Government and Education

1. Government, Education
& the Family
Session 3

2. What defines
a Nation and its Culture?

3. Political
C U L T U R E
Moral
Economic

4. Roman Empire
Encompassed nearly all of the Mediterranean
world. The land of Egypt, Syria, Palestine,
Turkey, Spain, France, Belgium, Portugal,
the British Isles, Netherlands, Germany and
the Balkan states

5. Three most important areas determined the subsequent growth
and expansion of this vast kingdom.
(1) Roman Law, strength of the Roman
Government, military supremacy;
(2) a well-structured/designed system of
roads leading into and out of the main
province
(3) a well-established educational system

6. Roman Empire Failure
1. Loss of identity - diversity of ethnic
composition
2. Empire’s great size prevented its
political management/oversight

7. Roman Empire Failure
3. Immorality and divorce
4 . Greed/fraud, political corruption,
extreme taxation of the people
5. Disease outbreaks, laziness, economic
decline

8. Roman Empire Failure
6. Frequent warfare resulting in the depletion of
military resources and weakened army
7. Increased persecution of Jews and Christians
8. Rise of the Papacy, the intermarriage of state
and religion

9. Roman Empire Failure
9. Rise of Islam through sword, war, and
conquering most of Europe until defeated
at Tours A.D. 732
10. The subsequent beginning of the Dark
Ages

10. Why we need a new generation of
change agents
What will America look like in 75
years if we do not reclaim our
spiritual roots?
1. America will cease to be good;
cease to be great
2. We will no longer be a world power
3. We’ll lose religious freedoms

11. What will America look like in 75 years if we do not
reclaim our spiritual roots?
4. Lower standard of living – economic
downturns will lead to a weakened dollar and
replacement currency. Will understand the
reality of “He who owns the gold rules.”
5. We become weaker militarily and subject to
aggression from stronger nations

12. Was our nation really founded as
a “Christian” nation?

13. SUPREME COURT - 1892 - CHURCH OF
THE HOLY TRINITY VS U.S.
"Our laws and our institutions must necessarily be
based upon and embody the teachings of the
Redeemer of mankind, and it's impossible that it
should be otherwise: and in this sense and to this
extent our civilization and our institutions are
emphatically Christian."

14. The court also quoted 87 different
historical precedents to back up its
decision, from the Founding Fathers,
Acts of the Founding Fathers, Acts of
Congress, etc, etc.

15. George Washington’s
farewell address
"Of all the habits and
dispositions which lead
to political prosperity,
religion and morality
are indispensable
supports. In vain would
that man claim the
tribute of patriotism,
who should labor to
subvert these great
pillars."

16. Benjamin Franklin
“I have lived, Sir, a long time,
and the longer I live, the more
convincing proofs I see of this
truth—that God governs in the
affairs of men. And if a sparrow
cannot fall to the ground without
his notice, is it probable that an
empire can rise without his aid?
We have been assured, Sir, in
the sacred writings, that ‘except
the Lord build the House, they
labor in vain that build it.”

17. Benjamin
Franklin
… I firmly believe this; and I also
believe that without his concurring
aid we shall succeed in this political
building no better than the Builders
of Babel…We shall be divided by our
little partial local interests; our
projects will be confounded, and we
ourselves shall become a reproach
and by word down to future ages…I
therefore beg leave to above—that
henceforth prayers imploring the
assistance of Heaven, and its blessings
on our deliberations, be held in this
Assembly every morning before we
proceed to business…”
Benjamin, Franklin,
Constitutional
Convention, June 28, 1787

18. Alexis De Tocqueville,
Democracy in America in 1835.
“The Americans combine the notions of
Christianity and liberty so intimately in their
minds that it is impossible to make them
conceive one without the other. The religious
atmosphere for the country was the first thing
that struck me upon my arrival in the U.S.

19. Alexis De Tocqueville,
Democracy in America in 1835
“In France, I had seen the spirits of
religion and freedom almost always
marching in opposite directions. In
America, I found them intimately
linked together and joined and
reigned over the same land. Religion
should therefore be considered as the
first of their political institutions.
From the start, politics and religion
have agreed and have not since
ceased to do so.”

