1. America was founded on Christianity

This can very clearly be seen from the beginning with Christopher Columbus; he intended to bring the Gospel to new lands.

"It was the Lord who put into my mind (I could feel his hand upon me) the fact that it would be possible to sail from here to the Indies. All who heard of my project rejected it with laughter, ridiculing me. There is no question that the inspiration was from the Holy Spirit, because He comforted me with rays of marvelous inspiration from the Holy Scriptures..." (a)

Then it is clear when William Bradford and other Pilgrims considered the voyage to America. They listed the reasons for their voyage to the Virginia Company, the primary company involved in backing this potential venture:

"1. We verily believe and trust the Lord is with us, unto Whom and Whose service we have given ourselves in many trials, and that He will graciously prosper our endeavors according to the simplicity of our hearts therein.
2. We are well weaned from the delicate milk of our mother country, and inured to the difficulties of a strange and hard land, which yet in a great part we have by patience overcome.
3. The people are, for the body of them, [as] industrious and frugal, we think we may safely say, as any company of people in the world.
4. We are knit together as a body in a most strict and sacred bond and covenant of the Lord, of the violation whereof we make great conscience, and by virtue whereof we do hold ourselves straitly tied to all care of each others good, and of the whole by everyone and so mutually.
5. Lastly, it is not with us as with other men, whom small things can discourage, or small discontentments cause to wish themselves at home again..." (b)

The first compact to God by a free people, who landed on Plymouth Rock, said it in a similar manner.

"In the name of God, Amen. We, whose names are underwritten, the Loyal Subjects of our dread Sovereign Lord, King James, by the Grace of God, of England, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, e&. Having undertaken for the Glory of God, and Advancement of the Christian Faith, and the Honour of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia; do by these presents, solemnly and mutually in the Presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politic, for our better Ordering and Preservation, and Furtherance of the Ends aforesaid; And by Virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the General good of the Colony; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In Witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names at Cape Cod the eleventh of November, in the Reign of our Sovereign Lord, King James of England, France and Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth. Anno Domini, 1620." (c)

[Anno Domini means "In the Year of Our Lord," referring to Jesus Christ.]

The Christian Heritage of this nation was very obvious during the process of drafting the Declaration of Independence.

"We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness...We, therefore, the representatives of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the World for the Rectitude of our Intentions, do, in the Name and by the Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly Publish and Declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be, Free and Independent States...And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm Reliance on the Protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor." (d)

During the War for Independence, America was intent on keeping Christian roots. A pastor of a Lutheran church near to the Continental Army, Henry Muhlenberg, noted this regarding the General of the Army, George Washington:

"His Excellency General Washington rode around among his army yesterday and admonished each and every one to fear God, to put away the wickedness that has set in and become so general, and to practice the Christian virtues. From all appearances, this gentleman does not belong to the so-called world of society, for he respects God's Word, believes in the atonement through Christ, and bears himself in humility and gentleness. Therefore, the Lord God has also singularly, yea, marvelously, preserved him from harm in the midst of countless perils, ambuscades, fatigues, etc., and has hitherto graciously held him in His hand as a chosen vessel." (e)

The 2nd governing document of the United States provided by the liberated colonies of England, the Constitution, mentioned that the President had a certain number of days to review a bill from Congress. It said that he had 10 days with Sundays excepted, the celebrated Sabbath of Christianity.

2. Our Heritage, as a Christian Nation, needs to be Revived, and done so by Christians.

The previous Great Awakenings in America have begun by Christians, especially by pastors. It is time for all of us, including and at the leading of our pastors, to begin a process of reviving this nation into what it was created to be.

"If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land."
2 Chronicles 7:14

3. If we Revive the Christian Heritage of America, we will be blessed once again as a country.

There are Bible verses that speak directly to this:

"Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he chose for his inheritance."
Psalms 33:12

"Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people."
Proverbs 14:34

"Open the gates that the righteous nation may enter, the nation that keeps faith."
Isaiah 26:2

“Listen to me, my people; hear me, my nation: The law will go out from me; my justice will become a light to the nations."
Isaiah 51:4

"For day after day they seek me out; they seem eager to know my ways, as if they were a nation that does what is right and has not forsaken the commands of its God. They ask me for just decisions and seem eager for God to come near them."
Isaiah 58:2

"Therefore say to them, 'This is the nation that has not obeyed the Lord its God or responded to correction. Truth has perished; it has vanished from their lips.'"
Jeremiah 7:28






NOTES:
a. Columbus, Christopher. Book of Prophecies. Translated by August J. Kling, who quoted these excerpts in an article in The Presbyterian Layman, October, 1971.
b. Bradford, William. Of Plymouth Plantation. Wright and Potter edition.
c. The Mayflower Compact. November 11, 1620.
d. The Declaration of Independence. July 4, 1776.
e. Muhlenberg, Henry Melchior. Notebook of a Colonial Clergyman, p. 195.