THEY WOULD SEVER US FROM OUR CHRISTIAN ROOTS

All of Western Civilization is under attack from anti-Christian forces who want to sever us from our Christian origins. Whether Canada, Ireland or America there is a common strategy for severing us from our national and cultural roots in Christianity. They do this by rewriting history and demonizing the former generations. This was the approach of the Bolshevik communists when they assumed control of the Russian government in 1917. Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who spent 8 years in a Soviet labor camp, was referring to this when he wrote, "To destroy a people you must first sever their roots." This is right in line with the words of Karl Marx, "People without a heritage are easily persuaded." So, my friends in Ireland, Canada, Sweden, Finland, Bulgaria, the UK, etc. do not allow the Left to destroy your Christian heritage. In America, there has been an all-out attempt to sever us from our roots by demonizing America's Founding Fathers. I, therefore, was not really surprised at the answer I received when I sought God's direction after being invited to present America's 250-Year Celebration message on July 5th at Rock Church International in Virginia Beach, VA. I clearly sensed the Holy Spirit instructing me to present a PowerPoint presentation entitled, "Exonerating America's Founding Fathers." Click this link to hear this message. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbvU6yrh2J8

This presentation is based on the books, America's Revival Heritage, 1726: The Year that Defined America and America's Reawakening, available from Amazon and the Hyatt's website bookstore at https://eddiehyatt.com.

HERE'S WHY THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS WANT TO CREATE A NEW U.S. CONSTITUTION

"Those who will not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it."
Winston Churchill

The Democratic Socialists strike me as being full of themselves, arrogant and naïve. The fact that they consider themselves wiser than America’s founding generation, which created, perhaps, the freest and most prosperous society in the history of mankind, speaks volumes of their inflated egos.

They would abolish the Senate, abolish the presidency, restructure the Supreme Court and give us a completely new Constitution, leading to a new form of government. Why? Because they need power to implement their socialist-communist agenda; and what is standing in the way of their grab for power more than anything else is the U.S. Constitution.

In the Constitution, America’s Founders implemented checks on power because they did not trust unlimited power in the hands of any one or any few. They would agree with Sir John Acton who said, “Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

They put Constitutional restraints on power because they believed in the Biblical concept of original sin—that the human condition is flawed and cannot be trusted with power. Politicians often complain about how difficult it is to get anything done in Washington, D.C. That is how the Founders planned it and it has served the nation well for 250 years.

Not only do the founding documents have restraints on power, they have provided the proactive legal and inspirational means for the nation to overcome slavery, Jim Crow, the Soviet Empire and other ills.

If anyone could have had an argument against America’s founding it would have been the former slave and abolitionist, Frederick Douglass. Douglass, however, came to see the genius of America’s founding documents and in an 1852 July 4^th speech, he called the U.S. Constitution “a glorious liberty document” and lauded the Declaration of Independence, telling his audience,

The principles contained in that instrument are saving principles. Stand by those principles, be true to them on all occasions, in all places, against all foes, and at whatever cost.

Douglass had come to see the actions of the Founding Fathers in light of the worldwide existence of slavery throughout all of recorded history. He came to realize that they did not invent slavery but had taken giant steps to see it eliminated, including the manner in which they formulated the founding documents. In the same speech, he declared,

Fellow Citizens, I am not wanting in respect for the fathers of this republic. The signers of the Declaration of Independence were brave men. They were great men too—great enough to give fame to a great age. It does not often happen to a nation to raise, at one time, such a number of truly great men.

Unlike Douglass, the modern Democratic Socialists have no respect for America’s founding generation. They identify more with Mao and Marx than with Washington and Madison.

For the Democratic Socialists it is all about power. They want to destroy the present Constitution because it stands as a roadblock to their quest for power and control. They want a new Constitution and form of government that will give them the power to implement their socialist-communist agenda--an agenda that has miserably failed wherever and whenever it has been tried.

What shall we do? First of all, we must pray for the enlightenment of the American populace and we must show the dangers of the DSA platform and the blessing of capitalism that is rooted in Christian values. We must speak the truth in love. We must proclaim the power that is in the name of Jesus. We must be proactive and focus on shining the light rather than cursing the darkness. Remember the promise of Isaiah 61:1-3;

Arise, shine, for your light has come,
and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.
See, darkness covers the earth
and thick darkness is over the peoples,
but the Lord rises upon you
and his glory appears over you.
Nations will come to your light,
and kings to the brightness of your dawn.

