Tuesday, April 01, 2003
I don't like reading biographies.
I make this a statement because I did something radically different, over the last week or so. I read a biography!
I read JOHN ADAMS, by Pulitzer Prize winning author, David McCullough.
I have heard, online and elsewhere, that there is a big belief about America's Founding Fathers. The opinions have run rife with the notion that these men were not Christians, and that America was NOT founded on Christian principles.
I can only say, after reading this biography – which was based largely upon John Adams' diaries and correspondence – that John Adams was most assuredly a man who put his faith in the Living God. Not only did he say so, but his integrity and morality, and steadfastness of purpose, displayed excellent fruit from his relationship with Christ.
No, I don't like biographies. I still don't. But. Reading this one has been a blessing to my heart and made me feel renewed hope in my nation, since a man like John Adams had such a large role in forming it.
Is America a Christian country still? I leave that to my reader to decide. But I can say with certainty that Christianity had a lot to do with the foundation of our nation. And that means a great deal to me personally.
God bless America!
I make this a statement because I did something radically different, over the last week or so. I read a biography!
I read JOHN ADAMS, by Pulitzer Prize winning author, David McCullough.
I have heard, online and elsewhere, that there is a big belief about America's Founding Fathers. The opinions have run rife with the notion that these men were not Christians, and that America was NOT founded on Christian principles.
I can only say, after reading this biography – which was based largely upon John Adams' diaries and correspondence – that John Adams was most assuredly a man who put his faith in the Living God. Not only did he say so, but his integrity and morality, and steadfastness of purpose, displayed excellent fruit from his relationship with Christ.
No, I don't like biographies. I still don't. But. Reading this one has been a blessing to my heart and made me feel renewed hope in my nation, since a man like John Adams had such a large role in forming it.
Is America a Christian country still? I leave that to my reader to decide. But I can say with certainty that Christianity had a lot to do with the foundation of our nation. And that means a great deal to me personally.
God bless America!
