OCPAC Foundation
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to restore our nation’s memory of the Biblical foundations of its past.
The mission of the OCPAC Foundation is to restore to the conscience of Oklahomans, and to the many parts of our nation which we have opportunity to influence, the cultural concepts which have been foundational to Western Civilization and the great American “experiment” to which our founders pledged in 1776, “Our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.”*
*Quote form The Declaration of Independence found here: https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript
OUR NATIONAL ROOTS
Those foundations rest upon the bedrock of the Word of God. The Bible was the most cited text in the literature of American politics from 1760 to 1805. America’s ideological dependence upon Scripture is clear. Moses, author of the Bible’s nation-forming texts on civil and moral Law, was so foundational that when Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams were asked to develop America’s National Seal, they proposed the scene of the Exodus of God’s People from Egypt, led by Moses and the fire of God as they crossed the Red Sea.
Regarding the impact of the Bible and the Law of Moses in the throne rooms of nations, Twentieth Century philosopher, historian, author, and lecturer, Russell Kirk stated:
“The other creeds of the ancient world are dust and ashes now, but the Decalogue of Moses and the understanding of man’s existence under God which Moses communicated to the people remain a living power, the source of order.
“Sinai would become the foundation of the moral order called Christianity. Some twenty-nine centuries after Moses heard the voice from the burning bush, a smaller band of wanderer would embark upon another Exodus. The people of this later exodus were the Puritans. It is the Law made known through Moses that has survived, and which still works upon the society in which we live.”
For more, see our March 16, 2026 publication on St. Patrick, Ireland, and Christianity here: https://conta.cc/4lrcXRM
THE ROAD BACK HOME
The problem with our common ordinary American politician is that they are a reflection of a watered-down church and an educational system no longer touting our Christian foundations but are instead questioning the integrity of our founders and founding institutions.
We need articulate statesmen and those possessing an unrelenting depth of character who spend more time reading the books of those who have laid the foundations of thought which have brought us through six millennia rather than listening to the promises of lobbyists offering short-term gains for short-sighted people.
We must, through the radical restoration the American pulpit and the American educational system, produce a thinking people who will compose a robust society and a culture which will oversee a body politic known for righteous justice affirming the full-bodied economic liberty of a people devoted to their individual God-given calling to shape Godly families, Godly culture, and Godly societies.
AMERICAN FOUNDERS
John Adams
SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE; JUDGE; DIPLOMAT; ONE OF TWO SIGNERS OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS; SECOND PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity. I will avow that I then believed, and now believe, that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the existence and attributes of God.1
Without religion, this world would be something not fit to be mentioned in polite company: I mean hell.2
The Christian religion is, above all the religions that ever prevailed or existed in ancient or modern times, the religion of wisdom, virtue, equity and humanity.3
Suppose a nation in some distant region should take the Bible for their only law book and every member should regulate his conduct by the precepts there exhibited. . . . What a Eutopia – what a Paradise would this region be!4
I have examined all religions, and the result is that the Bible is the best book in the world.5
Endnotes
1 John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, June 28, 1813, The Writings of Thomas Jefferson (Washington D. C.: The Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association, 1904), XIII:292-294.
2 John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, April 19, 1817, The Works of John Adams, ed. Charles Francis Adams (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1856), X:254.
3 John Adams diary entry for July 26, 1796, Works, III:421.
4 John Adams diary entry for February 22, 1756, Works, II:6-7.
5 John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, December 25, 1813, Works, X:85.
Samuel Adams
SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE; “FATHER OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION”; RATIFIER OF THE U. S. CONSTITUTION; GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS
I . . . [rely] upon the merits of Jesus Christ for a pardon of all my sins.9
The name of the Lord (says the Scripture) is a strong tower; thither the righteous flee and are safe [Proverbs 18:10]. Let us secure His favor and He will lead us through the journey of this life and at length receive us to a better.10
I conceive we cannot better express ourselves than by humbly supplicating the Supreme Ruler of the world . . . that the confusions that are and have been among the nations may be overruled by the promoting and speedily bringing in the holy and happy period when the kingdoms of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ may be everywhere established, and the people willingly bow to the scepter of Him who is the Prince of Peace.11
He also called on the State of Massachusetts to pray that . . .
• the peaceful and glorious reign of our Divine Redeemer may be known and enjoyed throughout the whole family of mankind.12• we may with one heart and voice humbly implore His gracious and free pardon through Jesus Christ, supplicating His Divine aid . . . [and] above all to cause the religion of Jesus Christ, in its true spirit, to spread far and wide till the whole earth shall be filled with His glory.13• with true contrition of heart to confess their sins to God and implore forgiveness through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ our Savior.14
Endnotes
9 From the Last Will & Testament of Samuel Adams, attested December 29, 1790; Samuel Adams, Life & Public Services of Samuel Adams, ed. William V. Wells (Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1865), II:379.
