HOW "IN GOD WE TRUST" BECAME AMERICA'S NATIONAL MOTTO

America’s national motto, “In God We Trust,” printed on all currency and coins, expresses the bold and vocal faith of America’s founding generation and affirms that they knew nothing of a so-called “separation of church and state.”

The idea for such a national motto was initiated in 1861 when Secretary of the Treasury, Salmon P. Chase, sent the following instructions to James Pollack, director of the mint at Philadelphia.

Dear Sir: No nation can be strong except in the strength of God, or safe except in His defense. The trust of our people in God should be declared on our national coins. You will cause a device to be prepared without unnecessary delay with a motto expressing in the fewest and tersest words possible this national recognition (Hyatt, 5 Pillars of the American Republic, 12).

Early America was Entirely Christian

Notice that Chase says such a motto is appropriate because of “the trust of our people in God” A few years before this, John Marshall (1755-1835), the second Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court had written,

The American population is entirely Christian, and with us Christianity and religion are identified. It would be strange, indeed, if with such a people, our institutions did not presuppose Christianity, and did not refer to it, and exhibit relations with it (Hyatt. 1726:The Year that Defined America, 169).

Some years earlier, America’s Founders opened the Declaration of Independence by acknowledging the Creator and recognizing that all human rights come from Him. This was the basis on which John Dickinson, Founding Father and chairman of the committee that drafted the Articles of Confederation, declared in 1776,

Our liberties do not come from charters for these are only the declarations of preexisting rights. They do not depend on parchment or seals; but come from the King of Kings and the Lord of all the earth (Hyatt, 5 Pillars of theAmerican Republic, 10).

Indeed, there was a consensus among the Founders that America had come forth by the Providential hand of God. Reflecting on the completed work of the Constitutional Convention, James Madison, the chief architect of the Constitution, saw God’s handiwork in it all, and wrote,

It is impossible for the man of pious reflection not to perceive in it a finger of that Almighty hand which has been so frequently and signally extended to our relief in critical stages of the Revolution (Hyatt, 5 Pillars of theAmerican Republic, 10).

When George Washington placed his hand on the Bible to take the first presidential oath of office it was an expression of his faith in the God of the Bible. When he gave his first Inaugural Address shortly thereafter, he warned the new nation,

The propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the external rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained (Hyatt, Pilgrims and Patriots, 2nd Edition (174).

Atheism Rejected

Indeed, in early America, faith in God was considered necessary for good citizenship and atheism was outright rejected. James Madison said, “Before any man can be considered as a member of civil society, he must be considered as a subject of the Governor of the Universe.”

This rejection of atheism was borne out in 1831 when a judge in the court of Chester County in the state of New York, threw out the testimony of a witness when the witness admitted he did not believe in the existence of God. The judge said that by his admission, the witness had, “destroyed all the confidence of the court in what he was about to say.”

The judge went on to say that it was the first time he had met someone who did not acknowledge the existence of God. He said that he knew of no case in a Christian country where a witness had been permitted to testify without such belief in God (Hyatt, 5 Pillars of theAmerican Republic, 11).

In 1892 the U.S. Supreme Court acknowledged that America is a Christian nation in the case of Church of the Holy Trinity vs The United States. After examining thousands of historical documents, the nation’s highest Court declared,

The churches and church organizations which abound in every city, town, and hamlet; the multitude of charitable organizations existing everywhere under Christian auspices; the gigantic missionary associations, with general support, and aiming to establish Christian missions in every quarter of the globe. 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 (Hyatt, 1726: The Year thatDefined America, 170).

“In God We Trust” Becomes the Law of the Land

It is against this background of a deep national historical faith that in a Flag Day Speech on June 14, 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower talked about the need to reaffirm the religious faith in America’s heritage and said that doing so would “constantly strengthen those spiritual weapons which forever will be our country’s most powerful resource, in peace or in war.”

Then, on July 30, 1956, President Eisenhower signed into law two bills regarding the national motto. Public Law 84–140 required “In God We Trust” to appear on all U.S. currency and coins. Public Law 84–851 declared "In God We Trust" to be the official motto of the United States.

