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Caption transcript for Faith of our Fathers: “The Application of Faith” (8/8)

• 00:00 ♪♪♪
• 00:03 David Hart: Welcome to "Our Jewish Roots."
• 00:06 ♪♪♪
• 00:09 David Hart: The Word of God has given us examples of faith
• 00:12 that have shaken virtually every aspect of the believer's life
• 00:15 to date.
• 00:17 Where would we be without the examples of Noah,
• 00:20 Abraham and Isaac, David, and ultimately,
• 00:25 that of Yeshua Jesus.
• 00:28 Faith is woven into the fabric of America as well.
• 00:31 From the pilgrims to John Adams, to Patrick Henry
• 00:35 and George Washington, God's providential hand
• 00:39 remained highly esteemed and honored above all.
• 00:44 Faith unshakable.
• 00:46 Faith unstoppable.
• 00:48 "Faith of Our Fathers."
• 00:54 David Hart: We are so glad you joined us today.
• 00:55 I'm David Hart.
• 00:56 Kirsten Hart: I'm Kirsten Hart.
• 00:58 Dr. Jeffrey Seif: Jeffrey Seif.
• 00:59 Glad to be here, but it is so sad to say goodbye.
• 01:03 We're ending at great series, yes?
• 01:05 David Hart: It's been a great history lesson,
• 01:06 this whole series.
• 01:08 It's been really incredible.
• 01:09 Jeffrey: We had an expert in David Barton, and certainly,
• 01:11 the Bible's full of history.
• 01:13 Kirsten: We had an expert in you,
• 01:14 bring to light so much history.
• 01:17 A lot of foundation going on this whole series,
• 01:21 of our country and also of our faith.
• 01:23 Jeffrey: You're kind.
• 01:24 David Hart: Dr. Seif wraps up our whole series
• 01:25 and how it applies to our lives.
• 01:27 Let's go there now.
• 01:29 ♪♪♪
• 01:39 ♪♪♪
• 01:44 Jeffrey: Though we refer to the Bible as a book,
• 01:49 truth be known, the Bible is really a collection of books.
• 01:54 And some of those books themselves
• 01:56 are collections of collections.
• 01:59 For that matter, it might not even be right to call it a book,
• 02:03 because truth be known, it all came down in scrolls.
• 02:08 And it's for that reason, we can presume to speak
• 02:12 of the faith of our fathers.
• 02:14 I say that mindful of an expression,
• 02:17 an old one that goes, "The long arm of the pen
• 02:21 reaches beyond the grave."
• 02:23 And the reason why we know what previous generations
• 02:27 thought and felt is because they wrote it down.
• 02:31 Whether the founding fathers of our civilization,
• 02:36 whether we're looking at their literature,
• 02:39 or their declarations, constitutions,
• 02:41 they give a window into their collective soul and faith.
• 02:46 And biblical vision is ubiquitous.
• 02:49 That is to say, it's everywhere.
• 02:52 Because they wrote, we can look into what our culture's founders
• 02:57 thought and felt.
• 02:59 And because biblical writers wrote,
• 03:02 we can take a look into their world and see something
• 03:07 about the faith of our fathers, a faith that didn't just inspire
• 03:12 them, it's a faith that inspired us or you wouldn't be watching
• 03:17 this program right now.
• 03:19 And it's not just a faith that inspires us today,
• 03:23 but biblical faith and vision inspired these who went
• 03:29 before us in our culture and forged out this world
• 03:34 that we live in today.
• 03:37 Yesterday, there was a man who was at the end of his day,
• 03:41 much as right now we're at the end of our series,
• 03:43 "Faith of Our Fathers."
• 03:46 If you haven't seen it all, go back and check it out.
• 03:49 It's worthy of having a look at because we looked
• 03:52 at principal moments in American history and discussed them,
• 03:57 we looked at principal moments in biblical history
• 04:01 and noted how they correlate.
• 04:03 It's only good for history, it's good for your story
• 04:07 and my story as well.
• 04:09 History actually comes from his and story.
• 04:12 So much of it is God's story at work in the world today.
