Preserve & Restore Prayer in our Military
In a few short weeks we will remember those who died in service to our country on Memorial Day. Let’s not leave the majority of those serving today without a prayer. “Endowed by Their Creator” is a collection of historic American military prayers spanning from 1774-present. Get this case for prayer and give/send it to someone serving so that they will know they have a right to pray as they read the history, the case, and the 100s of prayers in the book that serve as “evidence” that America is a nation that values prayer. FPP Store
Colonel Ronald D. Ray had this to say about the book,
“As a Vietnam combat veteran, 34 years as a Marine officer, a former Defense official, a military historian and a lawyer, I spent 10 years collecting American military prayer books from before the nation’s founding to the present day. I did this research not as a man of the church, but as lawyer to make the case for the “military necessity” of prayer, because there are ‘no atheists in foxholes’. I found that while over 70 percent of those serving today in the US military self identify as Christians, their Chaplains are threatened and discouraged from praying in the name of their God, Jesus Christ and leaders are officially prohibited from leading their troops in pray – even in battle in this One Nation Under God.”
An Army Reservist serving in Afghanistan sent the following note as a thank you for the book,
“I wanted to send a quick email to you thanking you for the book sent a few weeks ago. Unfortunately, we do not have a chaplain available at the camp I’m stationed at, so finding my own source of spiritual material has been important. I particularly enjoy the historical aspect of the prayers in your book, as it connects me to the long tradition of men serving in America’s military, which is a tradition mostly ignored today by the Army at least. We have little discussion of those that went before us and I don’t think most of the people here feel any connection with that history. That neglects something that could be a real inspiration for those having a hard time here. Others survived it before, and we’ll survive it to. The preface of the book was very interesting as well, particularly its connection to the VMI Supreme Court case a few years ago.”
For a book review visit: https://firstprinciplespress.
Below are two national articles on the battle over traditional military prayer and the political and legal pressures being placed upon chaplains and military leaders.
Military religious leaders report pressure, backlash over beliefs
https://www.humanevents.com/
Chaplains challenge commanders in lawsuits
https://www.humanevents.com/
Share this message today with your friends and family and do not let the prayers of our soldiers go unheard.
