This is an IHeart podcast.

This is Lee Habib, and this is Our American Stories,

the show where America is the star and the American people. And we love to hear

from you and your stories. Send them to Our American Stories.com. They're some of our favorites.

If you want to know about the history of America, it's imperative that you know the role that the

Bible played in the shaping of our country.

Our founding fathers, both Christian and non-Christian, were heavily influenced by the Bible.

Here to share another story is Robert Morgan, who's the author of 100 Bible verses that made America,

the finding moments that shaped our enduring foundation of faith.

Take it away, Robert.

I vividly remember Christmas Eve of 1968.

I was a high school student preparing for college in troubled times.

The Vietnam War was ripping America

to pieces. Campuses were battle zones, cities burned from race riots, and the land was violent.

I registered with the local draft board and worried about my future. Martin Luther King, Jr. and

Robert F. Kennedy had been slain. Lending Johnson, abandoned hopes for re-election,

the Democratic National Convention in Chicago was engulfed in tear gas, and in November, Richard Nixon won the presidency.

But the Soviet Union was threatening America both on Earth and in space.

On December 21st, a Saturn 5 rocket lifted off with Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders

strapped into a small capsule known as Apollo 8.

Three, two, one, all engines running, large commit.

Many within the NASA community wondered if they would ever return.

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