Eph 6:1213 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powe

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• Eph 612-13 For our struggle is not against
  flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against
  the powers, against the world forces of this
  darkness, against the spiritual forces of
  wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore,
  take up the full armor of God, so that you will
  be able to resist in the evil day, and having
  done everything, to stand firm.

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Fathers Day

• Lets talk about the Founding Fathers of this
  Nation.

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American Culture For 185-Years Was Friendly
Toward Christianity
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American Culture For 185-Years Was Friendly
Toward Christianity
America Was Considered A Christian Nation
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American Culture For 185-Years Was Friendly
Toward Christianity
America Was Considered A Christian Nation
Sociologists Now Claim That America Is A
Post-Christian Nation
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During The Last 50-years, The Forces Of Humanism,
Atheism, Evolution, Liberalism, Pluralism, And
Political Correctness Have Been Aggressive In
Their Assault On The Christian Religion.
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• Eph 612-13 For our struggle is not against
  flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against
  the powers, against the world forces of this
  darkness, against the spiritual forces of
  wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore,
  take up the full armor of God, so that you will
  be able to resist in the evil day, and having
  done everything, to stand firm.

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They Have Gradually Dismantled Many Of The Moral
Spiritual Principles That Once Characterized
Society.
Americas Religious, Moral, And Spiritual
Foundation Is Literally Disintegrating!
America Is Fighting A Culture War !
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The Central Issue Is God The Bible
Will God be allowed to hold the place that He has
held with the establishment of our Nation?
Social Political liberals from Hollywood, to
the university, to the Nations capital, are
hostile toward God!
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The Central Issue Is God The Bible
In the midst of such social chaos, the church of
Christ is facing the most perilous times it has
ever faced in America.
Every effort is being made to eradicate all
public references to God Christianity.
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The Central Issue Is God The Bible
Liberal historians judges are rewriting our
history and our laws
We are being told that public expressions of
Christianity should not be allowed lest we
offend those who do not share our beliefs.
To practice Christianity in a public way is now
deemed insensitive.
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This conspiracy parades itself under the guise
that the Founding Fathers and the Constitution
advocated a separation of church and state
meaning that all references to God and the
Christian religion should not be permitted in
public settings that are associated with the
Government, the community, or public schools.
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We Have Been Told
- Separation of church and state
- The Founding Fathers desired acceptance of
all religions (pluralism)
- The Founding Fathers were Deists not
Christians
- The Founding Fathers opposed public
expressions of the Christian religion in
government schools
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We Have Been Told
- Separation of church and state
All Lies!
- The Founding Fathers desired acceptance of
all religions (pluralism)
- The Founding Fathers were Deists not
Christians
- The Founding Fathers opposed public
expressions of the Christian religion in
government schools
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Adolf Hitler Mein Kamph

• By means of shrewd lies unremittingly repeated,
  it is possible to make people believe that heaven
  is hell and hell heaven. The greater the lie
  the more readily it will be believed.

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• It is easier to believe a lie that one has heard
  a thousand times than to believe a fact that no
  one has heard before.

Author Unknown
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Lets Return To The Beginning Of Our Nation
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Natures God
Endowed by their Creator
The Supreme Judge of the world
The protection of Divine Providence
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Natures God
Endowed by their Creator
The Supreme Judge of the world
The protection of Divine Providence
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What did the signers of the Declaration of
Independence believe?
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Elias Boudinot (President Continental Congress
1782-83)
We Are Christians

• Let us enter on this important business under
  the idea that we are Christians on whom the eyes
  of the world are now turned Let us earnestly
  call and beseech Him for Christs sake to preside
  in all our councils.

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William Ellery

• However gradual may be the growth of Christian
  knowledge and moral reformation, yet unless it be
  begun, unless the seeds are planted, there can be
  no tree of knowledge and, of course, no fruit.
  The attempt to Christianize the heathen world and
  to produce peace on earth and goodwill towards
  men is humane, Christian and sublime.

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Ben Franklin

• History will also afford frequent opportunities
  of showing the necessity of a public religion
  and the excellency of the Christian religion
  above all others ancient and modern.

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Ben Franklin

• In the beginning of the contest with Great
  Britain, when we were sensible of danger, we had
  daily prayer in this room for the Divine
  protection. Our prayers, sir were heard, and they
  were graciously answered . . . I therefore beg
  leave to movethat henceforth prayers imploring
  the assistance of Heaven, and its blessings on
  our deliberations, be held in this Assembly every
  morning before we proceed to business.

