Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life in the time it takes to get to work.

I'm Keith Simon. Hey let's start our time together with a quiz. Here's the first question.

The Pledge of Allegiance, was it ever changed or what we say today is that the original version?

Well the Pledge of Allegiance was changed a couple of different times.

The last time it was changed was in 1954 when the phrase under God was added.

All right second question.

What's the motto of the United States?

Well, the motto of the United States is in God we trust,

but it only became the official motto in 1956.

Okay, here's the third question.

Are you familiar with the National Prayer Breakfast

when the president appears each year at this big event

with all these religious leaders and they kind of pray for our country or at least talk about it.

When did that begin to be a thing?

1953.

Okay, so are you noticing the same theme I am?

In the not too distant past of the 1950s,

white Christians felt comfortable in America,

like they felt at home in our country, and that's because they had cultural power

their faith was respected. Now I say white Christians not to be controversial but

just to remember that in the 1950s black Americans didn't have full access to vote. So now compare the

vibe of the 1950s toward Christianity with today's vibe toward the faith. To quote

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