S8 Ep904: Jason Bedrick argues that the Bible is the essential foundation for the U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence. He laments the decline in biblical literacy, noting it creates a profound gap in cultural understanding. (7/16)
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John Batchelor
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🗓️ 21 May 2026
⏱️ 12 minutes
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| 1:19.2 | I read Alexander Hamilton. |
| 1:21.9 | The sacred rights of mankind are written, as with a sunbeam, |
| 1:26.8 | in the whole volume of human nature by the hand of the |
| 1:29.9 | divinity itself, and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power." |
| 1:35.5 | I welcome Jason Bedrick, who is a senior research fellow at the Center for Education Policy, |
| 1:43.1 | the Heritage Foundation, |
| 1:44.8 | not only to help me understand that paragraph by Mr. Hamilton, but also to underline again and |
| 1:50.6 | again and again as we come to the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. |
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