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Ben Franklin
(Quotes the Bible)

• We have been assured, Sir, in the Sacred
  Writings that except the Lord build the house,
  they labor in vain that build it. I firmly
  believe this and I also believe that without His
  concurring aid, we shall succeed in this
  political building no better than the builders of
  Babel.
• James Madison, The Papers of James Madison, Henry
  D. Gilpin, editor (Washington Langtree
  OSullivan, 1840), Vol. II, p. 985, June 28, 1787.

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Samuel Adams

• Let statesmen and patriots unite their
  endeavors to renovate the age by educating
  little boys and girls and leading them in the
  study and practice of the exalted virtues of the
  Christian system.

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Charles Carroll of Carrollton

• Without morals a republic cannot subsist any
  length of time, they therefore who are decrying
  the Christian religion, whose morality is so
  sublime and pure are undermining the solid
  foundation of morals, the best security for the
  duration of free governments.

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John Witherspoon

• The Christian religion is superior to every
  other there is not only an excellence in
  Christian morals, but a manifest superiority in
  them to those which are derived from any source.

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John Quincy Adams - 6th President

• From the day of the Declaration, the people of
  the North American Union and its constituent
  states were associated bodies of civilized men
  and Christians they were bound by the laws of
  God, which they all, and by the laws of the
  Gospel, which they nearly all, acknowledged as
  the rules of their conduct.

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Newsweek December 27, 1982, page 44

• Historians are discovering that the Bible,
  perhaps even more than our constitution, is our
  founding document.

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George Washington
Inaugural Address Credits God Repeatedly
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• Such being the impressions under which I have, in
  obedience to the public summons, repaired to the
  present station, it would be peculiarly improper
  to omit in this first official act my fervent
  supplications to that Almighty Being who rules
  over the universe, who presides in the councils
  of nations, and whose providential aids can
  supply every human defect, that His benediction
  may consecrate to the liberties and happiness of
  the people of the United States a Government
  instituted by themselves for these essential
  purposes, and may enable every instrument
  employed in its administration to execute with
  success the functions allotted to his charge. In
  tendering this homage to the Great Author of
  every public and private good, I assure myself
  that it expresses your sentiments not less than
  my own, nor those of my fellow-citizens at large
  less than either. No people can be bound to
  acknowledge and adore the Invisible Hand which
  conducts the affairs of men more than those of
  the United States

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• Such being the impressions under which I have, in
  obedience to the public summons, repaired to the
  present station, it would be peculiarly improper
  to omit in this first official act my fervent
  supplications to that Almighty Being who rules
  over the universe, who presides in the councils
  of nations, and whose providential aids can
  supply every human defect, that His benediction
  may consecrate to the liberties and happiness of
  the people of the United States a Government
  instituted by themselves for these essential
  purposes, and may enable every instrument
  employed in its administration to execute with
  success the functions allotted to his charge. In
  tendering this homage to the Great Author of
  every public and private good, I assure myself
  that it expresses your sentiments not less than
  my own, nor those of my fellow-citizens at large
  less than either. No people can be bound to
  acknowledge and adore the Invisible Hand which
  conducts the affairs of men more than those of
  the United States

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• Such being the impressions under which I have, in
  obedience to the public summons, repaired to the
  present station, it would be peculiarly improper
  to omit in this first official act my fervent
  supplications to that Almighty Being who rules
  over the universe, who presides in the councils
  of nations, and whose providential aids can
  supply every human defect, that His benediction
  may consecrate to the liberties and happiness of
  the people of the United States a Government
  instituted by themselves for these essential
  purposes, and may enable every instrument
  employed in its administration to execute with
  success the functions allotted to his charge. In
  tendering this homage to the Great Author of
  every public and private good, I assure myself
  that it expresses your sentiments not less than
  my own, nor those of my fellow-citizens at large
  less than either. No people can be bound to
  acknowledge and adore the Invisible Hand which
  conducts the affairs of men more than those of
  the United States

