JUDGES 2: 10 – 12
And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the
LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for
Israel. 11 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim: 12
And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of
Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and
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bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the
LORD to anger. 13 And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
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JAMES 4: 7 – 10
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw nigh to
God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. 9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
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AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL
America the Beautiful, or so you used to be.
Land of the Pilgrims' pride; I'm glad they'll never see
Babies piled in dumpsters, Abortion on demand,
Oh, sweet land of liberty, your house is on the sand.
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Our children wander aimlessly poisoned by cocaine,
Choosing to indulge their lusts, when God has said abstain.
From sea to shining sea, our Nation turns away
From the teaching of God's love and a need to always pray.
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So many worldly preachers tell lies about our Rock,
Saying God is going broke so they can fleece the flock.
We've kept God in our temples, how callous we have grown.
When earth is but His footstool, and
Heaven is His throne.
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We've voted in a government that's rotting at the core,
Appointing Godless Judges who throw reason out the door,
Too soft to place a killer in a well deserved tomb,
But brave enough to kill a baby before he leaves the womb.
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You think that God's not angry, that our land's a moral slum?
How much longer will He wait before
His judgment comes?
How are we to face our God, from
Whom we cannot hide?
What then is left for us to do, but stem this evil tide?
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If we who are His children, will humbly turn and pray;
Seek His holy face and mend our evil way:
Then God will hear from Heaven and forgive us of our sins,
He'll heal our sickly land and those who live within.
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But, America the Beautiful, if you don't then you will see,
A sad but Holy God withdraw His hand from Thee.
Judge: Roy Moore
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WHAT ARE WE DOING RIGHT?
ABORTION – 4000 A DAY
WHILE SAVING SNAIL DARTER, EAGLETS…
HOMOSEXUAL ACCEPTANCE
SAME SEX MARRIAGE
DIVORCE EXPLOSION
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WHAT ARE WE DOING RIGHT?
LEGALIZING DRUGS
PORNOGRAPHY
ABUSE (OF ALL KINDS)
EVOLUTION – BIG BANG
DAY AGE – GAP THEORY
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OUR NATION WAS FOUNDED ON GODLY
PRINCIPLES
52 of 55 men that worked on Declaration of
Independence were believers in God and members of denominations
Patrick Henry: 17361799 “Give me liberty or…”
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.”
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THE NEW ENGLAND PRIMER
First textbook published in America
Textbook of American schools from 1690 – 1900
1 st graders learned alphabet from this book
Each letter used a phrase from the Bible:
A – A wise son maketh a glad father – Pr.10:1
B – Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than a great treasure and trouble therewith – 15:16
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C. – Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest. Mt.11:28
E – Except a man be born again he cannot enter the kingdom of God. Jn.3:3
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THE NEW ENGLAND PRIMER
Questions in back of the book:
What is the 5 th Commandment?
What is forbidden in the 6 th
Commandment?
What is forbidden in the 7 th
Commandment?
200 years it was the foundation of our educational system
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FIRST CHIEF JUSTICE OF SUPREME
COURT - JOHN JAY
“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”
How long since you’ve heard such language from a politician?
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GEORGE WASHINGTON’S FAREWELL
ADDRESS
“Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity religion and morality are indispensable supports.
In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars.”
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This part of his speech, if in a textbook today, is taken out .
REMEMBER THIS:
Religion, morality and politics can’t be separated – G. Washington
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FOR 200 YEARS WE’VE BEEN UNDER THE
SAME DOCUMENT – CONSTITUTION
FRANCE HAD A REVOLUTION SAME TIME WE
DID AND THEY HAVE BEEN UNDER 7
DIFFERENT FORMS OF GOVERNMENT
ITALY HAS GONE THROUGH 51 FORMS OF
GOVERNMENT
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FROM WHOM DID OUR FOUNDING
FATHER’S QUOTE?
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SURVEY
FROM 15,000 DOCUMENTS
AFTER 10 YEARS RESEARCH
“34% OF FOUNDERS QUOTES WERE
DIRECTLY OUT OF THE BIBLE”
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FOUNDING FATHER’S CONCEPT FOR:
3 BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT
ISAIAH 33:22 For the LORD is our judge , the LORD is our lawgiver , the LORD is our king ; it is he who will save us.
Judge – Judicial
Lawgiver - Legislative
King - Executive
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FOUNDING FATHER’S CONCEPT FOR:
SEPARATION OF POWERS
JEREMIAH 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
Thus a check and balance system
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FOUNDING FATHER’S CONCEPT FOR:
TAX EXEMPTION FOR CHURCHES
EZRA 7:24 You are also to know that you have no authority to impose taxes, tribute or duty on any of the priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, temple servants or other workers at this house of God.
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- FIRST AMENDMENT -
“CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW
RESPECTING AN ESTABLISHMENT OF
RELIGION OR PROHIBITING THE FREE
EXERCISE THEREOF”
See any mention of “Separation of church and state” in the First Amendment?
None of those words are used
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Leaders today don’t want “Freedom of
Religion” but
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Purpose of First Amendment:
So one denomination wouldn’t run the nation
They had that in England and were fed up
They wanted God’s principles
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Dr. William James –
Father of modern psychology
“There’s nothing so absurd but that if you repeat it often enough people will believe it.”