We Are Overdue for Another National Awakening

This all shows that the ACLU and similar organizations that are opposing the state of Louisiana posting the Ten Commandments in public schools and opposing Oklahoma public schools teaching the Bible as literature, are completely out of step with America’s true heritage.

They base their opposition on the novel idea of a “separation of church and state,” which is nowhere to be found in America’s founding documents. It is of recent origin and is based on a misleading interpretation of the First Amendment, wrenched out of its original context.  

From George Washington to Dwight D. Eisenhower America was considered a Christian nation, not because of Congressional legislation or a Supreme Court decree, but because the Christianity of the founding generation had been revived again and again by Spiritual Awakenings that impacted all sectors of American life.

We are overdue for another such Great Awakening to sweep across the land. Such an Awakening will cause the national motto to be more than a catchy phrase printed on our currency but will return us to the place where we can truly say as a nation, “In God We Trust!”

Dr. Eddie Hyatt is an author, historian, and revivalist. This article was derived from his books, 1726: The Year that Defined America, 5 Pillars of the American Republic, and Pilgrims and Patriots, 2nd Edition, all available from Amazon and his website at www.eddiehyatt.com.

DID A MESSIANIC PSALM PREDICT JESUS' RESPONSE TO THE OLYMPIC OPENING CEREMONY?

Like many of you I was very troubled and angry that in the Olympics opening ceremony in Paris, France, there was an allusion to the famous painting of The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci that included drag queens and sexual debauchery. The allusion is quite obvious despite denials by some involved.

That they knew exactly what they were doing was confirmed by the respected digital news organization, "The Wrap." Their headline for a story carried on Yahoo News reads, "Paris Olympics Producers Say 'The Last Supper' Inspired the Opening Ceremony Scene: Many Have Done it Before." 

The show was an intentional mockery of Christianity and of Christ Himself. It  brought swift condemnation from Catholic leaders in France and from Mike Johnson the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Donald Trump, and many other Christian leaders including, Franklin Graham who quoted Galatians 6:7, which reads, “Be not deceived, God is not mocked.”

I was very troubled until I was reminded of Psalm 2:1-5, which gives us a clue to how God may have responded to their antics. This is a Messianic Psalm concerning the coming Messiah and how He responds to the opposition that arises against Him. It reads,

Why do the nations rage, and the people plot a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves and the rulers take counsel against the LORD and against His Anointed [Messiah], saying, Let us break their bonds in pieces and cast away their cords from us. He who sits in the heavens shall laugh; the LORD shall hold them in derision.

The One who "sits" in the heavens is Jesus Christ, the promised Messiah who is destined to rule the earth. Throughout the New Testament we are told of His ascension into the heavenlies where He now "sits" at the right hand of God with all authority in heaven and earth (Matthew 28:18; Ephesians 1:20-23; Hebrews 1:3).

Those who "plot" against Him are all those who are opposed to His reign as the Chosen One of God, and this includes the creators of this opening ceremony at the Olympics. They consider Christian morality to be "bonds" and "cords" that hinder them from living the fleshly, narcissistic lifestyles they have chosen. They are determined to break those bonds in pieces.

The Psalm says that the response of the One seated in heaven is that He “laughs.” It is a laugh of derision and scorn. It is like, “These puny, little human beings. What will they try next?” He is neither intimidated nor bothered. From His exalted throne, their activities are so childish, futile and foolish that He shakes His head and LAUGHS.

So, don’t let this situation get under your skin. Remember the greatness and majesty of our Messiah-King who is seated at the right hand of God with all authority in heaven and in earth. Remember that He is destined to rule the nations, and of His kingdom there will be no end (Isaiah 9:6-7).

Because we know the tragic end of all those who blaspheme His name and oppose His reign, it may be that they are to be pitied more than anything, for the Psalmist goes on to describe what happens after He laughs.

The LORD shall hold them in derision. Then He shall speak to them in His wrath, and distress them in His deep displeasure.

So, more than ever, let us continue to proclaim the Good News of Jesus our King, offering forgiveness and new life for all who will embrace Him as their Savior and Messiah. 