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• Every step by which they have advanced to the
  character of an independent nation seems to have
  been distinguished by some token of providential
  agency and in the important revolution just
  accomplished in the system of their united
  government the tranquil deliberations and
  voluntary consent of so many distinct communities
  from which the event has resulted can not be
  compared with the means by which most governments
  have been established without some return of
  pious gratitude, along with an humble
  anticipation of the future blessings which the
  past seem to presage. These reflections, arising
  out of the present crisis, have forced themselves
  too strongly on my mind to be suppressed. You
  will join with me, I trust, in thinking that
  there are none under the influence of which the
  proceedings of a new and free government can more
  auspiciously commence

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• Every step by which they have advanced to the
  character of an independent nation seems to have
  been distinguished by some token of providential
  agency and in the important revolution just
  accomplished in the system of their united
  government the tranquil deliberations and
  voluntary consent of so many distinct communities
  from which the event has resulted can not be
  compared with the means by which most governments
  have been established without some return of
  pious gratitude, along with an humble
  anticipation of the future blessings which the
  past seem to presage. These reflections, arising
  out of the present crisis, have forced themselves
  too strongly on my mind to be suppressed. You
  will join with me, I trust, in thinking that
  there are none under the influence of which the
  proceedings of a new and free government can more
  auspiciously commence

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• Having thus imparted to you my sentiments as
  they have been awakened by the occasion which
  brings us together, I shall take my present
  leave but not without resorting once more to the
  benign Parent of the Human Race in humble
  supplication that, since He has been pleased to
  favor the American people with opportunities for
  deliberating in perfect tranquility, and
  dispositions for deciding with unparalleled
  unanimity on a form of government for the
  security of their union and the advancement of
  their happiness, so His divine blessing may be
  equally conspicuous in the enlarged views, the
  temperate consultations, and the wise measures on
  which the success of this Government must depend.

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• Having thus imparted to you my sentiments as
  they have been awakened by the occasion which
  brings us together, I shall take my present
  leave but not without resorting once more to the
  benign Parent of the Human Race in humble
  supplication that, since He has been pleased to
  favor the American people with opportunities for
  deliberating in perfect tranquility, and
  dispositions for deciding with unparalleled
  unanimity on a form of government for the
  security of their union and the advancement of
  their happiness, so His divine blessing may be
  equally conspicuous in the enlarged views, the
  temperate consultations, and the wise measures on
  which the success of this Government must depend.

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• Having thus imparted to you my sentiments as
  they have been awakened by the occasion which
  brings us together, I shall take my present
  leave but not without resorting once more to the
  benign Parent of the Human Race in humble
  supplication that, since He has been pleased to
  favor the American people with opportunities for
  deliberating in perfect tranquility, and
  dispositions for deciding with unparalleled
  unanimity on a form of government for the
  security of their union and the advancement of
  their happiness, so His divine blessing may be
  equally conspicuous in the enlarged views, the
  temperate consultations, and the wise measures on
  which the success of this Government must depend.

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May 12, 1779 To Delaware Indian Chiefs
George Washington
You should become Christians!
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• You do well to wish to learn our arts and ways
  of life, and above all, the religion of Jesus
  Christ. These will make you a greater and happier
  people than you are. Congress will do everything
  they can to assist you in this wise intention.
• George Washington, The Writings of Washington,
  John C. Fitzpatrick, editor (Washington, D.C. U.
  S. Government Printing Office, 1932), Vol. XV, p.
  55. OI-270.

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Picture Of John Jay
1st Chief Justice U.S. Supreme Court
Providence has given to our people the choice of
their rulers, and it is the duty, as well as the
privilege and interest of our Christian nation,
to select and prefer Christians for their
rulers. William Jay, The Life of John Jay (New
York J. J. Harper, 1833), Vol. II, p.376, to
John Murray, Jr. on October 12, 1816. OI-334.
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Picture Of John Jay
1st Chief Justice U.S. Supreme Court
Only one adequate plan has ever appeared in the
world and that is the Christian dispensation.
John Jay, The Correspondence and Public Papers of
John Jay, Henry P. Johnston, editor (New York G.
P. Putnams Sons, 1893), Vol. IV, p.52, to
Lindley Murray on August 22, 1794. OI-168.
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Picture Of John Jay
1st Chief Justice U.S. Supreme Court
Providence has given to our people the choice of
their rulers, and it is the duty, as well as the
privilege and interest of our Christian nation,
to select and prefer Christians for their
rulers. William Jay, The Life of John Jay (New
York J. J. Harper, 1833), Vol. II, p.376, to
John Murray, Jr. on October 12, 1816. OI-334.
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Inaugural Address Credits God Repeatedly
John Adams
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• if a resolution to do justice as far as may
  depend upon me, at all times and to all nations,
  and maintain peace, friendship, and benevolence
  with all the world if an unshaken confidence in
  the honor, spirit, and resources of the American
  people, on which I have so often hazarded my all
  and never been deceived if elevated ideas of the
  high destinies of this country and of my own
  duties toward it, founded on a knowledge of the
  moral principles and intellectual improvements of
  the people deeply engraven on my mind in early
  life, and not obscured but exalted by experience
  and age and, with humble reverence, I feel it to
  be my duty to add, if a veneration for the
  religion of a people who profess and call
  themselves Christians, and a fixed resolution to
  consider a decent respect for Christianity among
  the best recommendations for the public service,
  can enable me in any degree to comply with your
  wishes, it shall be my strenuous endeavor that
  this sagacious injunction of the two Houses shall
  not be without effect

