Author's Note: All previous volumes of this series are here. The first 56 volumes are compiled in the book "Bible Study For Those Who Don't Read The Bible." "Part 2," featuring volumes 57-113, was published in December 2022.

Here’s hoping you had a safe and celebratory July 4th. Thanks for joining our study on this 250-plus-one-day.

Today, I am honored to write about God’s Word in the Declaration of Independence. Our Founding Fathers recognized the importance of “Divine Providence,” and the United States was born and still stands, with “In God We Trust” on all our coins and paper money. For the record, “In God We Trust” was added to coinage in 1864 during the Civil War and first appeared on paper currency in 1957.

Therefore, amid all the fireworks and flag-waving, Americans must never forget that the Founders relied on God to help them defeat what was then the world’s strongest military. With France’s help, after seven long and bloody years, it was nothing short of miraculous when, on September 3, 1783, our fledgling nation won its independence. Equally miraculous is that, in a blink of history, only 156 years later, in 1945, the U.S. emerged—and continues to be—the global superpower.

It all began on parchment: “The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America”—a new God-reliant nation sought to separate itself from rule by a tyrannical British king.

God is referenced four times in the Declaration, but only........

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