Dr. Eddie Hyatt is an author, revivalist, and ordained minister. This article is derived in part from his book, Discovering the Real Jesus, available from Amazon and his website at www.eddiehyatt.com.

THE KEY TO LIVING FREE

"You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."

Jesus 

"Truth" is an indispensable weapon we mut continually utilize in the spiritual battle in which we are engaged. The enemy seeks to steal, kill and destroy with his lies, half-truths and deceptions. It is the truth that dispels those lies and frees us to walk victoriously as more than conquerors in Christ Jesus (Romans 8:37). Consider the following examples.

Set Free by the Truth

 I was leading praise and worship when I saw Tom come through the door looking very despondent and oppressed. This was very unusual because he was one of the most enthusiastic members of our fledgling congregation and normally arrived at church 30-45 minutes early.

Tonight, however, he had arrived late and now stood with his head down and his arms folded across his chest. This was so unlike him and I thought to myself, "I wonder what has happened to Tom today?"

Shortly thereafter, he interrupted the proceedings and asked, "Would you all pray for me? I am all bound up!" Normally I would have invited him to come forward and we would have prayed for him. However, I suddenly saw that if we prayed for him to be free, we would be acknowledging the lie a demon had planted in his mind that he was all bound up.

It all happened so quickly that I was surprised at how I responded. The words of Jesus in John 8:38 flashed into my mind and I emphatically replied, "No! We are not going to pray for you.” I then said, “Jesus said that whom the Son sets free is free indeed. You take your liberty!"

Tom thrust his hands into the air and began praising God and a spiritual explosion occurred. Suddenly the entire congregation exploded with clapping and shouts of praise to God. This went on for at least the next 10 minutes. It was awesome! Tom shouted praises along with the others. His very countenance changed. He was free!

What set Tom free? A prayer? A certain healing technique? No, it was the truth of God’s Word. When Tom heard the declaration of freedom and responded to it, we all experienced a level of freedom we had not known.

The Truth Set Roger Free from a Tormenting Past.

We must remember that Satan and demons have no real authority against the Church and individual believers. Satan can control people only to the extent that he can deceive them with lies and deceptions. This is why Jesus said in John 8:31-32, If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.

During this same pastorate, I dropped by the home of Roger, knowing that he was in a state of despair. Roger had grown up in an atmosphere filled with drugs, violence and immorality. He never knew the identity of his father. As an adult, he had had a very powerful encounter with the Lord and committed his life to Jesus. His past, however, continued to haunt him, bringing doubts about his standing with God and his own ability to walk in freedom and liberty.

The problem seemed to be exasperated by teaching he heard concerning generational curses, i.e., that family curses are passed down from one generation to the next. People attempted to help him by ministering deliverance, the healing of memories and by breaking generational curses. Nothing, however, produced lasting results, and he seemed to sink further into despair and defeat.

As we sat down in his living room, I felt impressed to read a passage from the book of Ezekiel. We both opened our Bibles and I read aloud Ezekiel 18:1-20 which is all about the fact that children will not bear the guilt of the sins of their fathers. We came to vs. 20 which says, The son shall not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.

I had never seen Roger express any emotion in church, but at this point he leaped from his chair and began dancing a "jig" around the room, shouting and praising God. From that moment he was free. I saw him 20 years later and he was still free. What set him free? The truth of God’s word! You shall know the truth, Jesus said, And the truth shall make you free (Jn. 8:32).

Maintaining Our Freedom.

It is one thing to obtain our freedom; quite another to maintain it. Jesus told of an unclean spirt going out of a person and later returning and finding the house in which he once dwelt to be “empty,” or as the NIV says, “unoccupied.”

The point is that if a person receives deliverance through someone else’s prayer, they will have to maintain that freedom by being filled with Holy Spirit and renewing their mind in God’s word. According to Jesus, the demon will return seeking to regain entrance and bring seven more spirits with him. (Matthew 12:43-45).

This passage was in my mind when a woman came to me asking that I cast the demons out of her. This was my first time to meet her, but I knew of her reputation as one who had been to numerous churches and pastors with the same request. Many had tried to help her, but to no avail.

