Remembering D-Day: President Roosevelt’s Prayer

History

On June 6, 1944, as Allied forces battled Nazis soldiers in Europe as part of the D-Day invasion, President Franklin D. Roosevelt went on the radio to ask the American people to join him in prayer.

Listen to President Roosevelt’s prayer here:

[audio:http://familycouncil.org/downloads/FDR-D-Day-Prayer.mp3]

Read a transcript of the prayer below:

Almighty God: Our sons, pride of our Nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our Republic, our religion, and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity.

Lead them straight and true; give strength to their arms, stoutness to their hearts, steadfastness in their faith.

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A Christian Perspective on History

History

Recently, Eric Metaxas at the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview released a Breakpoint commentary on how Christians should view history.

Metaxas focuses on the complicated nature of human beings and a renewed interest in Christopher Columbus.

Metaxas writes,

“When Christians speak of ‘fallen human nature,’ we’re not saying that we are incapable of great and good things. We are saying that sin can taint and even undo the good things we desire to do.”

 

Listen below.

[audio:http://www.breakpoint.org/images/content/breakpoint/audio/2014/052114_BP.mp3|titles=Eric Metaxas – Complicated People Complicated History: The Legacy of Columbus]

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An Excerpt From Ronald Reagan’s Farewell Address

History,

Today is the late President Ronald Reagan’s 103rd birthday.

Below are an excerpt and a video clip from President Reagan’s 1989 farewell address. Both contain some excellent thoughts from Reagan on freedom and American greatness.

Ours was the first revolution in the history of mankind that truly reversed the course of government, and with three little words: “We the People.” “We the People” tell the government what to do; it doesn’t tell us. “We the People” are the driver; the government is the car, and we decide where it should go, and by what route, and how fast. Almost all the world’s constitutions are documents in which governments tell the people what their privileges are. Our Constitution is a document in which “We the People” tell the government what it is allowed to do. “We the People” are free. This belief has been the underlying basis for everything I’ve tried to do these past 8 years.

Ronald Reagan
January 11, 1989

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