Tim Walberg: “I thank the gentleman for his efforts tonight to call attention to this. Mr. Speaker, I am thankful for the opportunity…”

“I thank the gentleman for his efforts tonight to call attention to this. Mr. Speaker, I am thankful for the opportunity we are afforded here to speak of the impact of the Bible in our lives as well, and, more importantly, the impact the Bible can have on all lives. I was a young boy when I was encouraged to memorize a simple little verse, John 3:16, which said: ``For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believe in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.'' When I put my name in that place in the world, it meant everything in the world to me. With Jesus Christ as my savior, it has impacted my life. Mr. Speaker, noted historian, Will Durant, once stated: ``The greatest question of our time is not communism versus individualism, not Europe versus America, and not the East versus the West, it is whether men can live without God.'' Mr. Speaker, that question, it now appears, will be answered in our own time. {time} 1745 God has left us with a direct message on life and how to live life with God, and that message is the Bible, a book that is, sadly, being pushed out of the mainstream of our country in many ways. Sadly, we are seeing the results in broken homes, dysfunctional societies, upheaval that is going on. Sadly, those results impact us here in government as well. Yes, we can still read the Bible, but freedom to live it out is in question, and I wonder why. Dostoyevsky stated it this way.…”