A Sure Foundation
The New England Primer 1690-1930
“The Alphabet of Lessons for Youth”
A wise son makes a glad Father, but a foolish Son is the heaviness of his Mother. Except a Man be born again he cannot see the Kingdom of God.
Grieve not the Holy Spirit, lest it depart from thee.
Keep thy Heart with all Diligence, for out of it are the issues of Life.
Pray to thy Father which is in secret, and they Father which sees in secret shall reward three openly.
Praying will make us leave Sinning or Sinning will make us leave Praying.
What we are afraid to speak before men, we should be afraid to think before God.
Separation of Church and State/First Amendment
Original definition= “religion required a belief in the existence of some Supreme Being who was to be worshipped and obeyed by his followers.”
1960’s definition of religion = “whatever a person believed so strongly that it affected the way he behaved was considered a religion.”
“because of the contemporary court rulings, the modern reality is that there is going to be someone’s religion in the schools and government.” David Barton
“God cannot sustain this free and blessed country which we love and pray for unless the Church will take the right ground” Charles Finney