Church and State

By Appolles Sweatte

In "Church and State" we look at the true foundation of a great society. indelible in the structure are dynamic principles and morals that shape the future, the course, and direction of a newly born nation. Church and State appreciates boundaries set that the State won't cross without due process and probable cause and at the same time religious freedom based on biblical values which guided the thinking of the founding fathers would be encouraged to continue. Church and States seeks to compare and contrast the thinking of the founding fathers with the development of gross indulgencies in immorality today, and to point out that the outcome is predictable. We believe that Church and State will answer some questions for many people as they look at the position of the founding fatherts on many important subjects.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Release date: Aug 10, 2016
• ISBN: 9781684196715

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Introduction

INTRODUCTION

The initial context of this history and foundation is the story of a people in search of peace and freedom consistent with their faith in the One True God. The spirit that drove them was efficacious and graceful in bringing them through difficult times, conditions, and circumstances well beyond the reach of their finite hands. What they had heard and witnessed was compelling. Their guiding light and words of wisdom, faith and comfort was the Holy Bible. Pilgrims put together the first contract on these shores for the glory of God. They had left the domain of Great Britain escaping the oppressive powers of the state church.

In this hemisphere, there was not to be a King ruling the nation but a government of the people, by the people, for the people a democracy where the majority rule. The King may be replaced with an overbearing overextending, out of control government who do end-runs around the people in order to avoid the will of the people. They know that things like same sex marriage is not likely to meet the approval of the majority, so they make sure it ends up with the supreme court. All that is needed is 5 conscienceless judges who tease the constitution and have it say whatever is in the wind and as a mocking bird they write whatever they want the constitution to say.

The source for guidance, wisdom, creativity, power to organize and direct in a positive way and bring people together was the Word of God . The constitution didn’t make wise men, but wise men wrote the constitution. Without the wisdom of God, we will perish. It’s ironic that Madelyn O’hara’s son became a minister of the gospel. God always win.

ST. JOHN’s EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH

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.Appolles Sweatte Pastor

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CHURCH and STATE

TRANSFORMATION & RECONSTRUCTION

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BE NOT CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD

BE TRANSFORMED by

RENEWING YOUR MIND

ESTABLISHED CHRISTIAN NATION

UNAMBIGUOUS DECLARATION

POSITIVELY INFLUENCED THOUGHT

. Not only did they set us up as a nation under God, but a nation founded upon the Judaic-Christian principles summarized in the words, "The laws of nature and the laws of nature’s God

CALLED TO BE SALT AND LIGHT

By Dr. Appolles Sweatte

St. John’s Lutheran Church

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. (By Abraham Lincoln 1864).

Here 151 years later, we the people are engaged in a destructive war that tears at the very fabric of the moral code that distinguishes and defines us as people of quality and good will. What penetrated our culture and set ideal standards of living and shaped the conscience of many thinkers was the Holy Scriptures. After biblical principles, doctrines and mandates were not allowed, bigotry, hatred, prejudice and racism drove the country into civil war along with other factors.

We are now engaged in a very different battle it is a battle for the hearts and minds of our generation especially our youth. Opposition comes from many directions but when it comes from our government, it takes on a different image and becomes a more vicious beast. When the president and the supreme court turn against God, you are in for something far more catastrophic than 9-11. Sanity will be threatened, quality of life diminished and life will be devalued where there is no god-consciousness.

Let Us Remember Why We Are Great.

IF IT’s NOT CHRISTIAN IT’s NOT AMERICAN

This nation was framed by the Christian Church. Its main source for instruction, wisdom, and knowledge concerning personality, character and conduct was the Holy Bible. Men participating in the constitutional convention were 93% men who declared their faith publicly.

Who were these men who were involved in establishing the framework for the constitution? What were their beliefs?