10 Samuel Adams to Elizabeth Adams, December 26, 1776, Letters of Delegates to Congress: August 16, 1776-December 31, 1776, ed. Paul H. Smith (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1979), 5:669-670.
11 From a Fast Day Proclamation issued by Governor Samuel Adams, Massachusetts, March 20, 1797, in our possession; Samuel Adams, The Writings of Samuel Adams, ed. Harry Alonzo Cushing (New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1908), IV:407.
12 Samuel Adams, A Proclamation For a Day of Public Fasting, Humiliation and Prayer, Governor of Massachusetts, from an original broadside in our possession; Samuel Adams, Writings, IV:385.
13 Samuel Adams, Proclamation for a Day of Fasting and Prayer, March 10, 1793.
14 Samuel Adams, Proclamation for a Day of Fasting and Prayer, March 15, 1796.
Charles Carroll
SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE; SELECTED AS DELEGATE TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION; FRAMER OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS; U. S. SENATOR
On the mercy of my Redeemer I rely for salvation and on His merits, not on the works I have done in obedience to His precepts.21
Grateful to Almighty God for the blessings which, through Jesus Christ Our Lord, He had conferred on my beloved country in her emancipation and on myself in permitting me, under circumstances of mercy, to live to the age of 89 years, and to survive the fiftieth year of independence, adopted by Congress on the 4th of July 1776, which I originally subscribed on the 2d day of August of the same year and of which I am now the last surviving signer.22
I, Charles Carroll. . . . give and bequeath my soul to God who gave it, my body to the earth, hoping that through and by the merits, sufferings, and mediation of my only Savior and Jesus Christ, I may be admitted into the Kingdom prepared by God for those who love, fear and truly serve Him.23
Congress, 1854
The great, vital, and conservative element in our system is the belief of our people in the pure doctrines and the divine truths of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.24
Congress, U. S. House Judiciary Committee, 1854
Had the people, during the Revolution, had a suspicion of any attempt to war against Christianity, that Revolution would have been strangled in its cradle… In this age, there can be no substitute for Christianity… That was the religion of the founders of the republic and they expected it to remain the religion of their descendants.25
Endnotes
22 Lewis A. Leonard, Life of Charles Carroll of Carrollton (New York: Moffit, Yard & Co, 1918), 256-257.
23 Kate Mason Rowland, Life of Charles Carroll of Carrollton (New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1890), II:373-374, will of Charles Carroll, Dec. 1, 1718 (later replaced by a subsequent will not containing this phrase, although he reexpressed this sentiment on several subsequent occasions, including repeatedly in the latter years of his life).
24 Journal of the House of the Representatives of the United States of America (Washington, DC: Cornelius Wendell, 1855), 34th Cong., 1st Sess.:354, January 23, 1856; B. F. Morris, The Christian Life and Character of the Civil Institutions of the United States (Philadelphia: George W. Childs, 1864), 328.
25 Reports of Committees of the House of Representatives Made During the First Session of the Thirty-Third Congress (Washington: A. O. P. Nicholson, 1854), 6-9.
John Hancock
SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE; PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS;
REVOLUTIONARY GENERAL; GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS
Sensible of the importance of Christian piety and virtue to the order and happiness of a state, I cannot but earnestly commend to you every measure for their support and encouragement.37
He called on the entire state to pray “that universal happiness may be established in the world [and] that all may bow to the scepter of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the whole earth be filled with His glory.”38
He also called on the State of Massachusetts to pray . . .
• that all nations may bow to the scepter of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and that the whole earth may be filled with his glory.39• that the spiritual kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ may be continually increasing until the whole earth shall be filled with His glory.40• to confess their sins and to implore forgiveness of God through the merits of the Savior of the World.41• to cause the benign religion of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to be known, understood, and practiced among all the inhabitants of the earth.42• to confess their sins before God and implore His forgiveness through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.43• that He would finally overrule all events to the advancement of the Redeemer’s kingdom and the establishment of universal peace and good will among men.44• that the kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ may be established in peace and righteousness among all the nations of the earth.45• that with true contrition of heart we may confess our sins, resolve to forsake them, and implore the Divine forgiveness, through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ, our Savior. . . . And finally to overrule all the commotions in the world to the spreading the true religion of our Lord Jesus Christ in its purity and power among all the people of the earth.46
Endnotes
37 Independent Chronicle (Boston), November 2, 1780, last page; Abram English Brown, John Hancock, His Book (Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1898), 269.
