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In Awe of Thy Word
©2003 by G.A. Riplinger
Reproduced by permission

Preview of Chapter 13
The New Sleazzy Reading Bibles
(Summary of Chapter only)

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Former President Ronald Reagan defends the beautiful King James Bible and denounces the threadbare bibles woven by this generation. In his September 6, 1977 broadcast, as preserved in the audio series, Reagan in His Own Words, he criticizes attempts to "improve" the "authorized version, the one that came into being when the England of King James was scoured for translators and scholars. It was the time when the English language had reached its peak of richness and beauty." Reagan questions sleazy versions which,

"...boast that their bible is as readable as the daily paper...But do readers of the daily news find themselves moved to wonder, 'at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth'?"

"{D}rudges," he calls them, "horsing around with the sacred text," under the guise of trying to "make the Bible more readable and understandable" and "taking religion to the people"..."I can't help feeling we should instead be taking the people to religion and lifting them with the beauty of language that has outlived centuries...{I}t has already been gotten right"(series cited in Prophetic Observer, "Ronald Reagan On New Versions," Bethany, OK: Southwest Radio Church, Aug. 2003). The Boston Globe laments with Oxford's Alister McGrath,

"Our culture has been enriched by...the King James Bible. Sadly, we shall never see its equal - or even its like - again" (In the Beginning Details Bible's Imprint on English, by Diego Ribadeneira, July, 9, 2001, p. B11).

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And:

Chapter Eleven: Blueprint For Catholic America

I questioned Dr. Rivera about the briefings he received in the Vatican when he was a Jesuit priest. I asked him if he was briefed on how the Vatican planned to take over the United States. He told me his indoctrination went back to the time of the Pilgrims. Because of the knowledge of the Inquisition and the slaughter of Christians by the Roman Catholic system, the early immigrants in America began passing laws to keep Jesuits out of this country and to outlaw the mass...to protect themselves from a Vatican take-over. These were Christian communities deeply concerned about the whore of Revelation.

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U.S. News & World Report, Nov. 8, Page 15

Ronald Reagan's defense policy came under assault in late October from opposite directions: The threat of an intensified arms race by Russia's Leonid Brezhnev and a tilt toward antinuclear pacifism by the hierarchy of America's Roman Catholic Church.

Two days after a panel of U.S. Catholic bishops questioned the morality of nuclear weapons, Brezhnev said the Soviet Union must expand its arsenal even more. The U.S., he claimed, is threatening to "push the world into the flames of nuclear war."

One White House official speculated that Brezhnev wanted to do more than assure his generals that Moscow will keep pace in the arms race. The aide said the Soviet chief also hoped to fuel the drive in the U.S. for a freeze on nuclear weapons.

Defense Secretary Casper Weinberger drew a direct link between American advocates of a freeze and Brezhnev's Kremlin speech. Stressing the Soviet leader's call for a stronger capability to wage war, Weinberger declared: "This would underline more than anything we could say the reasons for not entering into a freeze."

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And:

Prayer in Schools: Would It Work?

Issue Date: November/December 1987

Note: This article appeared in the November/December 1987 issue of Battle Cry. Although the names in government have changed, the principles remain the same. We have made it available to encourage all Christians to think carefully about this vital issue.

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Ronald Reagan systematically populated the halls of government, including the Supreme Court, with Catholics. And these Catholics, including the outspoken Secretary of Education William Bennett, want prayer in schools.

One thing should be obvious. If Catholic organizations and government leaders so wholeheartedly support prayer in schools, they obviously feel that their children will not be subjected to a Protestant influence.

One has to conclude that they are confident they can control the outcome. Is this really what Christian parents want? Or is it possible that the idea of keeping the government out of religion, even though that has led to some obvious excesses, might be the only thing protecting our religious freedom?

Jesus said, "My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews." That hasn't changed.

When the government sponsors religion, the religious groups that best know how to exercise political power will dominate. Learning how to do that effectively takes practice, and only one group really has centuries of political experience...the Roman Catholic Church.

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