Christianity’s Impact on The American Experiment

I. Christianity’s Impact as Seen in America’s

Conception

William Bradford

Daniel Webster

Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is more deceitful

than anything else, and incurable—who can understand it?

George Washington – “True religions affords to government its surest support.”

John Adams – “Religion and good morals are the only solid foundation of public liberty and happiness.”

II. Christianity’s Impact as Seen in America’s

Constitution

The New England Confederation of 1643

states “We all came into these parts of America,

with one and the same end and aim, namely, to

advance the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

William Penn

John Locke

• The Creation of a government by law and not

by man.

• All Men Created Equal

• In Alienable Rights

• Liberty

• Separation of Powers

III. Christianity’s Impact as Seen in America’s Capital

The National Archives

The Ten Commandments

The Washington Monument

The Jefferson Memorial

The Lincoln Memorial

The Capitol Building

The Supreme Court Building

The Library of Congress

The White House

The White House State Dining Room

Arlington National Cemetery

“It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that

this great nation was founded not by religionists,

but by Christians: not on religions, but on the Gospel

of Jesus Christ”--Patrick Henry