On July 4, 2026, the United States will mark exactly 250 years since the Continental Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence. For believers across America, this milestone is not merely a patriotic occasion; it is an invitation to rediscover the sacred roots of the nation’s most celebrated founding document.
Biblical Principles in the Declaration of Independence is a faith-based, phrase-by-phrase exploration of the Declaration, demonstrating how specific biblical doctrines, covenant traditions, and scriptural imagery are woven into the fabric of America’s founding text. Moving beyond the familiar charge that the Founders were simply products of Enlightenment rationalism, this book restores the other, often overlooked half of the story: that colonial America was saturated in biblical literacy, that Calvinist covenant theology provided the structural framework for self-government, and that the Declaration’s most famous phrases carry unmistakable scriptural DNA.
This is not a culture-war manifesto. It is careful, measured, historically grounded scholarship written for a popular Christian audience. It speaks to the head and the heart, tracing doctrine through history into daily life, and concluding with a call to covenant faithfulness appropriate for the America 250 moment.
342 pages