You've probably heard by now of this week's "America Reads the Bible" Celebration, which is being observed as part of our country's 250th anniversary. It was launched this past Saturday night at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. Beginning this past Sunday morning and continuing through this Saturday, around 500 individuals, such as President Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson, have been selected to participant in a continuous and weeklong live-streamed public reading of the Scripture to America. Now, I'm glad that our country, at least some of our citizenry, is celebrating the Bible. After all, President Andrew Jackson once said, "The Bible is the Rock upon which this Republic rests.” ...

This is lengthy, but weighty, and, I believe, well worth the time to read. I’ll begin with a reminder that the Bible predicts the end of time will be pervaded by lawlessness. No honest American can deny that the law has become practically meaningless in modern-day America. Examples are plentiful; such as, illegal immigration, flash-mob-style teen takeovers, mass smash and grab looting, protester-seized autonomous zones, and no-cash bail, which has turned our judicial system into a revolving door for repeat offenders, even for the most hardened and violent among them. 

On top of this growing anarchy in America, there is another problem, which Thomas Jefferson predicted would one day imperil our representative republic. ...

The only way for man to be saved from his sin and reconciled to God is through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. There is absolutely nothing we can do to save ourselves from spiritual death and to restore our communion with God. It is because of our hopeless and helpless lost condition that Christ came into our world to do for us what we could never do for ourselves. Through His life, death and resurrection Christ has done everything necessary for our salvation. All that remains for us to do is accept by faith all that Christ has done for us.

In order for you and I to make ourselves righteous before God we must meet the righteous requirements of God’s Law. What God’s Law requires is sinless perfection. According to the .........