A Publication of Old Paths Baptist Church Separation of Church and State Law Ministry

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Exposing Catholic – Calvinist – Reformed Historic Revisionism The essays, articles, books and resources linked to on this page expose the constant Catholic/Calvinist/Reformed barrage of lies which permeate mainstream “Christianity” in America.

See, for more proof of the thesis of this article, some of the authorities in the Endnotes below and also List of Scholarly Resources Which Explain and Comprehensively Document the True History of Religious Freedom in America.

Suggestion: Read this article in conjunction with:

• Exposing the Dangers of David Barton’s Teachings 
• A “Christian” Refuge of Lies: An Expose of “The Church that Birthed America”
• The Consequences of Christian and Secular Revisionism

For much more on David Barton, click: David Barton/Glenn Beck Ecumenical Trojan Horse 

See also, the resources in the Endnotes: EN 1: On David Barton and Glen Beck. EN 2: On Ted Cruz with David Barton at his side. EN3: Other resources . See also.

For a complete but concise analysis of Christian (and Secular) Revisionism including that of David Barton plus an accurate history of the First Amendment (a knowledge of which totally discredits David Barton’s revised history) click here: The Trail of Blood of the Martyrs of Jesus/A Case of Premeditated Murder: Christian Revisionists on Trial 

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Jerald Finney
Copyright © August, 2009
Revised on November 30, 2016

In John Adams: Was He Really an Enemy of Christians? Addressing Modern Academic Shallowness David Barton wrote, “non-Biblical Christianity and non-Biblical Christians still drive people away from the Christian faith rather than to it,” a true statement. However, sad to say, David Barton’s form of Christianity is non-Biblical and is driving people from the Christian faith. Please read further before summarily discounting this truth which is offered by a believer who once admired David Barton and worked with millions of other “Christians” in the Republican Party to bring America back under God. After 20 years of work as a voter, precinct chairman, election judge,  member of various Republican Party committees, and delegate to Republican conventions, etc. starting in the early 1980’s after being saved, I saw that all our efforts in the political system were anti-productive. Then, I became lead counsel for the Biblical Law Center helping churches to remain free from government control. As a believer first and a lawyer second, I began intense, in-depth studies of the relevant Biblical/legal/historical principles which continue to this day. To my dismay, I began to realize that for 20+ years I had worked for a misguided cause led by men such as David Barton who are “Christian Revisionists.” 

“The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light” (Romans 13:12). This author could spend every minute of every day refuting the false teachings of David Barton and other Christian revisionists, but he does not have the time to do that. Every believer has God-given responsibilities, but most may not have the time to do the study needed to discern truth about, for example, some Biblical principles, history, and law. One who has grown weary of witnessing the futility of his efforts in politics and elsewhere may go to the resources mentioned below for light which will expose the works of darkness. When a believer proceeds with knowledge, understanding, and wisdom, he will not be fooled by the works of darkness.

On August 23, 2009, I began a radio broadcast series on the “History of the First Amendment.”  This series is loaded with facts that every Christian who desires to make a difference in turning America back to God must know. The facts presented are irrefutable, but most Christians don’t know them. I do not give all my sources on the broadcasts, but the sources are fully cited in God Betrayed: Separation of Church and State: The Biblical Principles and the American Application. The broadcasts are archived on the following website page, so that you can listen to them at any time: Audio series on God Betrayed/Separation of Church and State: The Biblical Principles and the American Application. The audio series is a summation of  The History of the First Amendment, which is the online version of Section IV of God Betrayed. God Betrayed is available free in PDF and online or may be ordered is softback and Kindle by going to the Order Information for books by Jerald Finney Page. Section IV, Chapter 2, of God Betrayed – Secular and Christian Revisionism – and Section IV, Chapter 3 of God Betrayed – The consequences of secular and Christian revisionism – will help the reader understand the Christian revisionist history of David Barton and others, especially when considered in conjunction with a reading of the whole of Section IV. of God Betrayed. Also, for a summary of the history of religious freedom in America, one may read An Abridged History of the First Amendment. These Biblical/historical/legal teachings present verifiable facts which David Barton and other Christian revisionists never mention or which they pervert.

