A few days ago, I placed an ad in the paper for our upcoming “Bless God America” event on Sept. 29 at the Heckart Center at Smith-Cotton High School. When the proof for the ad was returned, I saw the heading had been changed to “God Bless America.”
I assumed the advertising personnel either thought I had misprinted the heading or they had mistakenly read it. I called and assured them it was supposed to read “Bless God America,” an imperative call to our nation in these perilous times. It is a call to recognize, declare and give glory to the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, upon whose Word our nation and founding documents were clearly established.
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