The Faith of our Fathers

by Travis Quertermous

From The Reminder, February 19, 2012

Tomorrow we celebrate Presidents Day in honor of the birthdays of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Historians widely consider Washington and Lincoln to be our two greatest presidents ever. Washington is often called the father of our nation and Lincoln its savior following the Civil War. Both men considered themselves Christians and believed devoutly that the Bible was God’s word.

Washington once said, “It is impossible to govern the world without God and the Bible.” Of the Bible, Lincoln said, “In regard to this Great Book, I have but to say, it is the best gift God has given to man.” Today, too many of our elected officials and judges try to divorce our government and society from any vestiges of Christianity. The United States was founded upon Christian principles. True, a few of our founding fathers, like Thomas Paine, were unbelievers, but they were vastly in the minority. Even Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, who were not as religiously inclined as the others, nonetheless viewed themselves as Christians.

In my judgment, our decline as a nation is because we have largely abandoned the Biblical truths that made us great. May God help us all to return to the faith of our fathers.