• 04:16 Well, this author today was about to run his course.
• 04:20 His name was Paul.
• 04:22 And he was given the writing in chapter 4 of 2 Timothy.
• 04:27 He gives voice to the fact that he's just about ready to go.
• 04:31 In verse 6, he's poured out; he's looking
• 04:34 at deaths in verse 7.
• 04:35 He says, "He fought the fight.
• 04:37 He finished the race."
• 04:39 You know, a lot of people get off the course before
• 04:41 they finish, unfortunately.
• 04:42 And he says, "Henceforth, there is a crown
• 04:45 that's laid up for me."
• 04:47 Well he's thinking of a laurel wreath,
• 04:49 which is what they gave victors in athletic competitions,
• 04:52 but there's a crown as well by the principal of faith that is
• 04:56 the Lord himself, and we looked at it in our previous program.
• 05:01 This author gives voice to the fact that he knows
• 05:03 there's a reward.
• 05:05 Now what's on his mind?
• 05:07 Something I want to enlighten upon.
• 05:08 He says in verse 9 to those, he says,
• 05:11 "Do all you can," he's writing to Timothy,
• 05:14 "do all you can to come to me quickly."
• 05:19 He mentions, I said those, he mentions individuals
• 05:22 that have left him, but this one is faithful to him.
• 05:26 He says, "Come to me."
• 05:27 But not only that, in verse 13 specifically, he says,
• 05:31 "And when you come," he says bring the cloak
• 05:36 which I left, along with the scrolls."
• 05:41 And then he says, "Especially the parchments."
• 05:46 Oh, I think it's interesting when Paul writes this document,
• 05:50 he doesn't know that he's writing biblical literature.
• 05:53 He only knows that he's writing Timothy.
• 05:56 But he's interested in the stories
• 05:58 that were written down in a bygone era.
• 06:01 Stories of faith at work in the Word and world
• 06:05 that we considered in this series.
• 06:08 Going back to the beginning with Abraham,
• 06:10 the father of faith, who believed God
• 06:13 and it was accounted to him as righteousness,
• 06:16 who took a step into a new world much as our fathers did
• 06:20 in this culture.
• 06:22 We looked at Noah.
• 06:24 The world was about to come to an end,
• 06:25 but he followed God and the forged out a new existence
• 06:27 for humanity.
• 06:29 Much as European civilization, in so any ways crumbled
• 06:32 philosophically, with revolution and upheaval,
• 06:36 individuals came to this new world to build a better world.
• 06:40 Just as Noah got in a boat and came out on a shore,
• 06:43 so they came here as well.
• 06:45 We looked at that story and others.
• 06:48 Goodness, there's barely time to talk about it all.
• 06:50 I can think of Moses who found himself in a less than desirable
• 06:56 circumstance and then he is called upon by the Lord,
• 07:01 and he surrenders to it and brings about a great redemption.
• 07:05 People who are hard pressed against the turbulence
• 07:09 of trying times were set free and they made their way
• 07:12 to a new world with a new constitution, a new economy.
• 07:16 In so many ways, that story inspired the founders
• 07:19 of our culture in America, which is one of the reasons
• 07:22 by the way, that it's interesting.
• 07:24 When you look at the story of early America, the schools,
• 07:27 Harvard, there was a premium placed on learning Hebrew.
• 07:32 They were interested in that.
• 07:34 Not only were they interested in it philosophically,
• 07:36 they wanted to get a worldview of the biblical world.
• 07:40 They were interested in the Hebrew roots
• 07:42 of the Hebrew Bible.
• 07:44 And you know, Hebrew was put to the top of the list
• 07:48 of what to study, interestingly, in this new Christian world.
• 07:52 It's fascinating as well if you look at the institutions that
• 07:55 emerged out of this world because of the influence
• 07:58 of Old Testament literature, we see our own legal system,
• 08:03 the buildings, you know, the ark, the architecture,
• 08:07 so much depicts Old Testament stories.
• 08:10 Well, Old Testament instruction.
• 08:12 We've considered so much of that in the series.
• 08:15 You know there are people today that are revisionist.
