Jeremiah: Trusting God When Times are HARD

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PRESENTATION SLIDES

THE ESSENTIAL NATURE OF TRUST – JEREMIAH – Trusting God When Life is Hard! – September 18, 2025Download

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MUSIC INTRO

VIDEO CLIP

  • State Constitutions: 13 out of 13 original states required a declaration of faith to serve in government [00:30].
  • Signers of the Declaration: 55 out of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence were “Bible-believing, church-attending Christians” [00:55].
  • Common Law: Common law is described as an “outgrowth of the scriptures” [01:06], and principles such as the presumption of innocence, due process, and a jury of one’s peers are described as biblical principles.
  • Declaration of Independence: The Declaration of Independence refers to God four times and its final paragraph is described as a prayer [01:53].
  • Deuteronomy: The book of Deuteronomy was the most-quoted religious or non-religious book during the founding of the U.S.
  • Separation of Church and State: The speaker clarifies that the phrase “separation of church and state” is not in the U.S. Constitution but comes from a letter by Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptist convention [03:14].
  • Public Life: The speaker notes that early acts of Congress included taxpayer-funded Bible printing and distribution, and church services were held in the Supreme Court building as late as the 1820s [04:02].
  • The Liberty Bell: The Liberty Bell is inscribed with a verse from Leviticus 25:10, which reads, “Proclaim Liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof” [04:52].