For many years I followed Christian revisionism. I was ignorant, but not willfully ignorant. If you have obtained your information from men such as the men I had followed and applauded for many years (the most influential of which was David Barton), you have been misled. Please read further before you get mad, delete this message, and continue your futile work building a house of cards. For a complete but concise analysis of Christian (and Secular) Revisionism including that of David Barton plus an accurate history of the First Amendment (a knowledge of which totally discredits David Barton’s revised history) click here: The Trail of Blood of the Martyrs of Jesus/A Case of Premeditated Murder: Christian Revisionists on Trial. 

Hosea 4:6-11  “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.  As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame. They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.  And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.  For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD. Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.” See also, 2 Peter 1.3-10;  Romans 10.2 (“For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.”), 15.14; Ephesians 1.15-23; Colossians 1.9-10, 28-29; 1 Corinthians 1.5.

Years ago, I read The Myth of Separation by David Barton. I was enlightened in many ways because I had not done my own research on the subject he was addressing. However, even in the first reading, I noticed how sloppy his writing was. Later, I began to realize that he made many factual errors and that many times his citations did not go back to reliable sources. In spite of this, I was a faithful follower of and advocate for David Barton for many years because I did not have the time to do an independent study.

Good to hear from you, _______________. David Barton knows exactly what he is doing. He is among those “Christians” who believe it is OK to lie for a higher cause. The problem is that his cause is not the cause of the remnant of Bible believing Christians.

At one time, David Barton was a hero of mine. However, when I began to intensely study the Bible (the Bible doctrines of church, state, and separation of church and state), history (the history of the First Amendment), and law (as to the First Amendment, church organization, the relationship between church and state), I found that David Barton was a false teacher (biblically, and especially historically). I had followed his, and other “Christian” writings (starting with The Light and the Glory  in the 1980s). I just believed these writings, the teachings of which are regularly repackaged, published, and sold to unknowledgeable “Christians” who go into the political realm and fight a political battle not according to knowledge.

I always knew that Barton’s writings were sloppy; but the real problems with his teachings and writings are much deeper. David Barton (and other leading “Christian” authors) select historical facts that support their goals, but leave out facts which give the whole truth. They, distort, lie, etc. This was a hard pill for me to swallow, but the truth is there when one studies it out. Once I learned that I had been used, lied to, and misled in order to support religious beliefs that were contrary to Scripture I became angry for a time.

EN 2. The following was my e-mail reply to a question from a friend concerning Ted Cruz:

April 4, 2016 at 10:16 AM

The following is what little I have gleaned from my limited time looking at the matter. He is Pentecostal. He believes the church should control the state – that the state should prop up the church. He is a dominionist. He is part of the establishment; this is no problem for him because he believes the church and state are destined to work together to bring peace and unity. Of course, deceived “Christians” follow him because they have no understanding of history and Bible principles since, if they study at all, they follow the teachings of Christian revisionists such as David Barton. Cruz has David Barton at his side. Barton has done tremendous damage to the cause of Christ, since he is an outright liar and a dominionist. He revises history and lies. Lying is part of the arsenal of dominionists;  according to them, it is right to lie to those (like Christians who do not agree with their theology) who do not have the right to know the truth, especially if lying promotes their vision (which they, as heretics believe to be of God based upon their perverted interpretations of Scripture) for the world. That is why most “Christians” follow a perverted view of history which is more despicable than secular revisionist history. Most “Christians” just proceed ignorantly and follow their heretical and apostate leaders down the road to destruction – to a nation where church controls state and to a one world government where their hope is that church will control the world. So when articles state that Cruz is “deeply Christian” they just fall in line to support him. He is deeply heretical and tied directly to the establishment. Etc. Some things to google:

Ted cruz’s father and religion
Ted cruz’s father youtube
Ted Cruz’s religion
Ted Cruz religion youtube

There are some good youtubes of his father and other Pentecostals with whom Cruz has been associated preaching.

Some good articles and resources to begin:

http://www.religionnews.com/2016/02/04/ted-cruzs-campaign-fueled-dominionist-vision-america-commentary/

https://opbcbibletrust.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/david-bartons-christian-revisionism/

https://opbcbibletrust.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/exposing-the-dangers-of-david-bartons-teachings/

Understanding the history of the First Amendment is a very important (maybe the most important) piece of the puzzle. For the true history of the First Amendment and more on Christian revisionism, see:

https://opbcbibletrust.wordpress.com/contents/online-version-of-the-book-god-betrayed/the-history-of-the-first-amendment/

To understand it all, see:

https://opbcbibletrust.wordpress.com/contents/online-version-of-the-book-god-betrayed/

EN 3. Other resources: