U.S. Supreme Court – Nebraska Legislature (1893) To invoke Divine guidance on a public body entrusted with making the laws is not …an “establishment” of religion or a step toward establishment; it is simply a tolerable acknowledgment of beliefs widely held among the people of this country.
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger delivered Court’s opinion in Marsh v. Chambers, 463 U.S. 783
We, the people of Montana grateful to God for the quiet beauty of our state, the grandeur of our mountains, the vastness of our rolling plains… do ordain and establish this constitution.
Jefferson City, Missouri (Artist: Susan Cassidy Wilhoit)
Missouri Constitution, Article I, Section 5 (1845)
That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship God…
Just think how different North Korea could be if this one, simple sentence could be a part of their constitution?
What makes America different? This! Freedom of …OF – not “from”… religion. Specifically, the right to worship God, not man.
Give the FFRF (Freedom From Religion Foundation) what they want and we’ll end up like every other dictatorial society whose people live in bondage. Because like Bob Dylan said,
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord But you’re gonna have to serve somebody
I’d rather serve God, than man.
To read the introduction to and purpose of this series,CLICK HERE.
St. Paul, Minnesota (Artist: Susan Cassidy Wilhoit)
Constitution Preamble (1857)
We, the people of the State of Minnesota, grateful to God for our civil and religious liberty, and desiring to perpetuate its blessings…do ordain and establish this Constitution.
To read the introduction to and purpose of this series,CLICK HERE.
This afternoon I was skimming through posts on Facebook and came across a discussion on the reliability of the Bible. A lady named Shannon questioned the claim that the Bible we have today is the same scripture from thousands of years ago.
Shannon asked, “Ever play the game telephone? Try doing that over a course of a couple of centuries and a few languages.”
Well, I felt I should engage Shannon, so I offered her some resources I thought might be helpful. I want to share them with you guys, too.
First, please try to find a copy of the book God’s Word In Our Hands: The Bible Preserved for Us. I have a copy in my library and let me tell you, it is an invaluable resource.
Click on the picture of the book for a link to Amazon.
Secondly, if you can take the time, watch this lecture by Dr. Sean McDowell (son of Josh McDowell) on the reliability of the Bible.
Yes, we may disagree on what some of it means, but it would be intellectually silly to write off the Bible as nothing more than the result of 2000-year’s worth of playing “telephone.”
Essentially, I am fully convinced that what we have today is the preserved Word of God, regardless of how long it’s been since the originals were penned. The textual evidence is overwhelming that what we have in our hands is reliable.