This prayer was made 68 years ago today by the sitting President of the United States, Franklin Roosevelt. While the prayer lacks some elements of what most of us would consider a fully biblically balanced prayer should be, it is nonetheless, by today’s standards, outrageously politically incorrect. President Roosevelt had no fear of polls or focus groups. He had no fear of law suits. He had no fear of someone shouting violation of church and state. Why? Americans realized their utter dependence on God. Take a few minutes to read this prayer. Notice FDR does not speak of many Gods or many faiths or many religions. He closes with asking that the will of Almighty God be done. Today, if […]
Daily Archives: June 6, 2012
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