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The Honorable Robert Aderholt
United States House of Representatives:
On the Capitol rotunda is a painting of the Embarkation of the
Pilgrims with the open Bible. It says: The New Testament of our Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ. And that is the symbol of the Pilgrims coming
to the United States. |
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David Barton
Wallbuilders:
The Declaration of Independence was signed by 56 signers whose source
book was called The Two Treatises on Government. It cites the Bible
1,700 times to show how civil government is to work in America.
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Ron Boehme
Revive America:
While working here on Capitol Hill, I saw how our nation was eroding
because we had lost the foundation upon which to build culture,
families, healthy relationships. The Bible is the key. That’s why we
need to get the entire nation reading the Bible.
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Dr. Corinthia Boone
Together In Ministry:
I became a public schoolteacher and a principal in an era when the
Bible was welcome in the classroom. What a difference the Bible made,
in contrast with the atmosphere of lawlessness now experienced without
the influence of the Bible. |
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Vonette Bright
Campus Crusade for Christ International:
The Bible is God’s Textbook to mankind. I believe the person who reads
Scripture daily and applies it to his life is able to declare God’s
Word is the solution to the problems that are facing our
land. |
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Dr. Paul Cedar
Mission America:
We live in a day that we need to know the truth and the Bible tells us
when we’re going wrong and to know when we’re going right. God loves
us and He wants to communicate with us through the Bible. |
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Dr. Morris Chapman
Executive Committee, Southern Baptist Convention:
Nothing we can do in this life is better than daily reading the Word
of God. America is in great need of a spiritual awakening, and the
study of God’s Word is so very important for America to be the nation
God has intended for her to be. |
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Dick Eastman
Every Home for Christ:
One of the most significant commitments I ever made was a commitment
to read a portion of Scripture every day so that in the course of a
year I would go through the entire Bible. Get a Bible reading plan. I
guarantee you it will change your life. |
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Dr. Jerry Falwell
Chancellor, Liberty University:
We are living in a society today that is becoming biblically
illiterate. We’re now reaping the consequences of a society that does
not know who God is, or what His moral laws are, or what His plan of
salvation is all about. We must read the Bible. |
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Marshall Foster
The Mayflower Institute:
The Mayflower Institute teaches the Christian history of America.
Beginning with our Pilgrim fathers, and through the early Americans,
just about every household would spend their morning and then their
evening in prayer and Bible study. |
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Pastor Michael Hall
The People’s Church, Washington DC:
We’re standing on the west steps of the United States Capitol where
Christian volunteers have read through the entire Bible. We start in
Genesis 1:1 and we read around the clock until we finish in
Revelation. |
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Terry Hall
Co-director, U.S. Capitol Bible Reading Marathon:
I was an atheist. I didn’t believe in God. But, at the age of 38, I
started to read through the Bible. I know the power of the Bible,
because of how it changed me. |
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Dr. Jack Hayford
Living Way Ministries:
Jesus is the One who said: You shall know the truth, and the truth
will make you free. I need the freeing power of the Word of God in my
own life, to free me from my own temptation to self-centeredness of
sin. How desirable, then, to know the Word of God, to understand how
life can be freed, and fulfilled, and fruitful. |
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Dr. D. James Kennedy
Coral Ridge Ministries:
The Bible is the most important Book that this world has ever seen,
and it is the one Book that comes directly from God. And it has
instructions for how we should live our lives. It’s absolutely
essential to maintain our spiritual life. |
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Dr. Pat
Robertson
Christian Broadcasting Network:
I would rather have a clear word of Scripture to base my life on than
all the philosophy books that have ever been written. My day doesn’t
start well unless I’ve had time to let God speak to me through His
Word. |
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The Honorable
Jim Ryun
United States House of Representatives:
In 1777, Congress provided for almost 20,000 Bibles for people
involved in the War for Independence so that they would have the
opportunity to study God’s Word. It tells us very important moral
absolutes. It tells me what God expects of me.
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Dr. Kenneth
Taylor
Tyndale House Publishers:
We are looking forward to seeing the power of God increase throughout
the nation as people get into the habit of Bible reading. |
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Cal Thomas
Syndicated Columnist:
I think we’re at a unique point in our history
that doesn’t happen every generation, where those of us who rely upon
the Bible as the Word of God are now able to present it, as not An
Answer, but as The Answer. |
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The Honorable
Zack Wamp
United States House of Representatives: Our lives should be a living
testament to the Word. And, here in Washington DC, it’s just as
important as it is in any church or any community in our country.
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Dr. Jerry Wiles
Houston Baptist University:
One of the great blessings in my life has been reading the Bible. I
was challenged in the mid 70s by Dr. John Hash to read through the
whole Bible. And I’ve discovered that every time I read through the
Bible I get something new. |
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Dr. Frank Wright
Center for Christian Statesmanship:
The Bible, it’s my Compass, it’s my Guide, and it’s the basis for
which I have hope for the future. I am a firm believer that it is
through the power of God’s Word that our country can be changed. |