I decided not to go down that same path and encouraged her to sit in our meetings and have her faith built by God’s word before I prayed for her. "We can get the devil off of you and out of you," I said. "No problem!" I then explained that if she did not know how to walk in her authority in Christ, she would be back in the same condition and running here and there looking for someone to set her free.

She rejected my advice and walked away saying, "You don't understand! You don't understand." Many people, like her, are looking for some apostle, prophet or evangelist to pray a prayer that will solve all their problems. The real key is to know the truth and walk in it.

We Need a "Back to the Bible" Revival

In His great high priestly prayer recorded in John 17, Jesus prayed for His followers that God would, Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth (John 17:17). God's word is the great fountain and source of truth. No wonder that the great church historian, Philip Schaff, said, “Every new progress in church history is conditioned by a new and deeper study of the Scriptures.” 

Martin Luther learned the power of the truth of God’s word in his work of reforming the church. Many wondered how he, a lowly monk and professor of theology, could have such an impact on the church and the world, causing popes and emperors to tremble. In a sermon, preached in 1522, Luther explained, saying,

I simply taught, preached, wrote Gods Word; otherwise, I did nothing. The Word so weakened the papacy that never a prince or emperor did such damage to it. I did nothing. The Word did it all.

The great Methodist Revival that transformed Great Britain and early America, began with John and Charles Wesley, George Whitefield and others at Oxford University studying the Greek New Testament each evening from 6 – 9 pm. John Wesley expressed his passion for God’s word when he wrote,

Oh, give me that book! At any price give me the book of God. I have it; here is knowledge enough for me. Let me be, “A man of one book.”

The Azusa Street Revival is known for the gifts of the Holy Spirit that were manifested such as tongues, healings, and miracles. We must not, however, overlook the fact that it was also a "Back to the Bible" revival, and this was a key to the revival's power and success.  For example, in the September 1907 issue of the Apostolic Faith, the leaders at Azusa wrote,

We are measuring everything by the Word, every experience must measure up with the Bible. Some say that is going too far, but if we have lived too close to the Word, we will settle that with the Lord when we meet Him in the air.

If we would be a free people, we must  be a people of the Book. We must keep before us the words of Jesus in John 8:31-32, If you continue in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.

Dr. Eddie Hyatt is the author of numerous books including 1726: The Year that Defined America, which documents how America was birthed out of a Great Spiritual Awakening, and Angels of Light, which shows how to recognize and discern the workings of demons whom Paul says transform themselves into angels of light. These and other books he has authored are available from Amazon and his website at www.eddiehyatt.com.

SAVE AMERICA AND THE STORY BEHIND THE BOOKS

   

In December of 2023 I asked the Lord, "Is there anything new for 2024?" I immediately heard in my heart, "Save America." I took it very personal but also as a general call going out to every one who loves America that it is time to take a stand. I also knew it was a continuation of the call I received in 2010 to write God back into America's history. 

The 2010 call, which I delineate in this article, led to the writing and publication of the above five books on the topic. Since this recent call to "Save America," I have sensed a renewed incentive to get these books into the hands of as many people as possible, especially Christian and political leaders.

If America's future is to be saved, her lost Christian heritage must be recovered, for as George Orwell said in his classic, 1984, "Whoever controls the past, controls the future." I am not the only one addressing this topic, but I think my approach may be unique in that I have emphasized the role of the Great Awakening in both the founding of America and the ending of slavery.

I Thought God Was Through with America

Ever since my commitment to Christ over 50 years ago, I have been a student and proponent of Revival. I wrote the book, 2000 Years of Charismatic Christianity, which documents Holy Spirit revival throughout church history, and it is used in colleges and seminaries around the world. In doing this research I had studied the Great Awakenings in America and held out hope of seeing it happen again.

By 2010, however, I had given up hope of America ever seeing another great, national spiritual awakening. The revivals of the 1990s, it seemed, had become self-serving and powerless to stem the cultural and moral decline of the nation. Although I believed there could still be individual and local revivals, I had reluctantly succumbed to the popular eschatological idea that there would not be another great revival. I thought that America’s time in the sun was over and done.