• 08:18 They want to reinvent what this culture was all about.
• 08:21 They want to make it into their own image just like in Bible
• 08:23 days people wanted to create a new God in their own image.
• 08:26 And you know, the Word in the Word is don't make
• 08:29 graven images.
• 08:31 Don't depict Lord in a way that's not who he is.
• 08:35 And there's so much of revisioning going on in history
• 08:38 today when people are recreating in their own image,
• 08:41 their own secular interests.
• 08:43 But oh goodness, in this series, we went back to it all,
• 08:47 and we found how it is so much rooted in biblical literature.
• 08:50 I get it personally.
• 08:52 I know why Paul says, "Listen, bring the scrolls,
• 08:56 bring the parchments, you know, because he's at the end.
• 08:58 He's looking at the Lord, but there's something within him
• 09:01 that just alights upon biblical literature and loves it.
• 09:05 I bet you that it's with you too, you know why?
• 09:08 Because Paul, me, you, we love the story that teaches us
• 09:14 about the "Faith of Our Fathers."
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• 09:55 interviews with Christian historian David Barton,
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• 11:58 virtue and vision is essential for all of the above.
• 12:04 In today's drama, Betsy Ross learns from her pastor friend
• 12:08 how biblical vision was so intrinsic
• 12:12 with the founding of our nation.
• 12:14 David Barton helps us to see that,
• 12:16 and I trust you're going to appreciate the value of it
• 12:19 as we continue, and as we wrap our series on the,
• 12:23 "Faith of Our Fathers."
• 12:24 ♪♪♪
• 12:27 male: Good day, Betsy.
• 12:29 Betsy Ross: Good day, sir.
• 12:30 I'm finally putting the finishing stitches on this.
• 12:33 The last star.
• 12:37 male: You have certainly been diligent.
• 12:39 Betsy: I must say my efforts have been facilitated
• 12:42 by your kind visits.
• 12:44 It's most comforting to know that the fate of this nation,
• 12:48 our fate, is in the hands of godly men.
• 12:54 male: It is all because of this book, Betsy.
• 12:57 A holy book with a message herein that has brought men
• 13:00 of valor to fall on their knees in humble adoration.
• 13:06 Betsy: I was reminded of a Scripture
• 13:09 from the Book of Leviticus when I visited the statehouse
• 13:11 recently and read the inscription upon the bell.
• 13:15 "Proclaim liberty, it said, "throughout all the land
• 13:19 and to all the inhabitants thereof."
• 13:22 male: Yes. May that bell ever ring.
• 13:25 Both the Old and the New Testament
• 13:27 have proclaimed liberty for countless generations.
• 13:31 Betsy: I remember reading from the Bible daily as a child.
• 13:35 male: These men have said it well, Betsy.
• 13:41 Patrick Henry, "The Bible is worth more than all other books
• 13:46 which have ever been printed."
• 13:48 And Thomas Jefferson, "I have always said and always will say
• 13:53 that the studious perusal of the sacred volume will make us
• 13:56 better citizens."
• 13:59 Betsy: I believe, sir, it was Mr. William Penn,
• 14:02 the founder of Pennsylvania who spoke in similar fashion.
• 14:05 male: Yes.
• 14:08 In fact, it's right here, "I do declare to the whole world
• 14:12 that we believe the Scriptures to contain a declaration
• 14:16 of the mind and will of God.
• 14:19 Being given forth by the Holy Ghost that they ought also to be
• 14:23 read, believed and fulfilled in our day."
• 14:29 Betsy: I pray that I've contributed in some small way
• 14:32 to that fulfillment.
• 14:39 It is finished, sir.
• 14:42 My work is done.
• 14:45 male: Excellent work, Betsy.
• 14:48 I am certain Mr. Washington and the Continental Congress
• 14:50 will be pleased.
• 14:52 Well impressed.
• 14:54 Betsy: Thank you, sir.
• 14:55 ♪♪♪
• 15:00 male: "And dear Father in heaven,
• 15:03 may the fate of this nation, sustain us of the days to come
• 15:07 as our leaders show reverence to you and your holy work.
