Radio Commentaries

Week: April 14th - 18th, 2025

4/14/25 - The Best of All Books

What advice did a Supreme Court Justice give his son about the Bible?

John Jay served as the first Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. While traveling in Europe, he wrote a letter to his little boy, Peter, after learning that his son was beginning to read. John Jay advised him on what he should spend his time reading. He wrote:

“The Bible is the best of all books, for it is the word of God, and teaches us the way to be happy in this world and in the next. Continue therefore to read it, and to regulate your life by its precepts.”

The Founders wrote so much about God and government you could have family’s devotions connecting their words to Scripture. In fact, we’ve done it for you. Download our free family devotional, Faith of Our Fathers.

4/15/25 - We Shall Not Fight our Battles Alone

You may be familiar with Patrick Henry’s famous speech that ended with “give me liberty or give me death.” But you may not know why he could be so brave and determined.

Patrick Henry served five terms as governor of Virginia during and after the Revolutionary war. When Virginia was debating whether to join the war that had just begun, he reminded them of their reliance on God. In his famous speech he declared: “We shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations.”

 His words echoed Romans 8:31, “If God is for us, who can be against us?”

The Founders wrote so much about God and government you could have family’s devotions connecting their words to Scripture. In fact, we’ve done it for you. Download our free family devotional, Faith of Our Fathers.

4/16/25 - A Gift of the Beneficent Creator

A teenager wrote an influential pamphlet about God and government. The year was 1774.

Alexander Hamilton was only 18 years old in 1774 – just before the Revolutionary War. He wrote a popular political pamphlet and explained how our liberty comes from God. Not from government. He wrote:

“[N]atural liberty is a gift of the beneficent [kind] Creator to the whole human race, and civil liberty is founded in that,”

Hamilton wrote that civil liberty is what a government does to protect people’s God-given liberty.

The Founders wrote so much about God and government you could have family’s devotions connecting their words to Scripture. In fact, we’ve done it for you. Download our free family devotional, Faith of Our Fathers.

4/17/25 - Except the Lord Build the House

Benjamin Franklin was over eighty years old when he helped draft the Constitution. During one of the debates on how the United States should be formed. Franklin rose and said this in a speech:

“I have lived, sir, a long time; and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, - that God governs in the affairs of men.”

Franklin went on to say: “We have been assured, sir, in the sacred writings that ‘except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.’ I firmly believe this;”

The Founders wrote so much about God and government you could have family’s devotions connecting their words to Scripture. In fact, we’ve done it for you. Download our free family devotional, Faith of Our Fathers.

4/18/2025 - Liberties are a Gift of God

Thomas Jefferson believed that if a nation moves away from its belief in God, the freedom of its citizens will be in jeopardy.

Thomas Jefferson wrote about the importance of always remembering that our liberty comes from God. He wrote these words, which are now engraved on his memorial in Washington DC:

“God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God?

Jefferson’s words reflect what the Psalmist wrote: “Bless the Lord, O my soul and forget not all His benefits…”

The Founders wrote so much about God and government you could have family’s devotions connecting their words to Scripture. In fact, we’ve done it for you. Download our free family devotional, Faith of Our Fathers.