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Conference yukon::christian_v7

Title:	The CHRISTIAN Notesfile
Notice:	Jesus reigns! - Intros: note 4; Praise: note 165
Moderator:	ICTHUS::YUILLEON

Created:	Tue Feb 16 1993
Last Modified:	Fri May 02 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	962
Total number of notes:	42902

869.0. "1983 -- Year of the Bible" by COVERT::COVERT (John R. Covert) Fri Mar 08 1996 15:00

              PUBLIC LAW 97-280 -- OCTOBER 4, 1982 

                       Joint Resolution 

        Authorizing and Requesting the President to Proclaim
                         1983 as the
                      "Year of the Bible".

        "Whereas the Bible, the Word of God, has made a
        unique contribution in shaping the United States as a
        distinctive and blessed nation and people;

        Wheras deeply held religious convictions springing
        from the Holy Scriptures led to the early settlement of
        our Nation;

        Whereas Biblical teachings inspired concepts of civil
        government that are contained in our Declaration of
        Independence and the Constitution of the United
        States;

        Whereas many of our great national leaders -- among
        them Presidents Washington, Jackson, Lincoln, and
        Wilson -- paid tribute to the surpassing influence of
        the Bible in our country's development, as in the words
        of President Jackson that the Bible is "the rock on
        which our Republic rests";

        Whereas the history of our Nation clearly illustrates
        the value of voluntarily applying the teachings of the
        Scriptures in the lives of individuals, families, and
        societies;

        Whereas this Nation now faces great challenges that
        will test this Nation as it has never been tested before;
        and

        Whereas that renewing our knowledge of and faith in
        God through Holy Scripture can strengthen us as a
        nation and a people: Now, therefore, be it 

        Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
        of the United States of America in Congress
        assembled, That the President is authorized and
        requested to designate 1983 as a national "Year of the
        Bible" in recognition of both the formative influence
        the Bible has been for our Nation, and our national
        need to study and apply the teachings of the Holy
        Scriptures." 

        Approved October 4, 1982

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
869.1	Was it a big deal?	GRANPA::BROWN	My kids call my father Granpa Brown	`Sun Mar 10 1996 18:58`	2
	Well you will notice that the media sure did not make a big deal about the year of the Bible. I do not recall that taking place!
869.2		BIGQ::SILVA	Benevolent 'pedagogues' of humanity	`Sun Mar 10 1996 22:01`	14
	You know, everyone expects the media to make a big deal about <insert cause>. And when there is an event for a certain day, they groups usually get calling to get some news crews out there. But when there is a whole year deticated to something, they still expect the media to go crazy over it. A whole year event makes no sense to make a big deal of it. Gee, should it be like the OJ trial or something? Did any of the Christian stations make a big deal about it for the whole year? Glen
869.3		CSLALL::HENDERSON	We shall behold Him!	`Sun Mar 10 1996 22:35`	9
	I doubt there was much mention of it..I was an active Christian back then (before my backslidden days) and I don't recall reading about it anywhere. Jim
869.4		CSLALL::HENDERSON	We shall behold Him!	`Sun Mar 10 1996 23:31`	10
	...and to the bset of my knowledge there were no Chrisitan radio stations in the area in which I lived in 1983, and I did not have cable, so I don't know how much exposure it got in the Christian media. JIm
869.5		COVERT::COVERT	John R. Covert	`Mon Mar 11 1996 07:46`	1
	Wasn't it a worldwide Year of the Bible?
869.6		PAULKM::WEISS	For I am determined to know nothing, except...	`Mon Mar 11 1996 08:45`	23
	Watch again this year to see what gets reported about the "March for Jesus" It is a world-wide event, with millions of people participating in hundreds of countries. The past two years, the Boston Globe has not reported ONE SINGLE WORD about the event. I noticed this particularly two years ago. There was another march going on the same weekend, for a cause that the media favors. It was a small march in NY City, with a few thousand people participating. There were front-page preparatory stories on both Friday and Saturday, with a full-page Page 2 story on Saturday explaining the event. On Sunday, there was another front page headline story with a color photo. On the same day, about the same number of people marched in Boston alone, not to mention the millions of other people around the globe. The Boston mayor gave a speech kicking off the march. Yet as far as the Boston Globe was concerned, the event did not exist. There was not a single word about it on the those three days - not even a tiny sidebar on page 47, the kind they reserve for the "Duck run over by truck" stories. I searched the papers diligently for some mention anywhere, but there was none. So I'm not at all surprised that we never heard of the year of the Bible. Paul P.S. The March for Jesus is May 25 this year. See if your paper notices.