“The will of God will not take us where the grace of God cannot sustain us.”

Billy Graham

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.

Billy Graham

When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.

Billy Graham

In 1892, the Supreme Court noted that each of the forty-four states then in the union had some type of God-centered declaration in its constitution.

Supreme Court (1892)

No person who shall deny the being of God, or the truth of the [Christian] religion, or the divine authority either of the Old and New Testaments or shall hold religious principles incompatible with the freedom and safety of the state, shall be capable of holding any office, or place of trust or profit  in the civil department, within this state.

North Carolina Constitution (1776)

[All persons elected must] make and subscribe the following declaration, viz: “I do declare that I believe the Christian religion and have firm persuasion of its truth.”

Massachusetts Constitution (1780)

Each member [of the legislature], before he takes his seat, shall make and subscribe the following declaration, viz: “I do believe in one God, the Creator and Governor  of the universe, the rewarder of the good and the punisher of the wicked, and I do acknowledge the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be given by Divine Inspiration.”

Pennsylvania Constitution (1776)

“Everyone [Elected or appointed to office] shall make and subscribe the following declaration, to wit: “I do profess faith in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, and in the Holy Ghost, one God, blessed forever more, and I do acknowledge the holy scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be given by divine inspiration.”

Delaware Constitution 1776 (Article 22)

“If a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid? We’ve been assured in the sacred writing that, ‘Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.'”

Benjamin Franklin (Founding Father/Constitutional Convention June 28, 1787)

“Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we remove there only firm basis which is, a conviction in the minds of the people that  these liberties are of the gift of God. That they are not to be violated but by his wrath? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep forever.”

Thomas Jefferson (Founding Father/Constitution)