Surprised by the Holy Spirit

That all changed, however, in the fall of 2010 when I experienced a seven-hour visitation of God that completely upended my thinking in this regard. It began on a sunny September day  when I began a two-hour drive from Tulsa, OK to Kingfisher, OK where I would be preaching the following day in a Sunday morning service.

Without any anticipation of such a thing happening, I suddenly felt enveloped in God’s presence. At the same time, the Holy Spirit began flooding mind and heart with thoughts of hope and faith that America “could” see another great, national spiritual awakening that would impact the culture, stem the tide of secularism, and alter the course of the nation.

As I drove along the highway, I was hardly aware of my surroundings. By the time I arrived at my hotel, my heart was so full I could hardly contain myself. I could hardly wait to open my notebook PC and began writing down the thoughts that continued to flood my mind. That experience lasted far into the night as I sat on the hotel bed and prayed, praised God and wrote.

The Fruit of That Experience

Two significant changes came out of that experience. Firstly, my hope for America was renewed and I knew that God was not finished with her. Secondly, I saw for the first time that the First Great Awakening had a direct bearing on the founding of this nation. I saw that America had had an overt Christian birth.

I knew this had to be put in writing but I also knew there was much research to be done. More than once I was  amazed at how I was providentially led to resources to confirm the vision I had seen, and to fill out the historical narrative documenting America’s spiritual birth. After two years of research and writing, I published America’s Revival Heritage in 2012 and it was very well received. 

When America’s Revival Heritage sold out, and I began an edit for republication, there was so much new material that it soon became obvious that a new book was emerging. As a result, I published Pilgrims and Patriots, which expanded the historical narrative of America’s spiritual birth and showed, in even more detail, the role of prayer and the Great Awakening in her founding. Then came a small 38-page volume entitled 5 Pillars of the American Republic.

In 2019 I began sensing a stirring in my spirit to take the research I had done and add a chapter on slavery, showing how the Great Awakening also had a direct bearing on the ending of slavery on this continent. I was again amazed at the historical resources that I discovered to complete this task and it soon  became clear that an entirely new book was in the making.

As I was writing, I read about the New York Times' 1619 Project supposedly to honor the 400 year anniversary of the first African slaves being brought to this land in 1619. The producers of this project claimed that America's true founding was 1619, not 1776, and that she was forever defined by slavery and racism. 

When I read this I said aloud, "No! No! America was not defined by 1619; America was defined by 1726." That was the year the Great Awakening began, which ignited a powerful anti-slavery movement at a time slavery was accepted and practiced in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and much of the world. I decided to entitle the book, 1726, with the subtitle, The Year that Defined America. Out of this research I then wrote and published a smaller book entitled America's Abolitionist Founding Fathers.

Why this is Important

Secularist and Marxist historians have re-written America's history leaving out the prominence of faith and prayer, and painting the founders as evil men who formed America to protect their wealth and maintain slavery. School children are being taught to despise and hate America. This is part of the bigger Marxist strategy for the takeover of a nation without firing a shot, for as Karl Marx said, "People without a heritage are easily persuaded." 

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who spent eight years in a Soviet labor camp and observed how the communists sought to remove the Russian people from their Christian past, wrote, "To destroy a people you much first sever their roots." And the Pulitzer Prize winning historian, Carl Sandburg, said, "When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found; they forgot where they came from."

These books are a stark reminder of where we came from as a nation.  These books will help us reclaim our Christian heritage and dispel the lies that are being propagated about America's origins. They will also stir our hearts to pray and believe for another Great Awakening to sweep across the land.

These books, and more, are available from Amazon and our website at www.eddiehyatt.com. I have also created an exciting PowerPoint presentation about America's birth out of a Great Spiritual Awakening. If you would like to schedule me to present this at your church, school or event, send an email to dreddiehyatt@gmail.com.

THE ROLE OF RELIGION AND MORALITY IN A FREE REPUBLIC

On Thursday evening, Donald Trump Trump closed a Republican National Convention, filled with prayers and expressions of faith in Jesus Christ, with a speech in which he said, "I am here by the grace of Almighty God." It was too much "God" for many Democrats and one liberal journalist derisively wrote, "Though the RNC meant to pitch a big tent, it ended up being a tent revival."  