This article was derived from 1726: The Year that Defined America and America's Reawakening by Dr. Eddie L. Hyatt and available from Amazon and his website at https://eddiehyatt.com.

THE MUSTARD SEED PROPHECY

How a Simple Word from God Launched Our Writing and Publishing Ministry 

It was 1993 and for some time I had been struggling to organize the mountain of research I had collected for my first book. I just could not seem to fit the multitude of pieces together into a readable format and had decided to give up and set the project aside. Maybe I would write a book that would be easier to manage.

Sue, who had been out shopping, came in about this time. She handed me a tie pin that she had picked up at a Christian bookstore. In the middle of the tiny globe on the pin was an actual mustard seed. She handed it to me and said, “Your book is going to be like this mustard seed.”

The words were hardly out of her mouth when she spontaneously broke forth with an utterance in tongues. The interpretation immediately came to me from Mark 4:30-32 where Jesus compared the kingdom of God to a mustard seed, saying,

It is like a mustard seed which, when it is sown on the ground, is smaller than all the seeds on earth; but when it is sown, it grows up and becomes greater than all herbs, and shoots out large branches, so that the birds of the air may nest under its shade.

I immediately knew that God wanted me to complete this book and that it would put out large branches of influence and open doors that would be a blessing to me and many others. I went back to work and completed 2000 Years of Charismatic Christianity in 1996 while teaching at Zion Bible Institute in Barrington, RI.

The Mustard Seed Sprouts

Sue mailed copies of the book to various pastors and ministries. She mailed a copy to the “Toronto Blessing” where people were coming from all over the world to experience a unique outpouring of the Holy Spirit. They began promoting the book and it quickly spread all over the world.

True to the “mustard seed prophecy,” it began putting out many branches. I began hearing from people from throughout the U.S., Canada and other countries who had read the book and testified that their desire for real Revival had been reignited.

I began receiving invitations from churches and various educational institutions to preach and teach from the book. I was invited to give a 90-minute lecture based on the book at Oxford University and be part of a panel discussion on the Holy Spirit. Colleges and seminaries began using it as a textbook including an Episcopal seminary.

Because of the book, I received invitations to serve on the faculties at Oral Roberts University, Christ for the Nations Institute, Zion Bible Institute, Christian Life School of Theology and others. It has been translated into numerous languages including Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, Romanian, Latvian and others.

Because of the book I was invited to be part of the ministry team for the Azusa Centennial in Los Angles in 2006 with 50,000 in attendance. Because of the book I was invited to be part of the ministry team for Azusa-Asia held in Jakarta, Indonesia with over 70,000 in attendance.

The stories go on and on. Just a few months ago I was contacted by the Tyrannus Theological Seminary in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and asked to present a lecture to their faculty and students based on the book. I presented two powerful lectures from the book to this evangelical seminary that is training Christian leaders from all over Asia.

This is the 30-year anniversary of the book’s publication in 1996. We did two initial printings of the book through our own ministry with a green cover with gold lettering. In 2002 we allowed Charisma House to take responsibility for publishing and distributing the book and they created the attractive cover on the right.

The mustard seed prophecy continues to be fulfilled. Although we have published more than 40 books since that time, it is still our most popular, best-selling book.

 

A Revival Cohort

At age 79 and knowing my days on earth are numbered, I have decided to do a one-time event with the book to coincide with its 30-year anniversary and the launch of The Hyatt Institute.

Beginning September 10, 2026, I am going to meet via zoom each week with those who take the course, “2000 Years of Charismatic Christianity, Part 1” with the Hyatt Institute.  I am calling this group a “Revival Cohort” and we will discuss the video lectures and the corresponding material in the book. We will pray together and make application to our personal lives and to the church today.

The Hyatt Institute is an online, self-serve Bible Institute wherein the student purchases the course and works at his/her own pace and within their own timeframe. Everyone who purchases the course between now and September 10 is welcome to be a part of this Revival Cohort.

I have arranged for the textbook and Study Guide to be made available at a greatly reduced cost by going to my website, http://eddiehyatt.com, and purchasing from the display on the homepage.

WAS AMERICA FOUNDED AS A CHRISTIAN NATION?

 

America was not founded on secularist, Marxist or Islamic values and ideology. America was founded on Christian values and ideals, which led to America becoming the most free and prosperous nation in the history of mankind. 