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• if a resolution to do justice as far as may
  depend upon me, at all times and to all nations,
  and maintain peace, friendship, and benevolence
  with all the world if an unshaken confidence in
  the honor, spirit, and resources of the American
  people, on which I have so often hazarded my all
  and never been deceived if elevated ideas of the
  high destinies of this country and of my own
  duties toward it, founded on a knowledge of the
  moral principles and intellectual improvements of
  the people deeply engraven on my mind in early
  life, and not obscured but exalted by experience
  and age and, with humble reverence, I feel it to
  be my duty to add, if a veneration for the
  religion of a people who profess and call
  themselves Christians, and a fixed resolution to
  consider a decent respect for Christianity among
  the best recommendations for the public service,
  can enable me in any degree to comply with your
  wishes, it shall be my strenuous endeavor that
  this sagacious injunction of the two Houses shall
  not be without effect

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• With this great example before me, with the sense
  and spirit, the faith and honor, the duty and
  interest, of the same American people pledged to
  support the Constitution of the United States, I
  entertain no doubt of its continuance in all its
  energy, and my mind is prepared without
  hesitation to lay myself under the most solemn
  obligations to support it to the utmost of my
  power.
• And may that Being who is supreme over all, the
  Patron of Order, the Fountain of Justice, and the
  Protector in all ages of the world of virtuous
  liberty, continue His blessing upon this nation
  and its Government and give it all possible
  success and duration consistent with the ends of
  His providence.

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• With this great example before me, with the sense
  and spirit, the faith and honor, the duty and
  interest, of the same American people pledged to
  support the Constitution of the United States, I
  entertain no doubt of its continuance in all its
  energy, and my mind is prepared without
  hesitation to lay myself under the most solemn
  obligations to support it to the utmost of my
  power.
• And may that Being who is supreme over all, the
  Patron of Order, the Fountain of Justice, and the
  Protector in all ages of the world of virtuous
  liberty, continue His blessing upon this nation
  and its Government and give it all possible
  success and duration consistent with the ends of
  His providence.

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John Adams Thanksgiving Proclamation March 23,
1798
As the safety and prosperity of nations
ultimately and essentially depend on the
protection and the blessing of Almighty God, and
the national acknowledgement of this truth is not
only an indispensable duty which the people owe
to Him . . . I have therefore thought fit to
recommend . . . a day of solemn humiliation,
fasting, and prayer that the citizens of these
States . . . offer their devout addresses to the
Father of Mercies. John Adams, Works, Volume
IX, p. 169, proclamation for a National
Thanksgiving on March 23, 1798.
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Thomas Jefferson
And may that Infinite Power which rules the
destinies of the universe lead our councils to
what is best, and give them a favorable issue for
your peace and prosperity.
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Weve Been taught
- What Separation of church and state means
- The Founding Fathers desired acceptance of
all religions (pluralism)
- The Founding Fathers were Deists not
Christians
- The Founding Fathers opposed public
expressions of the Christian religion in
government schools
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Adolf Hitler Mein Kamph
The greater the lie the more readily it will be
believed !

• By means of shrewd lies unremittingly repeated,
  it is possible to make people believe that heaven
  is hell and hell heaven. The greater the lie
  the more readily it will be believed.

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• Eph 612-13 For our struggle is not against
  flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against
  the powers, against the world forces of this
  darkness, against the spiritual forces of
  wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore,
  take up the full armor of God, so that you will
  be able to resist in the evil day, and having
  done everything, to stand firm.

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