2. United States Supreme Court

3. American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

4. Court Cases:

5. Everson vs Board of Education, 1947

6. Engel vs Vitale, 1962

7. Abington School District v Schempp, 1965

8. Eperson v. Arkansas, 1968

10. Our Defenders for Religious Freedom

11. Alliance Defense Fund

12. Liberty Counsel

14. THE RIGHT to Identify Your Religious Beliefs Through Signs and Symbols

15. THE RIGHT to Talk About Your Religious Beliefs On Campus.

16. THE RIGHT to Distribute Religious Literature On Campus

17. THE RIGHT to Carry Or Study Your Bible on Campus.

18. THE RIGHT to Do Research Papers, Speeches and Creative Projects With Religious Themes.

19. THE RIGHT to Pray On Campus.

20. THE RIGHT to Be Exempt.

21. THE RIGHT to Celebrate Or Study Religious Holidays On Campus.

23. 3 Choices

24. To the left: Isolation

25. Continue straight: Indifference

26. To the right: Involvement

27. Here is our response

28. WE SHOULDN’T BE SURPRISED!------------------------------2 Tim. 3: 1—5

29. What should be our FOCUS?

30. The Great Commission--------------Matt. 28: 19—20

31. Ambassadors----------------I Cor. 5: 17—20

32. Salt and Light-----------------Matt. 5: 13—15

33. Our Confidence Is In God! He is SOVEREIGN and we can put our faith and trust in Him!

34. OVER GOVERNMENTS: 2 Chronicles 20: 6, Rom. 13: 2

35. OVER ALL HUMAN BEINGS: Acts 13: 48, Romans 9: 17—18

36. INCLUDING YOU AND ME: Prov. 16: 9, 19: 21, James 4: 13—15

37. GOD IS IN CONTROL: Deut. 8:18, Ps.4:8, 66:7, 103:19, 115: 3, Matt. 5:45, Phil. 1: 6

38. Never A Golden Age Of Christianity In America

39. Never Will Be Until We Get To Heaven.

40. Stop the Victim Mentality and whining

41. Use our God-given freedoms that we have.

42. Pray for revival----we’ve had 2 in our hisgtory

43. Our Commitment Is To Pray: For our governmental leaders!

44. Paul prayed for the king who eventually executed him. 1 Timothy 2: 1—2

45. Salvation of our leaders. Titus 3: 1—2

46. Dual Citizenship:

47. EARTH: We are charged to SUBMIT to our governmental leaders: Rom. 13: 1—14

48. WHY?

49. We are to bring God’s standards of justice and righteousness to a lost and dying world.

50. We have the same civic duties as all citizens.

51. serve on juries, obey the laws & pay taxes

52. to vote and support qualified candidates

53. Christian values contribute positively to society. HOW?

54. Promotes good citizenship

55. Stands against the evils of this world

56. Promotes and prolongs Christian principles from generation to generation.

57. Christian involvement in government has given us

58. Preserved religious freedoms

59. Abolition of slavery & regard for human life

60. A workable system of justice

61. Education for the common people

62. Our government was founded on this principle: “Government by the people, for the people and of the people.”

63. Isolation, indifference and apathy in politics, or in any other area of life, is rebellion against God! Col. 3: 17

64. HEAVEN: Our true citizenship is in heaven------Phil 3: 20-21, I Pet. 2:11-12, Jn. 15:18-19

65. Our allegiance is to the Lord.

66. We are in the world, but not of the world.

67. We live for eternal matters.

68. Our resources, priorities and efforts should be focused on advancing the Gospel of Christ. Matt. 6: 33

69. Our identity is heavenly where our Savior awaits for us.

70. We obey God rather than man. WHEN?

71. when there is a direct or specific command given by government that would force us

72. to disobey a direct command of Scripture Acts 4—5: Peter and John "We must obey God rather than men.”