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Getting Jesus back in America Again >> A father wanted to read a magazine but was being bothered by his little girl, Shelby. She wanted to know what the United States looked like. Finally, he tore a sheet out of his new magazine on which was printed the map of the country. Tearing it into small pieces,…

One nation under God was their cry and declaration, Upon the law of Nature’s God they built a mighty Nation. For Unlike Mankind before them who had walked this earthen sod, These men would never question the Sovereignty of God. That all men were “created was a truth “self-evident,” To secure the rights…

Our American Birthright One nation under God was their cry and declaration, Upon the law of Nature’s God they built a mighty Nation. For Unlike Mankind before them who had walked this earthen sod, These men would never question the Sovereignty of God. That all men were “created was a truth “self-evident,”…

May 4, 2012 9:11 am Author: The American Dream Do you know what the fastest growing religion in America is? It isn’t Christianity. According to the latest U.S. Religion Census that was just released on May 1, 2012, the fastest growing religion in America is Islam. The data for the census was compiled…

French writer Alexis de Tocqueville, after visiting America in 1831, said, "I sought for the greatness of the United States in her commodious harbors, her ample rivers, her fertile fields, and boundless forests—and it was not there. I sought for it in her rich mines, her vast world commerce, her public…

By Vishal Mangalwadi Published April 13, 2011 | FoxNews.com In his quest to change oppressive regimes in Afghanistan and Iraq, President George W. Bush argued, “Everyone desires freedom.” True. Everyone also desires a happy marriage: can everyone therefore have one? Afghanistan, Iraq, Ivory Coast, and…

Choosing My Religion The Barna Group has completed some research that I think you will find interesting. They are reporting that most Americans do not default to the Christian religion. You okay? Maybe you should sit down. While many will continue to debate whether or not America ever was a "Christian…

JESUS In his book, America’s Prophet: Moses and the American Story, Bruce Feiler, makes the claim that America’s true founding father was Moses. Tracing the references to Moses’ words in American history, documents, and monuments, he builds a case that Moses was the model that led America to her greatness…

Every culture and civilization embraces a certain set of assumptions about life, truth, significance, and what it means to be human. Without these shared assumptions, common life would be impossible. Individuals within these societies may not give much active thought to these common assumptions, but…

Associated Press A new survey of Americans' knowledge of religion found that atheists, agnostics, Jews and Mormons outperformed Protestants and Roman Catholics in answering questions about major religions, while many respondents could not correctly give the most basic tenets of their own faiths. Forty-five…

The most revealing glimpse of how the founding fathers felt about the role of Christianity can be found in a little-remembered 1797 treaty with Tripoli, the capital of modern Libya – a Muslim government. It was negotiated right at the end of Washington’s second term, then ratified by the Senate and signed…

Consider these figures from the New York Times: in the United States a medium sized automobile costs about 100 days wages; in Moscow it costs about 1,000 days wages. In the United States a small refrigerator costs about 32 hours of work; in Moscow it costs about 343 hours. An average washing machine…

The United States had only 6 percent of the world’s population and we have about 7 percent of the land surface of the world. But, despite the fact that we are so small in comparison to the rest of the world, we as American citizens own 45 percent of all the automobiles, 60 percent of all the telephones,…

The number of people who claim no religious affiliation, meanwhile, has doubled since 1990 to fifteen percent, its highest point in history. Christianity is plummeting in America, while the number of non-believers is skyrocketing. A shocking new study of Americans’ religious beliefs shows the beginnings…

The only things which are wrong about our Government are the things which are wrong with you and me. - Douglas L. Edmonds Lifetime Speaker’s Encyclopedia, Jacob M. Braude, page 174

Alexis de Tocqueville, a Frenchman who came to America in the 1830’s “To learn what we have to hope or to fear from its progress,” wrote: “I sought for the greatness and genius of America in her commodious harbors and her ample rivers, and it was not there. I sought for the greatness and genius of America…

Government regulations: Productivity is being stifled by costly, unnecessary and unproductive government controls, notes Michael E. Simon of Arthur Anderson & Company, whose firm did a study to measure the incremental costs of govern­mental regulations. “The Lord’s Prayer contains 56 words, Lincoln’s…

Americans are people who wish we would go back to letting Atlas support the world. - Jack Herbert Lifetime Speaker’s Encyclopedia, Jacob M. Braude, page 31

Patrick Henry in characteristic deliberation said, “Give me liberty or give me death.” The next generation shouted, “Give me liberty.” The present generation shouts, “Give me.” 400 More Snappy Stories…That Preachers Tell, Paul E. Holdcraft, page 50

When we speak of reaching out to our culture through the gospel, we must be reminded that the gospel is also a culture. This is only one of the problems with the attempt to “translate” the gospel into the language of the culture. As we often say, “Something is lost in translation.” We are learning that…

An afternoon baseball game surprises you with how many people industry can get along without, and listening to people trying to get out of jury duty amazes you with how many people it can’t. - Bill Vaughan An afternoon baseball game surprises you with how many people industry can get along without, and…

In 1930, a three-minute phone call from New York to San Francisco cost $8.75, and we could send 437 first-class letters the same distance for the same amount of money. Today we can make the same daytime phone call for $1.40. But we can send only nine first-calss letters for that amount. Reader’s Digest,…

After attending a concert of Viennese music at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall in Sarasota, Fla. I noticed an old man in the foyer, circling in three-quarter time. “It makes me so happy, that music!” he said when he stopped near me. “I came from Vienna.” “You miss your homeland?” I asked. “No,” he said,…

Where else but in America can somebody borrow the $10,000 down payment from a relative, get a $60.000 first mortgage and a $30,000 second mortgage – and be called a homeowner? Reader’s Digest, December 1978, page 135

Trial by jury is something that every American believes in – until it comes time for him to serve on the jury. Lifetime Speaker’s Encyclopedia, Volume 1, Jacob M. Braude, page 406