Some may not agree, but according to their own records, the Founding Fathers were Christians. They resorted to the Bible for help is discerning what kind of nation to establish. They asked for the help of God in the process. In their minds and words, we are a Christian nation.

In a visit with my 96 year old mother today, she wanted me to read to her from my book “The Illegal Trial of Christ.” We read together. When we came to the following words, she cried:

“The requests to put the information shared in my presentations into book form have become more persuasive and have increased in persistence. I was finally convinced to give it a try. I turned to my friend and editor, Rosemary Green, for her assistance. She has taken my sometimes convoluted notes, disjointed outlines, and rudimentary book drafts and through her care, close attention, and long-suffering has turned them into this book.

“In the midst of her editing, she has had her own thoughts and inspirations which have become a part of this volume. At the very time she was revising the words about Christ’s sacrifice for us, when returning to college, her own daughter was killed in a tragic automobile accident. In addition to Rosemary’s overwhelming grief over this loss, she came to understand more completely and intimately Christ’s extraordinary and selfless sacrifice for us—and for her personally. This calamity added a new dimension to Rosemary’s already faithful and painstaking care with words, thoughts, and feelings. (“The Illegal Trial of Christ” by Steven W. Allen, 2005. Acknowledgements).

Can you even imagine such a thing?