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31 Years Ago Today: Congress Declares 1983 “Year of the Bible”

Oct 4, 2013JerryReligionBible, Congress, Religion

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On October 4, 1982, the 97th Congress of the United States passed Senate Joint Resolution 165 (co-sponsored by, among others, Arkansas Senator David Pryor) authorizing then-President Ronald Reagan to declare 1983 “The Year of the Bible.”

The resolution begins by saying, “Whereas the Bible, the Word of God, has made a unique contribution in shaping the United States as a distinctive and blessed nation and people,” and goes on to declare “that renewing our knowledge of and faith in God through Holy Scripture can strengthen us as a nation and a people.”

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Please Pray for Our Nation

Oct 3, 2013JerryCurrent EventsPrayer

In I Timothy 2:2, Paul urged Timothy (and every Christian) to pray “For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.”

As John Jay pointed out in 1816, “Almost all nations have peace or war at the will and pleasure of rulers whom they do not elect, and who are not always wise or virtuous. Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers.”

In Paul’s day, citizens were considered beneath the government. In America today, citizens can be elected to their government. More than any nation in history, we have the ability to impact how our leaders govern, and yet lately more and more people are checking out altogether, dismissing government as a lost cause.

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Offense Mounted Against WWII Veterans

Oct 3, 2013JerryCurrent EventsCurrent Events

The following blog post is by Family Council staff member Deborah Beuerman.

For what reason did the nation’s commander-in-chief order blockades placed around the WWII Veterans Memorial to keep out visiting veterans? The Memorial is essentially a landscape feature in a very large park through which people can walk 24/7. Usually the area is manned by a few staff members for only part of that time, but they were deemed non-essential and sent home—until the President decided that it was essential for them to come back in order to put up barricades to keep people out.

Honor Flights, a charity group that brings WWII veterans from around the country to visit their memorial, schedules the visits months in advance, so it was known that veterans would be visiting this month. Why was it commanded that these veterans in their 80s and 90s who had come far to visit their memorial, many for the first and last time, be blocked from walking in this park?

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