20. 15,000 writings of
Founding Fathers
94% of quotes based on
Bible or direct quote
70% of signers were abolishionists

21. “Secularization” of church and
state is ultimate goal
U.S. Capitol held worship services 1809-1817 -
James Madison and Thomas Jefferson attended

22. We are a nation and a Church in
denial of our true origin and our
current condition.

23. What is America’s
Motto?

24. “In God We Trust”
Congress adopted new motto of the United States: “In God We
Trust by Congress passed in 1956 (H.J. Resolution 396) a
Seeds of the nation moving toward the adoption of this motto
began much earlier and was a result of the Christian influence
from the Civil War. In God We Trust first appeared on the 1864
two-cent coin. In 1865 gold and silver coins also had the inscription
added to them. Appears on ALL currency

25. Remember therefore from where you
have fallen; repent and do the first works,
or else I will come to you quickly and
remove your lampstand from its place —
unless you repent. Rev 2:5-6

26. China, a Christian Nation?
Researchers say the Chinese church is growing at an
amazing rate of 3 to 4 percent per year, or 110 million,
representing 8.5 percent of the population. That’s
about 1/3 of the total U.S. population of 310 million
people!
David Aikman, a former Beijing Bureau Chief for Time and China
observer said, “China is becoming a Christian nation. I expect
China to be 20 to 30 percent Christian in the next twenty years.”

27. Compromise always leads to deceit
Our government no longer considers the
moral factor of legislation -- only civil.
i.e.- gay marriage

28. God gives a nation a leader consistent with
the moral condition & faithfulness of its
population as a form of judgment on that
nation.
They soon forgot His works;
They did not wait for His counsel,
But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness,
And tested God in the desert.
And He gave them their request,
But sent leanness into their soul.
Ps 106:13-15

30. New England Primer
The New England Primer was first published
between 1688 and 1690 by English printer
Benjamin Harris, who had come to Boston in
1686 to escape the brief Catholic ascendancy
under James II.

31. Daniel Webster, in his July 4, 1800,
Oration at Hanover, New Jersey:
“To preserve the government we must also preserve
morals. Morality rests on religion; if you destroy the
foundation, the superstructure must fall. When the
public mind becomes vitiated and corrupt, laws are a
nullity and constitutions are waste paper.”

32. The Engel v Vitale Supreme
Court case of 1962 was the
landmark case that removed
prayer from the public schools.

33. The Moral Decline in Education
A comparison of the top disciplinary
problems of 1940 compared to 1990.
1940
• Talking out of turn
• Chewing gum
• Making noise
• Running in the halls
• Cutting in line
• Dress code infractions
• Littering
1990
• Drug abuse
• Alcohol abuse
• Pregnancy
• Suicide
• Rape
• Robbery
• Assault

34. How could God allow…?
Break down of the Family Mountain.

35. Violence in Schools
Have we removed God’s
shield of protection over our
schools for kicking God out
of our schools corporately?
Satan is a legalist. City of Ai.

36. Harvard
The motto of the University adopted in
1692 was “Veritas Christo et
Ecclesiae” which translated from
Latin means
“Truth for Christ and the Church.”

37. Columbia
University
1755
5th university
The motto of the University is “In lumine Tuo videbimus
lument”, which means “By Your Light - We Shall See
Light” (based on Psalm 36:9).

38. Harvard

39. 1 Corinthians 16:9
For a great and effective
door has opened to me,
and there are many
adversaries.

40. Cultural Giants of Our Day
and Biblical Worldview

41. Postmodernism
“It’s all about me.”
i.e. Financial Crisis.
“I want it now.” - consumer
“I’ll write risky business.” – banks and mortgage co’s

42. Next Generation

43. Today’s Cultural Covenant?
Covenant of Tolerance
“I won’t tell you what to do as long
as you don’t tell me what to do.”

44. Relativism
Tolerance – “You believe what you want as long
as it does not affect me.”
Emerging generation:
– “My truth is as good as your truth.”

