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When Civil War Looms
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Thursday, May 16, 2019 |
We are a nation at war. With each other.
For now, the battles are fought with blogs rather than bombs, tweets rather than tanks. Still, we appear to be inching toward a civil war of values.
So where does the Bible fit into a culture like ours? What exactly is the role of Scripture in a divided nation? And can we really expect the Bible to have a hearing as the fighting heats up?
These are the questions that gushed over the banks of my mind as I held a copy of the American Bible Society’s 1864 annual report. Recalling that this book was released right in the middle of a literal Civil War (1861-1865) I was dying to know: What was their perspective on the conflict that ultimately engulfed the nation? What role did the Bible have during these tumultuous years?
The testimony in the following excerpts from the 1864 report are profound:
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You and I can do little to stop whatever cultural clashes may be ahead. But we need not doubt the power of God—and the power of His Word. It’s a lesson America learned in the first Civil War. May that truth comfort us as we move toward the second.
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