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America's Godly Heritage

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'AMERICA'S GODLY HERITAGE' is a 30-page booklet, the text of which is simply the lightly edited, transcribed soundtrack from David Barton's videotape presentation of the same name. Being fairly brief and inexpensive, this booklet would make a fine gift to give away to individuals (and interested groups) who seek to know a little bit about this aspect of America's history that has been swept under the rug of secular textbooks for close to half a century now. Although slight in size, 'AMERICA'S GODLY HERITAGE' packs a wallop, and will make the head (that still believes "separation of church and state" is some principal plank of American government) spin!

If you've spent any time browsing the Amazon website, you don't need me to tell you that there are MANY reviewers who exhibit much greater devotion to promoting and defending their chosen beliefs than to seeking the truth - whatever that truth may turn out to be. A reviewer here (I'll call him "Mr. Smith") denounces 'AMERICA'S GODLY HERITAGE' as a misrepresentation of fact. In this case, however, I do not doubt the sincerity of "Mr. Smith" - I think he genuinely believes what he expresses. But I also believe that he has been misguided and led astray.

Yes, there are many publications out there that attempt to paint an untraditional and often unflattering portrait of America's Founders. Considering the age we live in, it's not the least bit surprising that the market has been flooded with revisionist history books that tell, not just little fibs, but Tsunami Lies! In fact, this has become so prevalent in the last several decades that, as I understand it, the Olympic Committee is seriously considering making both, dog-sledding and Founding Father-spinning, officially sanctioned events in the next Olympiad!

I just don't think there are too many different ways a person can interpret this statement by JOHN ADAMS :

"The general principles on which the Fathers achieved independence were...the general principles of Christianity...I will avow that I then believed, and now believe, that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the existence and attributes of God."

I think BENJAMIN RUSH (a signer of The Declaration Of Independence) meant exactly what he wrote in his autobiography :

"My only hope of salvation is in the infinite transcendent love of God manifested to the world by the death of His Son upon the Cross. Nothing but His blood will wash away my sins. I rely exclusively upon it."

And when JOHN JAY, the original Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court - and one of the three men most responsible for the Constitution - declares :

"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."

I have a hard time thinking he meant that in some "rhetorical" way. I don't know, call me a moron if you will, but I think I'm fairly bright as morons go.

(When the Founding Fathers wrote that they were declaring their independence from England, I wonder if they meant that in a merely "rhetorical" way too, but King George III mistakenly took them seriously.)

Make no mistake about it : nearly all of the 55 Founding Fathers who worked on the U.S. Constitution were members of ORTHODOX Christian churches, and many of them were evangelical Christians.

As impressive as 'AMERICA'S GODLY HERITAGE' is, it can't be considered as anything more than the "Cliffs Notes" for Barton's REAL masterpiece : 'ORIGINAL INTENT: The Courts, The Constitution, & Religion.' 'ORIGINAL INTENT' is an exhaustive tome of stellar and scholarly research that covers the same ground, but buries six feet deep the efforts of secular revisionists.

And while 'ORIGINAL INTENT' is the direction I would ultimately point you in, 'AMERICA'S GODLY HERITAGE' might be the best place for those people unprepared for the startling truth to begin an inquiry. Certainly it would be better to let this little booklet prep your mind and whet YOUR INTEREST, than to dive right into 'ORIGINAL INTENT' and perhaps short-circuit your mind and wet YOURSELF!

This very short book is just full on great facts regarding America's beginning. Separation of Church and State is addressed, as well as our founding father's beliefs. A very good book for a beginner's guide into true American history. Very good for those who went to public school like me and got the twisted, misleading version of American history.

David Barton, in the tradition of John W. Whitehead (The Second American Revolution) and Francis A. Schaeffer (The Christian Manifesto) revisits the role of Christian culture in American history. Relying for the most part on original source documents Barton convincingly demonstrates that most of our founding fathers were Christians and used the principles of the Bible in founding this nation. I showed this to my Sunday school class and they loved it. Guy Willis

The book America's Godly Heritage by David Barton is a great book to read and gives a quick over view of our early Christian heritage. The book covers the role of Christian principles in our government, education, and in the public affairs of our nation. Our founding fathers in today's history are often represented as rich, slave owning deists which is clearly not the truth. These men were very strong Christians and believed that our nation should be governed by Christian principles. Founding fathers such as George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, John Quincy Adams, and many others are clearly represented in book.

The first clue that Mr. Barton is telling the truth is the torrent of scathing reviews from the Secularists. I have personally reviewed the facts presented in Barton's books, and have found them to be not just factually accurate, but intellectually honest.

The first thing to remember about secular historicism, is that the facts don't matter, just the political agenda.

We Americans write our own history. And the chapters of which we're proudest are the ones where we had the courage to change. - Al Gore, Speech at the Democratic National Convention (28 August 1996)

Gives a great background on the Christian principles of the founding of our country. Everyone should read.

This book is very short and concise yet powerfully written. Every American, especially students. It tells what is left out of the now politically correct American history books. If I could afford it, I would make sure every student in America had a copy of this book.

A great expose on the role of prayer in our nation's history and the evolution created by the Supreme Court away from our Godly heritage. Well written and well documented.

If this country has any hope people need to understand what our Founding Fathers intended for our country. Read this book and learn the true history of the USA!

This book should be required reading for all junior high students! Nearly all of the problems our country is facing can be traced back to two issues, 1. People are turning away from God and 2. Our citizens don't know anything about the history of their own country. I'm 24, and I remember being taught in a "red state" that the Founding Father's weren't that great, they were just a bunch of hypocrites that had slaves, oh and that they weren't religious either. In fact, they supposedly went out of their way to "protect" that government FROM religion! Fortunately for me my love of history and reading led me to discover in high school that maybe my previous teachers weren't giving me all the facts. This is a short little book that has lots of endnotes (yay!), is very well researched and tells the other side of the story. I recommend it for anyone who was subjected to revisionist history, parents of children of any age, anyone who is concerned about the direction our country is going in, or anyone who is already well informed but likes to debate- having this handheld booklet of facts, well documented would make it easier to prove your point.