I grow increasingly concerned that many today do not have a working knowledge of our Constitution or our true history.  They have been indoctrinated in the Revisionism History that is skewed to advance an ideology that would be foreign to our Founders.  

Many do not realize that the “First Amendment” does not include the phrase “Separation of Church and State.”  It reads: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”  

The idea that Christianity cannot be promoted and preached in the public square is not a part of that great document.  Yet, the left and some on the right want to contend that Religion must be excluded from all public facilities.  No, the founders wanted to ensure that the Government would not establish a State Religion and favor it above any other belief or church. 

Many of the founders encouraged and actively engaged in preaching, teaching, and promoting the Bible in governmental functions and deliberations.  I truly wish that Mr. Jefferson, Franklin, Rush, Paine, Washington, and others could speak to us in the flesh today and clear the air on that subject once and for all!

The first public school law was passed in 1642.   For 350-plus years, a Biblical worldview was taught in public schools.   Science, Law, History, and Theology all conformed to God’s standard.   In 1963, the beginning of the end for a moral America came; God was officially removed from the public schools.  Would the founding fathers of America agree with this?

 I suggest we go to the Bible and see what it says about governments and rulers.

• Isaiah, Prophet of God 700 B.C.  ” For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee (God) shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.” Isaiah 60:12

• Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ. A.D. 57: “Let every soul be subject unto the higher power.  For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.” The Epistle of Paul to the Romans.

• David, King of Israel. 980 B.C.  “The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.” 2 Samuel 23:3 

Documents like the Mayflower Compact included God and the Bible intricately in its construction.  Christopher Columbus, in 1492, continually referred to God in what he said and in the naming of places he discovered. 

William Bradford, governor of the Plymouth colony, said:  “They (the Pilgrims) had a great hope and inward zeal of laying some good foundation or at least to make some way there unto for the propagating and advancing of the gospel of the kingdom of Christ in those remote parts of the world, yea though they should be but even a stepping stone unto others for the performing of so great a work.” In his later years he wrote with “grief and sorrow” of the growing secularism and the loss of “constant faithfulness.”

Even more compelling is the author of the First Amendment, Fisher Aimes, who authored an article called “School Books” in the Pladium magazine in January 1801: “We have trouble in the classrooms, we are putting in new textbooks.  Nothing wrong with new books, but we are spending more time on them than the Bible; it is drifting to the back of the classroom.  We cannot tolerate this in American education.  The Bible’s morals are pure; its examples are captivating and noble.”

The list goes on and on with their repeated desire to have God deeply involved in the lives of the people and the construction of the Government.  They believed our Republic was doomed to failure without God as the foundation.  So, where are we today? 

After taking God out of the public schools, banning Him from our public institutions and facilities, and making it known that His influence is not welcome in government deliberations, we are on the brink of losing this country! 

Does that suggest that maybe we have made a big mistake and need God restored to every facet of our lives, including Government?  I don’t think so; I know so!  I am not suggesting that America become a Theocracy but that we return to our moral moorings; they proved beneficial and will again.

God bless you, and God bless America!