Good Sunday Morning!

1. Question – If A = B and B = C, does A = C? If people = virtue and virtue = liberty, does people = liberty without virtue?

2. Thought – As the American national consensus shifts from a traditional, God-centered worldview to a secular, man-centered philosophy, perspectives and priorities change. History, however, does not. It may be ignored, reinterpreted, revised, or even concealed, but the historical evidence remains unchanged: America was forged in faith. Those extraordinary people who forged it – the people of Colonial America – hoped that cornerstone foundation and its history would always be preserved. Some, however, feared that someday America’s historic faith might be diminished – along with the freedom it inspired. “While the People are virtuous they cannot be subdued,” Samuel Adams wrote, “but when they lose their Virtue, they will be ready to surrender their Liberties….” (Forged in Faith by Rod Gragg)

“The general principle on which the fathers achieved independence, were the only principles in which that beautiful assembly of young gentlemen could unite,” wrote founding father John Adams. “And what were these general principles? I answer, the general principles of Christianity…”