Tag: God

  • In God We Trust – Hope

    The Lamentations asking “HOW?” are really questions of hope for a fallen nation. Christians hold onto hope.  In God we trust (at least, some of us.)  No Biblical consideration of our present and passing crisis would be complete without hope. Recalling from our parallel to Lamentations some of the earlier history of this young nation:…

  • In God We Trusted – 5

    The political ‘spin’ has been spun. The gradual fall is begun. How? lament the People… Why? In God we trusted. “Lamentations” was derived from a translation of the title as found in the Latin Vulgate (Vg.) translation of the Greek OT, the Septuagint (LXX), and conveys the idea of “loud cries.” The Hebrew exclamation ekah…

  • In God We Trusted – 3

    Part 3 of 3 from TalkofJESUS.com post in AD 2013. Noah Webster – Defining American Government We the people of the US have forgotten: In God we trusted.  Our heritage of faith is buried deeply in disbelief and rebellion. Lamentations is indictment of rulers who do not hear the cries of their people or acknowledge the…