This, of course, has reignited arguments about the role of religion, particularly Christianity, in American politics. Also, the attempted assassination of Trump has renewed arguments about the need to curtail rights guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution, such as freedom of speech and the right to bear arms. 

Those who want to limit these rights argue that unregulated hate speech can stir violent reactions, often with guns, and laws must be put in place to limit and regulate both. Opponents argue that this would be a violation of rights guaranteed in the Constitution and Bill of Rights. 

America's Founders Had the Answer

America’s founders had an answer to this problem, but from a completely different perspective. The restraints they advocated were religious and moral. They believed that only a religious and moral people would be capable of enjoying the freedoms they had enshrined in the Constitution and Bill of Rights. An irreligious and amoral people, they believed, would turn freedom into lawlessness and anarchy.

This is why George Washington, in his 1796 Farewell Address, urged the new nation to maintain "religion" and "morality," which he called "indispensable" supports for national prosperity. Interestingly, Washington did not see religion as something to be "tolerated," but as something "indispensable" for the life of the nation.

In this same Address, Washington called religion and morality “those great pillars of human happiness” and he warned against indulging the supposition that morality could be had apart from religion. “Both reason and experience,” he said, “forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle” (Hyatt, 1726: The Year that Defined America, 165).

By "religion" Washington meant Christianity, and like the other Founders, he believed that only Christianity provided the intellectual and moral underpinnings for a stable and prosperous society. John Adams made this clear in a 1798 speech in which he said, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for the government of any other.”

Thomas Jefferson completely agreed with Washington's Farewell Address and he made it required reading at the University of Virginia, which he had founded. Jefferson also said, "The philosophy of Jesus is the most sublime and benevolent code of morals ever offered to man. A more beautiful or precious morsel of ethics I have never seen."

Indeed, the Founders believed that the teachings of Jesus and the entire Bible would awaken the best in the human heart and be a constraining force on the baser elements of human nature. This is why Dr. Benjamin Rush, member of the Continental Congress and signer of the Declaration of Independence, declared,

The only foundation for a republic is to be laid in Religion. Without this there can be no liberty, and liberty is the object and life of all republican governments (Hyatt, 1726: The Year that Defined America, 163).

Understanding the First Amendment

The opening clause of the First Amendment says, “Congress shall make no law concerning the establishment of religion nor hindering the free exercise thereof.” This was not a rejection of religion, for the day after ratifying the First Amendment, those same Founders proclaimed a national day of prayer and thanksgiving.

The First Amendment merely blocked Congress from ever establishing a European-style, official state church. The First Amendment created in America a free and open marketplace for the exchange and propagation of religious ideas and teachings without government interference. 

The Founders believed such religious liberty, influencing every part of society, to be necessary for a stable and prosperous nation. And this was still the American way in 1831 when the French sociologist, Alexis de Tocqueville, visited America to study her institutions.

After spending six months travelling throughout the land, he concluded that Americans had so merged Christianity with civil liberty in their thinking that it was impossible to make them conceive of one without the other. He wrote, "From the beginning, politics and religion contracted an alliance which has never been dissolved." These facts led the late Dr. Michael Novak to declare, 

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, 1726: The Year that Defined America, 171).

The Choice for America is Clear

Fast forward to 2024 and for the past 70 years America has been in the process of eradicating the very things -- Religion and Morality -- her Founders said would preserve her. Crosses, Christian symbols, and Ten Commandments displays  have been systematically removed from public properties. Prayer and Bible reading have been banned from public schools. 

The consequences have been devastating with failing test scores, moral confusion, and horrendous school shootings. This is why it is so refreshing to read of Louisiana  requiring the posting of the Ten Commandments in the public classroom. Other states, including Texas, are promising to follow suit. 

This could signal a turn in the direction that will save America from the deadly, un-American idea that the answer for every problem is more government regulation. As James Madison is reported to have said,

We have staked the whole future of the American civilization, not upon the power of government, far from it. We have staked the future . . . upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves according to the Ten Commandments (Hyatt, Pilgrims and Patriots (Second Edition), 172).

