Almost 30 years ago, Ronald Reagan proclaimed 1983 the “Year of the Bible,” a designation initiated and authorized by Congress ~
 

Of the many influences that have shaped the United States of America into a distinctive Nation and people, none may be said to be more fundamental and enduring than the Bible.
 
Deep religious beliefs stemming from the Old and New Testaments of the Bible inspired many of the early settlers of our country, providing them with the strength, character, convictions, and faith necessary to withstand great hardship and danger in this new and rugged land. These shared beliefs helped forge a sense of common purpose among the widely dispersed colonies — a sense of community which laid the foundation for the spirit of nationhood that was to develop in later decades.
 
The Bible and its teachings helped form the basis for the Founding Fathers’ abiding belief in the inalienable rights of the individual, rights which they found implicit in the Bible’s teachings of the inherent worth and dignity of each individual. This same sense of man patterned the convictions of those who framed the English system of law inherited by our own Nation, as well as the ideals set forth in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
 
For centuries the Bible’s emphasis on compassion and love for our neighbor has inspired institutional and governmental expressions of benevolent outreach such as private charity, the establishment of schools and hospitals, and the abolition of slavery.
 
Many of our greatest national leaders — among them Presidents Washington, Jackson, Lincoln, and Wilson — have recognized the influence of the Bible on our country’s development. The plainspoken Andrew Jackson referred to the Bible as no less than “the rock on which our Republic rests.” Today our beloved America and, indeed, the world, is facing a decade of enormous challenge. As a people we may well be tested as we have seldom, if ever, been tested before. We will need resources of spirit even more than resources of technology, education, and armaments. There could be no more fitting moment than now to reflect with gratitude, humility, and urgency upon the wisdom revealed to us in the writing that Abraham Lincoln called “the best gift God has ever given to man . . . But for it we could not know right from wrong.”
 
The Congress of the United States, in recognition of the unique contribution of the Bible in shaping the history and character of this Nation, and so many of its citizens, has by Senate Joint Resolution 165 authorized and requested the President to designate the year 1983 as the “Year of the Bible.”
 
Now, Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the United States of America, in recognition of the contributions and influence of the Bible on our Republic and our people, do hereby proclaim 1983 the Year of the Bible in the United States. I encourage all citizens, each in his or her own way, to reexamine and rediscover its priceless and timeless message.

 
Reagan’s words are as true today as they were then, but just imagine the outrage from the Left if such a proclamation were attempted in 2012 (“Year of the Koran” would be more probable!). How has America managed to fall so far so fast?
 
Could it be because, thanks to the secular revisionist historians, anyone under 30 is ignorant of the Truth? And half of the rest of us who knew better have forgotten what “better” is?
 
Our founding fathers knew the Truth. In fact they couldn’t have bequeathed us our Constitutional Republic if they hadn’t been building on a biblical foundation. There isn’t another philosophy, religious or otherwise, in all of history, that claims “that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights.” As Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas said in 1952:

We are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being…
…(W)e find no constitutional requirement which makes it necessary for government to throw its weight against efforts to widen the effective scope of religious influence.

 
Several other pertinent quotes from the founders, other political figures, and from relevant documents, are listed in a recent post at The Constitution Club; Was America Ever a Christian Nation? The video below answers that question with a resounding “YES!”
 

 
Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Va) was presenting the “Spiritual Heritage Resolution” before Congress on May 4th, 2009. Very sadly, for future of this country, the resolution died in committee.
 
If we can no longer see much evidence of God’s hand in America’s affairs today, let us remember it was “we the people” who abandoned Him first…