Now, there is a growing movement in America, called the Democratic Socialists, who reject the values on which this country was founded and insist on replacing our Constitution with one of their own making. They emit more heat than light and it would it would be disastrous if such people were to ever gain political power in America.

Those on the Left react with an emphatic "no" at the idea of America being founded as a Christian nation. But this is because in their embrace of Marxist ideology they think only in terms of “power,” never about "service."

When they hear the term “Christian nation” they think of a Christian counterpart to their own ideology wherein the power of the state is used to impose its ideology on the masses. This is government tyranny and is characteristic of both Islamic and Marxist regimes. It is also the ideology of the new Democratic Socialists.

 It is not, however, characteristic of the Christianity of America's Founders. The Founders had rejected a Constantinian form of Christianity in which the government uses the power of the state to sanction, uphold and defend a particular church. This ungodly merger of church and state had begun with Constantine in the fourth century and was a clear departure from the teachings of Jesus and the New Testament.

The Founders were influenced by those elements of the Reformation that rejected Constantinian Christianity and insisted on a return to Jesus and to the central role of faith and freedom inherent in the Gospel Message. In their thinking, there was no place for governmental force in matters of conscience and faith.

But although the Founders refused to sanction a particular sect or denomination, they all agreed that only Christianity provided the spiritual and moral underpinnings for a free and happy society. This is obvious from their speeches, letters and other writings. 

Consider the following random quotes. 

“Look down in mercy we beseech thee on these our American states who have fled to Thee from the rod of the oppressor, desiring to be henceforth dependent only on Thee. All this we ask in the name and through the merits of Jesus Christ Thy Son and our Savior. Amen. – From the opening prayer at the First Continental Congress

“You do well to wish to learn our arts and our ways of life and above all, the religion of Jesus Christ.” – George Washington to a group Delaware Chiefs

“That with true contrition of heart we may confess our sins, resolve to forsake them, and implore the Divine forgiveness through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ our Savior.” – John Hancock in a Prayer Proclamation issued while serving as governor of Massachusetts

 “Of all the systems of morality that have come under my observations, none appear to me so pure as that of Jesus.” – Thomas Jefferson

“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious [Christian] people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” – John Adams

“Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is the duty, as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers.” – John Jay, America’s first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

“The right to freedom being the gift of God Almighty, the rights of the Colonists as Christians may be best understood by reading and carefully studying the institutions of the Great Lawgiver and the Head of the Christian Church, which are to be found clearly written and promulgated in the New Testament.” – Samuel Adams

“It was wonderful to see the change soon made in the manners of our inhabitants. From being thoughtless or indifferent about religion, it seemed as if all the world were growing religious so that one could not walk through the town in an evening without hearing psalms sung in different families of every street.” – Benjamin Franklin describing the impact of the 1739 Awakening on his hometown of Philadelphia

 “If you ask an American who is his master, he will tell you he has none, nor any governor but Jesus Christ.” –  A letter from a British-appointed governor in America to his superiors back in England and recorded in the British Parliamentary Records on April 22, 1774

“The highest glory of the American Revolution is this; it connected, in one indissoluble bond, the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity.”
– John Quincy Adams

“These, and many other matters which might be noticed, add a volume of unofficial declarations to the mass of organic utterances that this is a Christian nation.”
– U.S. Supreme Court, 1892

America was founded as a Christian nation, not by government legislation or judicial decree, but through the influence of the Great Awakening wherein entire communities were transformed as the masses were awakened to faith in Jesus Christ. All segments of society were impacted.

This meant that the Christianity of the founding generation was not an outward, formal, or legal Christianity. Theirs was a Christianity of the heart, centered on faith in Jesus and what He had accomplished for the human race. Such Christianity cannot be legally imposed; it must be experienced by faith. 

The late Catholic scholar, Dr. Michael Novak, understood this and stated that when political and cultural decay have gripped American society, “only periodic awakenings have been known to offer a cure.” He went on to say,

Far from having a hostility toward religion, the Founders counted on religion [Christianity] for the underlying philosophy of the republic, its supporting ethic, and its reliable source of rejuvenation (Hyatt, America's Reawakening, 215).

This means that if America is to maintain its unique rights and  freedoms from one generation to the next, she must see periodic Awakenings that reignite the fires of a living faith in the hearts of her citizens. When this happens, Christians become salt and light impacting every segment of society and preserving our Christian heritage and freedoms for the next generation.