• 15:11 This we pray in the name of Jesus, our Savior and Lord.
• 15:18 Amen."
• 15:20 Betsy: Amen.
• 15:22 ♪♪♪
• 15:32 ♪ Oh, beautiful for spacious skies ♪
• 15:39 ♪ For amber waves of grain ♪
• 15:46 ♪ For purple mountain majesties ♪
• 15:54 ♪ above the fruited plain ♪
• 16:01 ♪ America ♪
• 16:04 ♪ America ♪
• 16:08 ♪ God shed his grace on thee ♪
• 16:15 ♪ And crown thy good with brotherhood ♪
• 16:22 ♪ from sea to shining sea ♪
• 16:33 ♪ America ♪
• 16:36 ♪ America ♪
• 16:40 ♪ God shed his grace on thee ♪♪
• 16:54 Jeffrey: If you're watching this series for the first time,
• 16:56 I hope you'll go back and get the rest.
• 16:58 Not so you can hear more of me, but I want you to hear
• 17:01 more of our guest.
• 17:02 David, it is such a thrill to be with you today.
• 17:05 David Barton: Thanks Jeff. Appreciate it.
• 17:06 Jeffrey: And for those of you that don't know,
• 17:08 or you see a website address on the screen,
• 17:10 you'll want to visit and find out what David Barton
• 17:13 is all about.
• 17:14 You'll see he's got a lot of books.
• 17:16 I feel a little embarrassed here.
• 17:17 I just have one, but it's a good one.
• 17:18 It's the Bible, and he has those too.
• 17:20 David is a real scholar and he's dug deep
• 17:22 into the history of America.
• 17:24 A lot of primary sources.
• 17:26 And for those of you that want to learn about the lost
• 17:29 Judeo-Christian origins of the United States of America,
• 17:33 this is the decisive authority.
• 17:35 He has a museum and he's brought some of it here.
• 17:37 David, I'm glad you're with us today to look at the,
• 17:39 "Faith of Our Fathers."
• 17:41 David Barton: It's good to be back, bro,
• 17:42 and it's a fun topic to look at.
• 17:43 So much to see.
• 17:45 Jeffrey: I can tell so much. Look what you've brought.
• 17:46 Goodness.
• 17:48 David Barton: Well, we've seen over the past
• 17:49 several episodes, something of the faith
• 17:51 of the individual founding fathers.
• 17:52 So a good way to end is just look at the faith
• 17:54 of all these guys.
• 17:55 You take these 56 signers of the deck right here.
• 17:58 Among them, 29 of them graduated and had degrees from schools
• 18:03 that were starting to train ministers.
• 18:05 They went to the same minister training.
• 18:06 Not all became ministers like the Reverend Witherspoon here.
• 18:09 Several of them did.
• 18:11 A lot of them were involved in Christian ministry.
• 18:12 But even Reverend Witherspoon, he has more than a dozen volumes
• 18:16 of the gospel sermons and this is from 1768.
• 18:19 This is one of his many volumes.
• 18:21 This is the first family Bible ever done in America.
• 18:24 This was done in 1791.
• 18:26 Jeffrey: That is the real deal.
• 18:28 David Barton: That's the real deal.
• 18:29 That's the real deal.
• 18:30 Jeffrey: Now, your museum, you house--this is--
• 18:32 these aren't replicas.
• 18:33 This is the real stuff.
• 18:34 David Barton: No, these are all genuine actual originals.
• 18:36 And so, this is the Bible that Reverend Witherspoon helped do
• 18:38 for New Jersey in 1791.
• 18:41 As you move over to someone like this man,
• 18:44 Francis Hopkinson, George Washington made him
• 18:46 a federal judge, but he was also a church music director
• 18:49 and a choir leader.
• 18:51 And this is a work that he did in 1767.
• 18:54 This is the first purely American hymnbook,
• 18:57 and it's the first book in America to have musical notation
• 19:00 with the Psalms.
• 19:02 Now, what he did was he took the Psalms of David
• 19:04 and set them all to music.
• 19:05 So 150 Psalms set to music, which to me is fairly amazing
• 19:09 when I think of Psalm 119, the longest song in the Bible.
