11-21-24, Republican George W. Bush [#2] was the USA's 43rd president [2001-2009]. Because of the Islamic 9/11/01 attack on the USA when approximately 3,000 innocent civilian Americans were slaughtered - he became a wartime president. In response he created 'Homeland Security,' which ultimately removed much privacy from Americans and the 'Office of Faith-Based Community Initiatives'. He declared war on Iraq that lasted from 2003-2020 killing appx 4,500 US soldiers with appx 23,000 wounded in action. His legacy included income tax cuts, implementation of Medicare Part D [drugs], increased military spending, a housing bubble that contributed to the subprime mortgage crisis of 2007–2008 and the following Great Recession.

​In 1985 Rev Billy Graham counseled the alcoholic GW Bush who reported that:

​"There is only one reason that I am here in the Oval Office and not in a bar. I found faith. I found God. I am here because of the power of prayer - Christ changed my life."

Matthew 1:21; Luke 13:3; John 14:6; Romans 10:9; Acts 4:12

-- Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary: https://biblehub.com/commentaries/jfb/acts/4.htm
-- Faith: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/godinamerica/god-in-the-white-house/
-- Miller: https://millercenter.org/president/gwbush/impact-and-legacy
— Past alcohol: https://www.prevention.com/health/a32378580/why-george-w-bush-quit-drinking-alcohol/

In 1975 Ronald Reagan said Social Security should be voluntary.
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​Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 Enacted  the Social Security Act [here] - HISTORY
The Social Security Act, signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935. He claimed it was a federal safety net for elderly, unemployed and disadvantaged Americans. The main stipulation of the original Social Security Act was to pay financial benefits to retirees over age 65 based on lifetime OF THEIR payroll tax contributions matched by THEIR EMPLOYERS. In modern times the liberals like to claim paying the benefits to retirees is an 'ENTITLEMENT' that they want to discontinue. Travesty if they ever do.
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​-- Matthew Poole Commentary: https://biblehub.com/commentaries/poole/colossians/3.htm
-- Faith: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/godinamerica/god-in-the-white-house/
-- Social Security: https://ontheissues.org/Celeb/Ronald_Reagan_Social_Security.htm
https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/social-security-act
-- White House: https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/ronald-reagan/

11-4-24, With the assassination of USA Republican President McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, not quite 43, became the 26th and youngest President in the Nation’s history (1901-1909). He believed he was a “steward of the people taking whatever action necessary for the public good unless expressly forbidden by law or the Constitution.” Like President Trump, Teddy came from a wealthy New York family.

He was tough on foreign nations with his motto: “Speak softly and carry a big stick. . . . ” He was first to go directly to the people, fathered five children and was a great peace maker [also like Trump] and he won the Nobel Peace Prize for mediating the Russo-Japanese War. The family of Roosevelt - Teddy & Franklin were distant cousin; Teddy uncle to Eleanor. Teddy said: “A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education. To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to Society.” In 1919 he met an assassin's bullet and survived.

​He was a faithful Christian who said: "unless our patriotism is part of the very fiber of our being, we can neither serve God nor take our own part."

​Deuteronomy 8:10; Psalm 103:2; Romans 1:8; Revelation 7:12

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Foiled Assassination Attempt
SPEECH IN POCKET!
​Speech That Saved Teddy Roosevelt's Life [here] Smithsonian

-- More about Wife Edith here: https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/about-the-white-house/first-ladies/edith-kermit-carow-roosevelt/
-- Matthew Henry Commentary: https://biblehub.com/commentaries/mhc/psalms/103.htm
-- History Miller: https://millercenter.org/president/roosevelt
-- Faith: https://teddyrooseveltlive.com/2014/04/19/theodore-roosevelt-and-religion/

11-13-24, The 35th USA President was Democrat John F. Kennedy "JFK" [1961-1963]. He was a heroic sailor in the US Navy, Lt JF Kennedy was a champion swimmer from Harvard University and those abilities were well appreciated in 1942-1943 when in his boat PT 109 crashed. His older brother Joe was killed in the service, his brother Robert was assassinated, and John was assassinated in 1963. [Currently nephew Robert F. Kennedy Jr is working with President Trump to make America healthy again.] After 8 years as US Senator, JFK was elected the first man of Roman Catholic faith to become US President. His economic programs launched the country on its longest sustained expansion since World War II. He opposed the CIA - he said: "I will splinter it and cast it to the winds."

​ 2 Chronicles 30:12; Job 27:11; Ecclesiastes 9:1; 1 Peter 5:6

-- Ellicott Commentary: https://biblehub.com/commentaries/ellicott/2_chronicles/30.htm
-- Lt JF Kennedy War: https://www.nps.gov/articles/kennedyww2.htm
-- Legacy: https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/john-f-kennedy/

11-11-24, The Democrat Harry S. Truman was the 33rd USA president [1945-1953]. He believed that communism was "a tyranny led by a small group who have abandoned their faith in God." On Aug 6, 1945 he ordered two nuclear bombs dropped on Japan that ended WW2 [appx 200,000 Japanese were killed] believing the 'end justifies the means.' 

He spoke many times about God; but when Rev Billy Graham told him: 'You need Christ and His death on the cross.' Truman denounced him as a counterfeit.

Apparently Truman was a counterfeit Christian himself unless he was born again [John 3:3, 7] as he said:

"This is a Christian nation... trust in God."