To summarize, we must reject the secularist values and vision of the Democrat Party, which seems to have been taken over by leftwing extremists. We must also fervently pray for another National Awakening to sweep across America!!

This article is derived from books by Dr. Eddie Hyatt, particularly America's Revival Heritage (Second Edition) and America's Reawakening. His books and those by his wife, Dr. Susan Hyatt, are available from Amazon and their website at http://eddiehyatt.com.

REMEMBERING 50 YEARS OF GOD'S FAITHFULNESS, PART 9

FOUR HARD LESSONS THE PILGRIMS LEARNED ABOUT THE DESTRUCTIVE NATURE OF SOCIALISM

  

Winston Churchill said, “Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” With the rising popularity of socialist/communist ideology, Americans would do well to learn from history and not have to learn the hard way, by experience, the destructive fruit of socialism.

Wherever socialism has been tried, it has miserably failed, including right here on American soil. The Pilgrims, who established the first English settlement in New England in 1620, at first attempted a socialist/communist style of living in which everyone was equal. They disbanded it, however, when starvation overtook them and it became obvious that their community could not survive with such a system.

I have delineated below four hard lessons the Pilgrims learned from their experience with socialism.

They Learned the Hard Way that Socialism Doesn’t Work

In the New World, members of the Pilgrim community owned no private property. They worked and farmed land owned by the community. Everything earned from farming, fishing and hunting went into a common fund from which each family received an allotment for their sustenance. They were all equal.

They were a socialist commune, and any excess funds were used to pay off the debt they had incurred for the rental of the Mayflower and supplies for the journey.

William Bradford, who served as governor of Plymouth for many years, told of the challenges of this socialist system and how it almost destroyed their community Drawn from Bradford’s own account, here are four important lessons that the contemporary Democratic Socialists would do well to learn.

Lesson #1

Socialism Destroys Initiative

Under this socialist system, everyone received the same compensation for their work. This meant that no matter how hard or how little they worked, all received the same income. With no reward tied to their labor, initiative was destroyed, and everyone put forth their least effort. This socialist system destroyed initiative, innovation, and entrepreneurship, and almost destroyed the Pilgrim community.

Lesson #2

Socialism Fosters Irresponsibility

Young men, Bradford said, resented getting paid the same as older men when they did so much more of the work. As a result, they tended to slouch and be slack since they knew they would receive the same no matter how hard they worked.

For the same reason, the women often refused go to the fields to work, complaining of sickness and headaches. With no individual reward tied to their labor, everyone gave their least effort. Irresponsibility became obvious throughout the community.

Lesson #3

Socialism Extinguishes Hope and Generates Strife

With everyone locked into a closed economic system, there was nothing individuals or families could do to improve their personal lot. Feeling caught in a trap, bickering and strife began to emerge.

The older men, Bradford said, felt they deserved more honor and recompense because of their age and resented getting paid the same as the youngsters in their midst. The young men, on the other hand, resented getting paid the same as the older men when they often did more of the work.

This sense of hopelessness and the ensuing strife drained energy and discouraged innovative thinking,  which led to very serious complications and lack throughout the community.

Lesson #4

Socialism is Incompatible with Human Nature

Bradford believed that socialism did not work because it runs counter to human nature as created by God. In Scripture, God rewards individuals for their labor and good works. Capitalism works because it is compatible with the reality of human nature and the world in which we live.

I will never forget visiting Eastern Europe shortly after the fall of the Soviet Empire. I was struck by the grey, drab environment. Even the buildings seemed so plain, flat and lackluster. Communism/socialism had obviously extinguished the fires of creativity and innovation.

They Experience the Blessing of Free Enterprise

When it became obvious their community could not survive, Bradford and the leaders of the colony decided to dispense with their communistic system, and in its place they implemented a free entrepreneurial system that included private ownership of property. They divided the land giving each family their own plot to work and farm (Hyatt, 1726: The Year that Defined America, 23-26).

Bradford said there was an immediate change. Everyone now began giving it their best because they now knew they would personally benefit according to their own labors. Even the women were now seen going into the fields to work, taking the children with them, because they knew they and their family would personally benefit.

Each family now grew more food than they needed, and they began to trade with one another for furnishings, clothes and other goods. They also had enough excess to trade with the Natives for furs and other items. And they were able to quickly pay their creditors.

