This week, let’s look at the role that prayer played in the founding of our nation and is still a part of our civil ceremonies, but I might add, forbidden in our public schools.
The Sermon That Laid the Groundwork for the American Revolution
“Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.” Just after the Declaration of Independence was adopted in 1776, a committee of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin worked to design a great seal for the United States – and it included that powerful phrase on the reverse. While we don’t know who originally wrote it, … Read more