From Steve’s Library 12/22/2004

The Holy Bible shaped the thinking of those who founded our great country. No, the United States never has been a Christian nation in the sense that everyone had a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Nor was our government ever a theocracy where the church was the state and vice versa. But on the other hand, our nation’s founders worshiped the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

Everywhere you look in Washington, D.C. you find scripture. Paintings in the Hall of Congress depict the pilgrims kneeling down on the soil of their new country with the Bible spread open before them. Scripture is chiseled in marble on building after building and monument after monument. Our ancestors didn’t come here to escape religion, but rather to find freedom to worship more fully. We must stand tall in the face of those who would deny Christianity’s role in our nation.

—Steve Farrar

Steve Farrar was the author of many books, including the best-sellers Point Man, Finishing Strong, and Battle Ready: Be Strong and of Good Courage in These Troubled Times.