In short, the colony began to prosper when they got rid of their socialist form of government and implemented a free, entrepreneurial system. Of their experience with socialism, Bradford wrote,

This community [socialism] was found to breed much confusion and discontent and retard much employment that would have been to their benefit and comfort (Hyatt, 1726: The Year that Defined America, 23-26).  

The Lessons are Clear

The lessons from history about socialism/communism are clear. If we desire the best for the greatest number of people, then we must reject this current naïve fascination with socialism and contend for the free entrepreneurial system that has given America the most powerful economy in the history of the world.

This article was derived from Dr. Eddie Hyatt’s books, 1726: The Year that Defined America and The Pilgrims, both available from Amazon and his website at www.eddiehyatt.com. His latest book, just released, is entitled America’s Reawakening.

AMERICA'S ABOLITIONIST FOUNDING FATHER

 

One of America’s Founding Fathers, Benjamin Rush, was a passionate and vocal abolitionist. At at time when slavery was accepted and practiced in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and much of the world, Rush turned many of his generation against the horrible practice. 

Rush was a Philadelphia physician, a delegate to the Continental Congress and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He helped form the first Abolition society in America in his hometown of Philadelphia. He called slavery a “hydra sin” and called on the pastors and minsters of America to take a public stand against it. He wrote,

But chiefly—ye ministers of the gospel, whose dominion over the principles and actions of men is so universally acknowledged and felt, - Ye who estimate the worth of your fellow creatures by their immortality, and therefore must look upon all mankind as equal; - let your zeal keep pace with your opportunities to put a stop to slavery. While you enforce the duties of “tithe and cumin,” neglect not the weightier laws of justice and humanity. Slavery is a Hydra sin and includes in it every violation of the precepts of the Laws and the Gospels (Hyatt, Abolitionist Founding Fathers, 37-38).

Rush served as the surgeon general in the Revolutionary Army and influenced General George Washington to receive free Blacks into the American army. As a result, one in every eight soldiers were of African descent. Blacks and Whites fought together for freedom from Great Britain.

Rush was very influential in turning many of his generation against slavery. It was through his influence that his fellow Philadelphian, Benjamin Franklin, freed his two slaves and became a member of the Abolition society in that city. He also played a primary role in turning Washington and others against slavery, which is why the esteemed Black scholar, Dr. Thomas Sowell, would write,

Among those who turned against slavery in the 18th century were George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, and other American leaders. You could research all of 18th century Africa or Asia or the Middle East without finding any comparable rejection of slavery there (Hyatt, Abolitionist Founding Fathers, 9).

Rush became friends with the former slave and Methodist evangelist, Richard Allen, who settled in Philadelphia after a time of successful evangelistic ministry to both Black and White audiences. In fact, his ministry was so successful in bridging racial and cultural divides that Paul Strand, former Washington D.C. correspondent for CBN, called Allen “America’s Black Founding Father.”

Being a Methodist preacher, Allen became a member of the Methodist Church in Philadelphia. However, as the Great Awakening, which had ignited the interracial currents in Colonial America, waned, the elders of the Methodist Church in Philadelphia decided to segregate their seating based on race. At this point, Allen and other Blacks walked out.

Rush, a Presbyterian, came to their aid with both moral and financial support. He assisted them in obtaining property and erecting their own building in which to worship. They established Bethel Methodist Church out of which came the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) denomination. Allen later wrote,

We had waited on Dr. Rush and Mr. Robert Ralston, and told them of our distressing situation. We considered it a blessing that the Lord had put it into our hearts to wait upon those gentlemen. They pitied our situation, and subscribed largely towards the church, and were very friendly towards us and advised us how to go on . . . Dr. Rush did much for us in public by his influence. I hope the name of Dr. Benjamin Rush and Mr. Robert Ralston will never be forgotten among us. They were the two first gentlemen who espoused the cause of the oppressed and aided us in building the house of the Lord for the poor Africans to worship in. Here was the beginning and rise of the first African church in America (Hyatt, America’s Reawakening, 116).

Think about it! One of America’s Founding Fathers helped launch one of the largest and most respected Black denominations in America. Dr. Benjamin Rush was America’s Abolitionist Founding Father!

This article was derived from Dr. Eddie Hyatt’s books America’s Reawakening and Abolitionist Founding Fathers, available from Amazon and his website at www.eddiehyatt.com.