America's guiding light
Returning to principles of self-governance
America's government was founded on scriptural light. In fact, our three branches of government were inspired by a verse in Isaiah: "For the Lord is our Judge, the Lord is our Lawgiver, the Lord is our King..." Our forefathers knew of two ways to avoid future tyranny - freedom of religion and a population who could govern themselves by principles of self-government. They knew no better source for learning those principles than the Bible, so for 200 years, it was required reading in schools. Here we explore the truths that inspired our founding fathers to create a country based on more self-government and less big government.