45. Next Generation Relativism
Among people under the age of 25,
among whom more than four out of five
(82%) said they develop their own
combination of beliefs rather than adopt
a set proposed by a church.
Barna Research 2009

46. Belief in Absolute Truth
76% of Americans say there is no
absolute truth.
67% of born-again Christians say
there is no absolute truth.

48. If the foundations are destroyed,
What can the righteous do? Ps 11:3
Family

49. Family Breakdown
78%
48%
Married Couple HousehoIds
in U.S 2010:
Married Couple
HousehoIds
in U.S 1950
Last 10 years increase of single woman
HH w/out a husband jumped 20%!
Source: NBC News, May 27, 2011 broadcast

50. Media and the Gay Agenda

51. February 1988, Warrenton, VA
• 175 activists
• Marshall Kirk, a
Harvard-educated
researcher in
neuropsychiatry
• Hunter Madsen,
doctorate in politics
from Harvard, expert in
persuasion tactics and
social marketing

52. Problem/Opportunity
“Aids gives us a chance, however brief, to
establish ourselves as a victimized minority
legitimately deserving of America’s special
protection and care. It generates mass hysteria
of precisely the sort that has brought about
public stonings and leper colonies since the
Dark Ages and before…

53. Public Relations bible of
the Movement…how can we
maximize the
sympathy and
minimize the fear?
How, given the
horrid hand that
AIDS has dealt us,
can we best play it?
Source: After the Ball: How America
Will Conquer Its Fear and Hatred
of Gays in the ’90s. P163
by Marshal Kirk and Hunter
Madsen

54. Born Gay?
“We argue that, for all practical
purposes, gays should be
considered to have been born
gay, even though sexual
orientation, for most humans,
seems to be the product of a
complex interaction between
innate predispositions and
environmental factors during
childhood and early
adolescence.”

55. 1990 Survey
Gay Lifestyle
Acceptable?
17%
1999 Survey
Gay Lifestyle
Acceptable?
54%

56. Attitudes by age on gay
marriage June 2013

57. Less than 2%
dictating to
98%
Propagating
sexual perversion
in society
polygamy
Lying to
society
“Born gay”
Gov’t
without
morals
Church Failure
judgment w/out
accountability-
divorce
Love the
individual
The Gay Issue
civil vs moral
Iniquity of Amorites - Genesis 15

59. Will somebody
love me?

60. Gay Agenda: The goal is total control over the nation
Today, the Obama-Biden administration has
appointed more than 210 openly gay
professionals to full-time and advisory positions
in the executive branch; more than all known
LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender)
appointments of other presidential
administrations combined.
225 appts as of 1-30-2012

61. What will this look like?
• Hate crime to say homosexuality is sin by a
church
Loss of tax exemption
• Mandatory teaching of school children that gay
lifestyle option is normal & to be embraced
and. All gays are born that way
• Polygamy and pedophilia protected under civil
rights just as gay marriage

62. Article:
Is Gay Marriage a Moral or Civil Issue?
www.mlcommunity.com
Os Hillman blog

63. “Mainstreaming” homosexual lifestyles
“This year’s increase of gay (LGBT) characters on
television reflects a cultural change in the way gay and
lesbian people are seen in our society,” says GLAAD
President Herndon Graddick. “More and more Americans
have come to accept their gay family members, friends,
coworkers and peers, and as audiences tune into their
favorite programs, they expect to see the same diversity of
people they encounter in their daily lives.”
Oct 2012

64. Who’s giving airtime to the most gay characters?
5.2 % of their regular characters
identifying as LGBT(Disney owns ABC)
5.1%
2.8%
Oct 2012 report from The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD),
the number of regular lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender

65. Understanding the Real Issue
Covenant vs Contact
50% + divorce rate among
believers

66. Summary
• Our nation is removing its moral compass in
governing.
• “Tolerance” is the God of our culture today.
• God removes his veil of protection as we remove
Him from the foundations of a nation. He gives us
leaders reflecting our values being expressed.
• The Church must take responsibility.