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I hope you’re as happy as I am to be an American. This is the greatest country on earth, and the history of America is stellar and blessed because of the Lord. Today I want to share with you some resources that are reliable and hopefully inspirational to you, regarding the birth of America.

President George W. Bush and the White House celebrate our Declaration. Here are a few links for your reading.

White House Page for Independence Day

David Barton the Founder of Wallbuilders is just about the best resource on American history from a Christian perspective.
Personally, listening to him has made me LOVE history, when I didn’t before.

On David’s show WallbuildersLive (which is linked above) you will find two shows where David is telling us the truth about America’s history and her birthday. If you’d like to be fascinated and encouraged, please listen by clicking the link.

The History of the Star Spangled Banner
David Barton has produced a 7 minute video on the flag that you can watch by clicking here. Or just watch it here:

And just as an aside, my husband Randall and I have seen the original flag. It is a HUGE flag, and torn and being restored. We saw it a few years ago when we were in DC.

Here is some fascinating American history from David Barton.

The Dream of Dr. Benjamin Rush & God’s Hand in Reconciling John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

Great Quotes on Jesus, Christianity & the Bible from some of America’s Founding Fathers

Thanks for reading!

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD & LISTEN TO PART I - RUNNING TIME ABOUT 30 MINUTES.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD & LISTEN TO PART II - RUNNING TIME ABOUT 20 MINUTES.

Yesterday I had the opportunity to interview controversial author, John Mc Ternan, about one of his books called As America Has Done to Israel, and also about his belief that God is judging America because of our immorality, and sin against Israel.

John draws parallels between natural disasters and the homosexual movement, abortion and our government promoting the division of Israel. He believes that America is under God’s judgment and that we have “crossed the red line”. We also talk about Islam and how that is persecuting America.

John was recently interviewed on my friend Jan Markell’s program Understanding the Times, as well, and has a relatively new blog that is gaining a much growing audience.

John has not been taken seriously by some radio hosts, and since I, and others have highlighted some of his work, he has been mocked on various homosexual blogs.

I would highly recommend you take the time to listen to the two podcasts and read his blog daily, then you make up your mind.

I must give a Hat Tip to my buddy Marsha West over at Email Brigade for bringing this article to my attention. Sign up for her email at her site.

Read the full article HERE

Here are a few excerpts…

It is all about equal rights, the gay “marriage” lobby keeps telling us. We just want the right to marry, like everyone else.

That is what they are telling us. But that is not what they mean. If same-sex “marriage” becomes the law of the land, we can expect massive persecution of the Church.

And…the middle of the commentary cites examples of the persecution already happening.

Promoters of same-sex “marriage” seem to go out of their way to target Christian businesses and churches. Their goal, it seems, is not the right to “marry,” but to punish anyone who disagrees with them.

Clearly, there is a spiritual battle going on here: Christians are under attack because they are a public witness to the fact that a holy God created us male and female, and we will always put obedience to Him and His laws above obedience to any earthly demand for loyalty.

The coming persecution of Christians is one more reason why we need to get involved with efforts to pass laws at the state and federal level defining marriage as a legal relationship between one man and one woman. We must protect, not only genuine marriage, but also many of the freedoms we now take for granted: freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of association, freedom to use private property the way we see fit—all are under threat.

And we must tell our friends and neighbors why gay “marriage” is not just about equality: It is about forcing religious believers to accept the validity of the homosexual lifestyle—or else.

Click here to listen to Chuck Colson read the commentary.

I’m not a fan of Mc Cain, but being forced to decided between him and Obama, the choice is clear. I’ll vote Independent Just kidding. I’m still undecided.

However, a number of my Evangelical friends aren’t.

Click here to read the breaking news from Charisma Magazine.