After watching the RNC this week, I would say that the choice for America is quite clear. We will either choose leaders who believe we should be a free people, governed from within by Christian principles of morality and ethics, or we will choose leaders who want to control us from without with burdensome laws and tyrannical authority. As William Penn put it, "Those who will not be governed by God, must be ruled by tyrants."

Dr. Eddie L. Hyatt is the author of 1726: The Year that Defined America from which the above article has been derived. He is on a quest to "Save America"  by reconnecting this current generation with the nation's severed roots in Faith and Freedom. His books are available from Amazon and his website at www.eddiehyatt.com. 

THE MARXIST PLAN TO TAKE OVER AMERICA

And How We Can Stop It

A vital part of the Marxist strategy to take over a nation is to rewrite its history and thereby destroy its heritage. Karl Marx himself said, “People without a heritage are easily persuaded.” Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who spent eight years in a Soviet labor camp, observed how the Marxist Bolshevik’s separated the Russian people from their Christian past, and wrote, “To destroy a people you must first sever their roots.”

If America is to survive, we must reclaim our Christian heritage, which secularist and Marxist historians have destroyed by rewriting our history. Modern textbooks leave out the significant roles of faith and prayer in the founding of this nation. In their place, they emphasize the influence of the secularist Enlightenment out of Europe, and of slavery, and they demonize the founders as wicked and evil men.

As a result, a generation has arisen that knows little or nothing of America’s true founding out of the Great Awakening, which spiritually and morally transformed Colonial America and had a direct bearing on both founding of this country and the ending of slavery on this continent. We are now at the place Carl Sandburg, a Pulitzer Prize winning historian, spoke about when he said,

When a nation goes down or a society perishes, one condition may always be found; they forgot where they came from. They lost sight of what had brought them along.

Yes, the political fight is very important and every Christian should vote on November 5. However, another election will not save America. If America is to be saved, we must reclaim our Christian Heritage. And we must do it now, for as Ronald Reagan said, “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.”

In 2010 God supernaturally called me to play an important part in reclaiming America’s Christian Heritage. Since that time have written five books documenting how the Great Awakening, birthed in faith and prayer, had a direct bearing on both the founding of this nation and the ending of slavery on this continent. I have also just completed a 5-Lesson PowerPoint course based on these writings.

The challenge now is to get them into the hands of as many people possible between now and November 5. If you are not already partnering with us through Hyatt Int’l Ministries, I ask you to prayerfully consider partnering with us in prayer and a monthly financial gift until the end of this year.

This will enable us to get these materials into the hands of as many people as possible, including political and Christian leaders, between now and November 5. The America of Washington, Jefferson, Douglass, and King can be saved!

Eddie Hyatt

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AMERICA'S CHRISTIAN BIRTH: THE UNTOLD STORY

Below are five outstanding PowerPoint videos that document how America was birthed out of a Great Spiritual Awakening, which also unleashed anti-slavery outrage that turned America's Founders against slavery and brought about the end of slavery on the American Continent.

The Original American Vision - Lesson 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIu0EigwDMQ
We have been taught that the first immigrants to this land, such as the Pilgrims, were fleeing religious persecution. That is true, but that is only part of the story. There was also a proactive vision that was drawing them to America.

The Great Awakening - Lesson 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVF2c4xyauY
Beginning in 1726, a great, spiritual awakening engulfed the American colonies with entire towns repenting and turning to God. Benjamin Franklin wrote, "It seemed as if the whole world was growing religious so that one could not walk through the town in an evening without hearing Psalms being sung by families on every street."

Slavery and the Great Awakening - Lesson 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLfyTt-kbXw
The Great Awakening ignited a powerful anti-slavery movement that resulted in America's Founding Fathers turning against slavery at a time that it was accepted and practiced in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and most of the world.

A Nation is Born from the Awakening - Lesson 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0nX0QsU3po
The impact of the Great Awakening is obvious in America's founding because of the prominence of Bible reading and prayer in all the proceedings.

America's Founding Fathers - Lesson 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt0WXKXjXyc
This lesson is an overview of the Founding Fathers, their character and faith, and what it was that set them apart from the rest of society.

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