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Supreme Court after 1947 began saying that “Separation of church and state” was what Founding Fathers wanted without proving it.
Remember: “Say it often enough and people will believe it”
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SUPREME COURT CASE – 1958
BAER V. KOLMORGEN
A dissenting Judge warned that
“Continuing talk about the ‘separation of church and state’ would make people think it was part of the
Constitution”
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SUPREME COURT CASE – JUNE 25, 1962
ENGEL V. VITALE
Prayer was taken out of schools under the pretense that “Separation of church and state” was in the 1 st Amendment
This case for the first time separated
Christian principles from education
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Engel v. Vitale – 1962 – A Turning Point
Separation of church and state is not in the
Constitution
A BRAND NEW LAW
School prayer had never been challenged before
After prayer was removed, next was
Bible reading in school
Bible classes and religious instruction in school
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SUPREME COURT CASE – JUNE 17, 1963
“If portions of the New Testament were read without explanation, they could be and had been psychologically harmful to the child.”
In other words:
It could cause brain damage
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SUPREME COURT CASE –1965
Children were allowed to pray over lunch at school as long as no one could tell it was a prayer
Later: No prayer at athletic contests
People in Texas didn’t get that memo
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SUPREME COURT CASE –1967
A 4 line nursery rhyme was considered
Unconstitutional. Reason: Although the word “God” was not mentioned if someone were to hear the rhyme he might think it was talking about God.
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SUPREME COURT CASE –1980
10 Commandments Display: “If the posted copies of 10 Commandments are to have any effect at all it will be to induce the schoolchildren to read, meditate upon, perhaps to venerate and obey the Commandments (which) is not a permissible objective”
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In other words : Don’t let the kids see it because they might want to obey it
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JAMES MADISON
CHIEF ARCHITECT OF CONSTITUTION
“We have staked the whole future of American civilization, not upon the power of government, far from it. We have staked the future of all of our political institutions… upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves according to the 10 Commandments of God.”
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A 22 WORD PRAYER – UNCONSTITUTIONAL
“Almighty God, we acknowledge our dependence upon Thee, and we beg thy blessings upon us, our parents, our teachers, and our country.”
“God” mentioned only 1 time
Same as in Pledge of Allegiance
“Under God” threatened
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SUPREME COURT CASE – 1962
The Court reported that only 3% of our nation did not believe in religion or God.
So, 3% has now become a majority
First time a minority every won - 97% lost
EVER HEARD OF “SILENT MAJORITY”?
Washington’s Farewell Address he says:
Morality cannot be maintained without religious principles
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4 GROUPS MENTIONED IN THE
22 WORD PRAYER
STUDENTS
PARENTS
TEACHERS
COUNTRY
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4 GROUPS MENTIONED IN THE 22
WORD PRAYER
1. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS:
Birth per 1000 unwed:
In 1951 – 12 until ’63
In 1987 – 35 per 1000 still climbing
Not to mention 10-14 year olds – 553% increase since 63
40% of H.S. grads read @ 4 th grade level

4 GROUPS MENTIONED IN THE
22 WORD PRAYER
2. PARENTS:
Divorce had been on the decline, but in
’63 it began to climb
U.S. now leads the world
5 million Americans “Living together”
Single-parent families up 150%
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4 GROUPS MENTIONED IN THE
22 WORD PRAYER
3. TEACHERS:
S.A.T.
scores plummeted since ’63
Graduates can’t read, don’t know math, history, etc.
More private schools and home schools
No Bible principles in public school
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4 GROUPS MENTIONED IN THE
22 WORD PRAYER
4. COUNTRY:
Has anything changed since you graduated high school?
Remember when chewing gum was punishable or talking in class
No 10 Commandments:
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GEORGE WASHINGTON’S
FAREWELL ADDRESS
“Let it be simply asked where is the security for life, for reputation and for property, if the sense of religious obligation desert.”
The sense of religious obligation has deserted our country
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13 Colony Constitutions
In each states Constitution every person appointed to public office shall say,
“I do profess faith in God the Father and in
Jesus Christ his only Son, and in the Holy
Ghost one God blessed forever-more, and
I do acknowledge the holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be given by Divine Inspiration.”
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CRIME ON THE INCREASE
World leader in violent crimes, divorce
Increased 794% since 63
God’s law stops all crime – e.g.
Sermon on the mount cf Mt.15:18-19
Don’t be angry – stops abuse, murder
Don’t lust – stops fornication
Love neighbor as self and Do unto others…
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The authors of the Constitution understood the individual will answer to God in the future and will either be punished or rewarded
When does a nation answer to God?
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George Mason – Father of Bill of Rights
“As nations cannot be rewarded or punished in the next world, so they must be in this by an inevitable chain of events, causes and effects, Providence punishes
National sins by national calamities.”
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In 1963 we told God to
And he did.
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Psm.127:1 Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it: except the
Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Pr.14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people
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WHERE ARE WE OBEYING GOD?
Family
Schools
Political
Churches
Materialism
Drugs
Gambling
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God Warned Israel – They did not hear
Dt.6:12; 28:15ff
Jer.6:17 “We will not hearken”
We, like they are not mourning
Mt.5:4; Jas.4:7-10
Jer.2:1-13
What happens when we don’t hear?
Lam.1:1-12
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2Chr.7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
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Preached:
Harrodsburg, KY – 4-17-15 Fri.
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