Lance, what else do you need help with? Iz -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lance Muir Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 1:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Trapped in the Flag
Helpful? A little. Not much though. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: December 04, 2004 13:46 Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Trapped in the Flag > Lance wrote: > > For the time being just name the names of 'the signers > > of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence' > > IYO who both believed and lived the gospel. > > Lance, American history is not something I have in my hip pocket. I don't > enjoy it as much as early church history. I did a quick search on Google > and found the following paragraph. Maybe it will help you get started. > > From: > The Founding Fathers and Deism > by David Barton > http://www.wallbuilders.com/resources/search/detail.php?ResourceID=29 > > ***************** > None of the Founders mentioned fit the definition of a deist. And as is > typical with those who make this claim, they name only a handful of Founders > and then generalize the rest. This in itself is a mistake, for there are > over two hundred Founders (fifty-five at the Constitutional Convention, > ninety who framed the First Amendment and the Bill of Rights, and fifty-six > who signed the Declaration) and any generalization of the Founders as deists > is completely inaccurate. > The reason that such critics never mention any other Founders is evident. > For example, consider what must be explained away if the following signers > of the Constitution were to be mentioned: Charles Pinckney and John > Langdon-founders of the American Bible Society; James McHenry-founder of the > Baltimore Bible Society; Rufus King-helped found a Bible society for > Anglicans; Abraham Baldwin-a chaplain in the Revolution and considered the > youngest theologian in America; Roger Sherman, William Samuel Johnson, John > Dickinson, and Jacob Broom-also theological writers; James Wilson and > William Patterson-placed on the Supreme Court by President George > Washington, they had prayer over juries in the U. S. Supreme Court room; and > the list could go on. And this does not even include the huge number of > thoroughly evangelical Christians who signed the Declaration or who helped > frame the Bill of Rights. > ******************* > > Peace be with you. > David Miller. > > p.s. I have not read that book that Izzy has mentioned. It sounds > interesting. I'm reading H. Clay Trumbull right now on the Blood Covenant, > the Threshold Covenant, and the Salt Covenant. Have you read these books? > > > ---------- > "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org > > If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. > ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
