1. Cassandra Niemczyd, Christian History, "Little Known or Remarkable Facts about Christianity and the American Revolution", Issue 50, p. 2
2. Colossians 3:17
3. John Wingate Thornton, The Pulpit of the American Revolution, (Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1860), p. xxii
4. ibid. p. xxix
5. ibid. p. xxiii
6. ibid. p. xxii, footnote 2
7. Ellis Sandoz, Political Sermons of the American Founding Era, 1730-1805, (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1998), p. xii
8. Isaiah 58:1
9. Romans 13:1-7 - "Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God. 2 Therefore whoever resists authority has opposed the ordinance of God; and they who have opposed will receive condemnation upon themselves. 3 For rulers are not a cause of fear for good behavior, but for evil. Do you want to have no fear of authority? Do what is good and you will have praise from the same; 4 for it is a minister of God to you for good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid; for it does not bear the sword for nothing; for it is a minister of God, an avenger who brings wrath on the one who practices evil. 5 Therefore it is necessary to be in subjection, not only because of wrath, but also for conscience' sake. 6 For because of this you also pay taxes, for rulers are servants of God, devoting themselves to this very thing. 7 Render to all what is due them: tax to whom tax is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor."
10. Acts 20:27 - "For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole purpose of God."
11. Matthew 5:13-16 -- "You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men.14 "You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; 15 nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. 16 "Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven."
12. Ephesians 4:15