38 John Hancock, A Proclamation For a Day of Public Thanksgiving 1791, Governor of Massachusetts, from an original broadside in our possession.
39 John Hancock, Proclamation for a Day of Public Thanksgiving, October 28, 1784, from a proclamation in our possession; Evans #18593.
40 John Hancock, Proclamation for a Day of Public Thanksgiving, October 29, 1788, from a proclamation in our possession; Evans #21237.
41 John Hancock, Proclamation For a Day of Fasting and Prayer, March 16, 1789, from a proclamation in our possession; Evans #21946.
42 John Hancock, Proclamation for a Day of Thanksgiving and Praise, September 16, 1790, from an original broadside in our possession.
43 John Hancock, Proclamation for a Day of Fasting and Prayer, February 11, 1791, from a proclamation in our possession; Evans #23549.
44 John Hancock, Proclamation for a Day of Fasting, Prayer and Humiliation, February 24, 1792, from a proclamation in our possession; Evans #24519.
45 John Hancock, Proclamation for a Day of Public Thanksgiving, October 25, 1792, from an original broadside in our possession.
46 John Hancock, Proclamation for Day of Public Fasting, Humiliation and Prayer, March 4, 1793, from a broadside in our possession.
Benjamin Rush
SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE; SURGEON GENERAL OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY; RATIFIER OF THE U. S. CONSTITUTION; “FATHER OF AMERICAN MEDICINE”; TREASURER OF THE U. S. MINT; “FATHER OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS UNDER THE CONSTITUTION”
The Gospel of Jesus Christ prescribes the wisest rules for just conduct in every situation of life. Happy they who are enabled to obey them in all situations! . . . My only hope of salvation is in the infinite tran¬scendent love of God manifested to the world by the death of His Son upon the Cross. Noth¬ing but His blood will wash away my sins [Acts 22:16]. I rely exclusively upon it. Come, Lord Jesus! Come quickly! [Revelation 22:20]97
I do not believe that the Constitution was the offspring of inspiration, but I am as satisfied that it is as much the work of a Divine Providence as any of the miracles recorded in the Old and New Testament.98
By renouncing the Bible, philosophers swing from their moorings upon all moral subjects… It is the only correct map of the human heart that ever has been published.99
[T]he greatest discoveries in science have been made by Christian philosophers and . . . there is the most knowledge in those countries where there is the most Christianity.100
[T]he only means of establishing and perpetuating our republican forms of government is the universal education of our youth in the principles of Christianity by means of the Bible.101
The great enemy of the salvation of man, in my opinion, never invented a more effective means of limiting Christianity from the world than by persuading mankind that it was improper to read the Bible at schools.102
[C]hristianity is the only true and perfect religion; and… in proportion as mankind adopt its principles and obey its precepts, they will be wise and happy.103
The Bible contains more knowledge necessary to man in his present state than any other book in the world.104
The Bible, when not read in schools, is seldom read in any subsequent period of life… [T]he Bible… should be read in our schools in preference to all other books because it contains the greatest portion of that kind of knowledge which is calculated to produce private and public happiness.105
Endnotes
97 Benjamin Rush, The Autobiography of Benjamin Rush, ed. George W. Corner (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1948), 165-166.
98 Benjamin Rush to Elias Boudinot, July 9, 1788, Letters of Benjamin Rush, ed. L. H. Butterfield (Princeton, New Jersey: American Philosophical Society, 1951), I:475.
99 Rush to John Adams, January 23, 1807, Letters of Benjamin Rush, II:936.
100 Benjamin Rush, “Thoughts upon Female Education,” Essays, Literary, Moral and Philosophical (Philadelphia: Thomas and William Bradford, 1806), 84.
101 Benjamin Rush, “A Defence of the Use of the Bible as a School Book,” Essays, Literary, Moral & Philosophical (Philadelphia: Thomas & Samuel F. Bradford, 1798), 112.
102 Rush to Jeremy Belknap, July 13, 1789, Letters of Benjamin Rush, I:521.
103 Rush, “A Defence of the Use of the Bible as a School Book,” Essays (1798), 93; Rush to Jeremy Belknap, March 2, 1791, Letters of Benjamin Rush, I:578.
104 Rush, “A Defence of the Use of the Bible as a School Book,” Essays (1798), 93; Rush to Jeremy Belknap, March 2, 1791, Letters of Benjamin Rush, I:578.
105 Benjamin Rush, “A Defence of the Use of the Bible as a School Book,” Essays (1798), 94, 100.
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