​Exodus 34:28; Isaiah 49:4; Matthew 5:17; Romans 5:12

-- Heritage Foundation: https://americanheritage.org/the-bible-inspired-influences-on-the-u-s-constitution-and-u-s-bill-of-rights/
-- Faith: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/godinamerica/god-in-the-white-house/
-- White House: https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/harry-s-truman/

11-8-24, The 30th USA President was Republican Massachusetts lawyer Calvin Coolidge  [1923-1929]. He was VP for Warren Harding whose presidency was cut short by a heart attack. His desire was to preserve the old moral and economic precepts of frugality amid the material prosperity which many Americans were enjoying during the 1920s. However, he was distinguished for his good character more than for achievement. His first message to Congress called for isolation in foreign policy, tax cuts and the economy. He believed God puts US Presidents in the White House.

​Psalm 50:15;  Haggai 2:23; John 15:16; Romans 8:28

-- Benson Commentary: https://biblehub.com/commentaries/benson/psalms/50.htm
-- Faith: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/godinamerica/god-in-the-white-house/
-- Miller: https://millercenter.org/calvin-coolidge-vision-thing

11-7-24, The 29th USA President was Republican Warren G. Harding [1921-1923] ... he was a successful and conservative businessman. He had many dishonest men in his staff who were actually prosecuted and jailed; apparently Harding wasn't involved. Harding wanted to stay out of the League of Nations [aka United Nations]. About God - his devout Christian mother gave him the middle name "Gamaliel" [teacher of the Apostle Paul Acts 22:3] in hopes that he would become a "teacher of God's people." He said: "In this new republic we've seen civil, human and religious liberty verified and glorified. What doth the Lord require of thee but to do justly, love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? [Micah 6:8] This I plight to God and country. He died in office of heart attack.

​ 2 Chronicles 15:2; Psalm 73:28; Hebrews 7:25; James 4:8

-- Jamison-Fausett-Brown Commentary: https://biblehub.com/commentaries/jfb/2_chronicles/15.htm
-- Miller Commentary: https://millercenter.org/president/harding/life-in-brief
-- Faith: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/godinamerica/god-in-the-white-house/

11-6-24, The 28th USA President was Democrat [Socialist] Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921) his main domestic act was the enlargement of FEDERAL RESERVE BANK that continues to controls regulations of USA banks, interest rate, credit and money supply. He was a progressive with a radical nature who believed that individual liberty should be sacrificed at the altar of “social justice.” He was at odds with American framers who believed a just government would always have the basic aim of securing individual inalienable rights and freedoms. Wilson thoroughly subscribed to doctrine of historical progress that the separation of powers as a hindrance because efficiency was to be valued over anything else which he learned from reading German theorist G. W. F. Hegel. In 1890 he was first non Clergy President of Princeton University.  Reportedly he was a Christian who was asked about 'evolution' in contrast to 'creation' by the Supreme Being = GOD. He said he did believe in organic evolution. His devout father told him: '"My son, don't you worry about doctrinal problems. Ask yourself, and if you can answer this question in the affirmative, you need not worry. "Do I love and want to serve the Lord Jesus Christ?"

​Matthew 22:37-38; Mark 12:30; Deuteronomy 6:5, 30:16

-- Matthew Henry Commentary: https://biblehub.com/commentaries/mhc/matthew/22.htm

-- GrassRoot Institute: https://www.grassrootinstitute.org/2012/09/constitution-201-woodrow-wilson-and-the-rejection-of-the-founders-principles/

-- Heritage Foundation: https://www.heritage.org/political-process/report/the-birth-the-administrative-state-where-it-came-and-what-it-means-limited

-- PBS.com: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/godinamerica/god-in-the-white-house/

11-5-24, The 27th USA President was Republican Howard Taft about God he once said: Taft acknowledged "Almighty God" and called on citizens to recognize and thank God for the blessings bestowed upon the nation. "Unitarians" believe that Jesus Christ founded a new religion and a new philosophy on the love of God for man, and of men for one another, and for God, and taught it by His life and practice. He was the only US president to become a judge in the nation's supreme court although many historians believe he accomplished little in his four year term. One quote reminds me of President Trump: We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage.

​Genesis 28:15; Deuteronomy 31:6; Hebrews 13:5

​-- Benson Commentary: https://biblehub.com/commentaries/benson/deuteronomy/31.htm
-- Faith: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/godinamerica/god-in-the-white-house/
-- Miller Commentary: https://millercenter.org/president/taft/impact-and-legacy

11-3-24, One of the most devout Christian presidents, #25 Republican William McKinley. In the friendly atmosphere of the McKinley Administration, industrial progress developed at an unprecedented pace. Under his guidance the USA annexed the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico. In his Thanksgiving proclamations and inaugural addresses he beseeched God's help and mercy. In 1901 he was shot and publicly forgave his assassin before dying. He said God blessed the USA so long as we obey Him. 

Proverbs 8:32; Luke 11:28; John 13:17; Revelation 1:3

-- Gill Commentary: https://biblehub.com/commentaries/gill/luke/11.htm
-- Faith: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/godinamerica/god-in-the-white-house/
-- Miller Commentary: https://millercenter.org/president/mckinley/impact-and-legacy

​11-2-24, The 22nd and the 24th USA President Democrat Grover Cleveland served two terms (1885-1889 and 1893-1897). He was a typical heavy handed Democrat through both terms in office. He was against government handouts even to our military veterans. He angered the railroads forcing them to return 81,000,000 acres. On immigration he said: "The laws should be rigidly enforced prohibiting immigration of a servile class that competes with American labor with no intention of acquiring citizenship and bringing with them and retaining habits and customs repugnant to our civilization." His faith in God wavered when his daughter died; however he returned saying:

 "I know there's a supreme Being who rules the affairs of men."

​ Daniel 4:17; Jeremiah 27:5; Psalm 9:16; John 12:31; Romans 13:1

-- Benson Commentary: https://biblehub.com/commentaries/benson/daniel/4.htm
-- White House: https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/grover-cleveland/
-- God in White House: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/godinamerica/god-in-the-white-house/