• 19:12 The musical notation here for Psalm 119 is 32 pages long.
• 19:17 Jeffrey: And this is a judge?
• 19:19 David Barton: This is a federal judge.
• 19:20 Jeffrey: We separated church and state.
• 19:21 I guess he never got the memo.
• 19:23 David Barton: Yeah, the founders didn't get that memo.
• 19:25 They did separate church and state so that we would not have
• 19:27 a nationally established denomination like
• 19:29 the Anglican or the Lutheran, but not to exclude God.
• 19:30 Jeffrey: That's what it was all about.
• 19:31 Yeah, yeah, yeah. Right, right, right.
• 19:33 David Barton: This right here,
• 19:34 this man is John Dickinson.
• 19:35 He went on to sign the Constitution.
• 19:37 This is his Bible, his personal Bible,
• 19:39 his signature on the inside of the Bible.
• 19:41 Jeffrey: His personal Bible.
• 19:43 David Barton: His personal Bible.
• 19:44 We have a number of the personal Bibles of these guys.
• 19:46 We have the personal Bible from Francis Hopkinson as well.
• 19:48 The Bible that they used.
• 19:50 This Bible is the largest Bible printed in America at that time.
• 19:54 Jeffrey: I'm not surprised.
• 19:55 David Barton: Yeah.
• 19:57 Take back to church with you on Sunday.
• 19:58 Carried that in.
• 19:59 1798 and about three dozen founding fathers help fund
• 20:02 the production of this Bible.
• 20:04 Nine signers of the declaration, I think it was 13 signers
• 20:07 of the Constitution, that helped produce that Bible.
• 20:10 As you go to someone, let me take this stock right here,
• 20:14 this goes with Benjamin Rush.
• 20:16 Benjamin Rush is right here.
• 20:18 John Adams said that Benjamin Rush was one of the three
• 20:21 most noble founding fathers.
• 20:23 According to John Adams, you had Ben Franklin,
• 20:25 you had George Washington over there,
• 20:27 and you had Benjamin Rush.
• 20:29 Now, we don't know anything about the guy today.
• 20:30 He started five universities, three of them still go today.
• 20:33 He's the most famous doctor in American history.
• 20:36 He also is called the father of public schools
• 20:39 under the Constitution, and that's because of this work
• 20:43 that he did right here.
• 20:44 This is what really kind of set up America with our schools.
• 20:47 And said, "Now, that we're a nation,
• 20:49 what our schools need to do."
• 20:50 And a piece that he has in here from 1791,
• 20:53 was actually reprinted a number of times.
• 20:55 It's called "The Defense of the Use of the Bible."
• 20:57 It's a schoolbook.
• 20:59 He goes through and gives a dozen reasons
• 21:00 we'll never take the Bible out of public schools in America.
• 21:02 Jeffrey: Yes, he never got the memo.
• 21:04 David Barton: Yeah, didn't get the memo.
• 21:05 Jeffrey: We got to get the Bible out of public schools.
• 21:07 David Barton: Didn't get the memo.
• 21:08 And this why in 1844, the US Supreme Court had
• 21:10 a unanimous ruling that said, "If you're going to be
• 21:12 a government-operated school in America,
• 21:14 you will teach the Bible."
• 21:15 I mean that was just the way it was.
• 21:17 So we have that from him.
• 21:18 We also, this is something he did.
• 21:20 He started the first Bible society in America.
• 21:23 That's the constitution for the first Bible.
• 21:25 This is how he started the Benjamin Rush--by the way,
• 21:27 he also started the Sunday school movement in America.
• 21:30 And this is the first mass-produced Bible ever done
• 21:33 in America, and it's done by Benjamin Rush.
• 21:35 So again, strong Christian credentials here.
• 21:38 Jeffrey: I mean not just a believer, an advocate.
• 21:41 David Barton: An advocate.
• 21:42 Jeffrey: All these guys.
• 21:43 David Barton: This is called the Thompson Bible.
• 21:45 It's the first translation of the Greek Septuagint in English.
• 21:49 It took him about 20 years to do it.
• 21:51 That's Charles Thompson right there.
• 21:53 And so, this is the original Thompson Bible.
• 21:55 As I go to other guys here, I'll pick of this.
• 21:59 This is a proclamation by the President of the United States,
• 22:02 John Adams.
• 22:04 And it's a proclamation for a time of humiliation,
• 22:07 fasting and prayer.
• 22:09 So, John Adams, as president --
• 22:11 Jeffrey: Tell me that's the original or a copy?
• 22:12 David Barton: Original. We have copy and original.
• 22:14 We have the original.
• 22:16 Sometimes, I carry copy, but we own the original.
• 22:18 Jeffrey: You own the original.
• 22:20 David Barton: We own the original of John Adams.
• 22:22 With this, I can go to another signer of the declaration,
• 22:25 Oliver Wilcock.
• 22:27 Jeffrey: I bet you get shot to pieces by liberals--
• 22:31 David Barton: Oh, they claim that we make up our history
• 22:33 'cause they disagree with this.
• 22:34 So, yeah.
• 22:35 Jeffrey: You wrote the documents, right?
• 22:37 David Barton: I make up their handwriting.
• 22:39 You know, it's crazy.
• 22:40 This is Sandhill Honey's, and both of these guys
• 22:42 were signers of the declaration.
• 22:44 Again, they appointed here times of prayer.
• 22:48 Sometimes fasting and prayer; and sometimes thanksgiving
• 22:51 and prayer.
• 22:52 This is the first printing of the first ever
• 22:55 federal Thanksgiving.
• 22:57 This is issued by President George Washington,
• 23:00 and this is our first--on the day that we finished the Bill
• 23:04 of Rights, they said hey we need to thank God for Bill of Rights.
• 23:07 Jeffrey: That's an original?
• 23:09 David Barton: That's an original.
• 23:10 Jeffrey: You know, I bet you didn't bring 'em all either.
• 23:11 Your museum is stock full of this stuff, huh?
• 23:13 David Barton: What's interesting is about the time you get
• 23:16 to 1815, they had been 1400 government-issued calls
• 23:21 to prayer in America.
• 23:23 So that's by the government. And we own about 900 of those.
• 23:27 This one. I'll pull out another one here.
• 23:30 Jeffrey: So you're open 9 to 5.
• 23:32 I mean people can get to you and--
• 23:33 David Barton: We open 9 to 5, and we have a lot of programs
• 23:35 actually shot in the museums.
• 23:37 So we have tours all the time. People will call ahead.
• 23:39 Jeffrey: And people can go online,
• 23:41 and they can get pictures.
• 23:42 They can get tours that way.
• 23:43 David Barton: We digitize all the stuff.
• 23:45 This is one I really like from John Hancock.
• 23:46 Right here.
• 23:48 It's one of 22 times he called the state of Massachusetts
• 23:52 a prayer.
• 23:53 Jeffrey: This is the John Hancock as in signer?
• 23:55 David Barton: This is John Hancock.
• 23:56 This is John Hancock right there.
• 23:58 This is the original John Hancock.
• 23:59 And in this, it's a day of public fasting,
• 24:02 humiliation and prayer.
• 24:04 And what would John Hancock have to the state of Massachusetts
• 24:07 fasting and praying for?
• 24:08 And he says, "We need to pray that anyone that doesn't know
• 24:11 Jesus will come to know Jesus."
• 24:12 Jeffrey: You're kidding me.
• 24:13 David Barton: That's a governor.
• 24:15 A founding father governor.
• 24:16 Jeffrey: He never got the separation of church
• 24:18 and state memo.
• 24:19 David Barton: None of these guys did.
• 24:20 And that's why--
• 24:22 Jeffrey: I wish this wasn't coming to an end.
• 24:23 David Barton: It is so crazy.
• 24:24 But you get a tone of the religious faith
• 24:26 of the founding father.
• 24:27 Not every one of them a Christian,
• 24:28 but the overwhelming majority were.
• 24:30 And many of them profess Christianity,
• 24:32 didn't always act like it.
• 24:33 They weren't perfect people, but my goodness,
• 24:35 what a great group of guys.
• 24:37 Jeffrey: You know and what a great guy.
• 24:39 I wish that I could spend more time with David Barton.
• 24:43 Thank you so much.
• 24:44 David Barton: My pleasure.
• 24:45 Jeffrey: You know I can spend more time with David Barton,
• 24:47 if you will.
• 24:48 I'm going to practice what I preach.
• 24:50 I'm going to go to that website.
• 24:52 I think there's a lot to learn and I'm so glad there are men
• 24:55 like him to dig into the foundations of our faith.
• 24:58 And this ministry, we're all about the Jewish views
• 25:01 of the good news.
• 25:03 We're going to go back to the Jewish roots.
• 25:04 He goes back to the Christian roots.
• 25:06 Let's all do it together.
• 25:07 You have that website you saw, go to it.
• 25:10 Learn more about the "Faith of Our Fathers."
• 25:13 ♪♪♪
• 25:15 David Hart: Many of you who know us,
• 25:17 know that we have two children, Tyler and Ryan.
• 25:19 And back in the day, Kirsten homeschooled our boys,
• 25:23 we were just thinking the other day that this would've been
• 25:25 a great resource for your history lessons at home.
• 25:28 Kirsten: Fantastic American history,
• 25:31 eight different sessions that you can teach your kids,
• 25:34 plus it's Bible history, so you get a two-for-one
• 25:38 because of you.
• 25:39 You've wrapped it altogether, but a great resource
• 25:42 for many teachers.
• 25:43 Jeffrey: Well, you're kind.
• 25:44 As David Barton brings out that biblical literature was so much
• 25:48 part of the curriculum, not just of early education but
• 25:51 of the documents that formed of our very foundation.
• 25:55 David Hart: Not everybody gets that part of history.
• 25:57 Jeffrey: No, people forget that,
• 25:59 and that's part of the beauty of America.
• 26:01 And people that made songs about America tapped into the beauty
• 26:05 of America, the biblical virtue associated with it,
• 26:07 the America the beautiful.
• 26:09 Oh goodness.
• 26:10 Fifty years later, Irving Berlin,
• 26:13 "God bless America".
• 26:14 A Jew by the way. What do you think of that?
• 26:17 A Jewish guy.
• 26:18 He also did Dreaming of a White Christmas.
• 26:20 There were Jewish people who participated
• 26:21 in the American experiment.
• 26:23 We not only like to look at the Christian roots of it all,
• 26:26 but the Judeo-Christian roots and you help us to do that.
• 26:29 Thanks.
• 26:31 Kirsten: The faith of many different fathers.
• 26:33 Our son served in the army and he's a father now.
• 26:37 And he had faith to go battle for the freedoms of this country
• 26:40 as many as he studied traditional series.
• 26:43 Jeffrey: Yes.
• 26:45 Kirsten: A lot of faith, a lot of strength.
• 26:46 Jeffrey: Appreciate him.
• 26:48 David Hart: It's been such a great series.
• 26:49 Thank you for your teaching, for your leadership.
• 26:51 It's been a great series.
• 26:52 Jeffrey: You're kind to say.
• 26:54 And thank you for helping us bring it all to you.
• 26:55 If you didn't share, we wouldn't have anything to share.
• 26:58 David Hart: We end this program today.
• 27:00 Jeffrey: Sha'alu shalom yerushalayim.
• 27:03 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
• 27:06 ♪♪♪
• 27:10 ♪ Oh, beautiful for spacious skies ♪
• 27:16 ♪ For amber waves of grain ♪
• 27:23 ♪ For purple mountain majesties ♪
• 27:31 ♪ above the fruited plain ♪
• 27:38 ♪ America ♪
• 27:41 ♪ America ♪
• 27:45 ♪ God shed his grace on thee ♪
• 27:52 ♪ And crown thy good with brotherhood ♪
• 27:59 ♪ from sea to shining sea ♪
• 28:11 ♪ America ♪
• 28:14 ♪ America ♪
• 28:17 ♪ God shed his grace on thee ♪♪