all Christians who declare that America was, is, and always will be a Christian nation; somewhat flawed, often weak in her own defense -- but, still Christian to the core.
Today, I received my regular eNewsletter from the Christian ministry "Stand To Reason" -- a Christian apologetic ministry.
Their stated goal:
Stand to Reason trains Christians to think more clearly about their faith and to make an even-handed, incisive, yet gracious defense for classical Christianity and classical Christian values in the public square.
With this in mind, and with Voting Day fast approaching (next Tuesday) -- let's take a look at the Faith of our Founding Fathers in this video:
What Was the Faith of Our Founding Fathers?
http://www.str.org/videos/what...fathers#.VE_pU1eB2po
There’s been a lot of discussion about the faith of our Founding Fathers that is odd in light of what the facts are. It’s not unusual for people to say, “The faith of our Founding Fathers was really a deism.” Not Christianity, but rather deism: nature’s god. It’s easy to answer this question, and all we have to do is look at the Founding Fathers.
Founding Fathers refers to the 55 signers to the Constitutional Convention. Benjamin Franklin was there, but Jefferson was in France at the time. Though Jefferson influenced the whole enterprise, he wasn’t there.
Of the 55 Founding Fathers, 28 of them were Episcopalian, 8 were Presbyterian, 7 were Congregationalist, 2 Lutheran, 2 Dutch Reformed, 2 Methodist, 2 Roman Catholic, 1 unknown, and were 3 deists, including Franklin.
Franklin wasn’t the standard deist of the continent. He was the one who prayed during the Constitutional Convention to ask God to intervene at an impasse. The prayer broke the impasse, and they were able to finish it.
When you’re talking about the Founding Fathers, the 55 signers of the Constitution of the United States, a full 93% of them were publicly sworn confessional Christians. They weren’t deists.
This was a time when it required a public declaration and swearing to your own convictions in order to be part of that enterprise. In fact, 20% were Calvinists. Founding Fathers deists? Hardly.
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Stand to Reason's Statement of Faith
http://www.str.org/articles/st...f-faith#.VE_uAFeB2po
Stand to Reason represents classical Christianity - orthodox Christian beliefs that have been affirmed since the first Christians. Click on the URL above to view their complete Statement of Faith.
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Biography of Greg Koukl, Founder and President, Stand to Reason
http://www.str.org/training/speakers/greg-koukl
Greg started out thinking he was too smart to become a Christian and ended up giving his life to the defense of the Christian faith. A central theme of Greg's speaking and writing is that Christianity can compete in the marketplace of ideas when it's properly understood and properly articulated. Greg has published more than 180 articles and has spoken on nearly 60 university and college campuses both in the U.S. and abroad.
Greg received his Masters in Philosophy of Religion and Ethics at Talbot School of Theology, graduating with high honors, and his Masters in Christian Apologetics from Simon Greenleaf University. He is an adjunct professor in Christian apologetics at Biola University. He’s hosted his own radio talk show for over 20 years advocating clear-thinking Christianity and defending the Christian worldview.
"Your mission, should you choose to accept it, Mr./Mrs. Christian, is to share His Word with the world. And, to VOTE God publicly back into America once more." Fade out, Mission Impossible theme song playing in the background.
ARE YOU READY TO VOTE NEXT TUESDAY?
God bless, have a wonderful, blessed day,
Bill