Today I want you to envision yourself in an auditorium full of people. Everyone in attendance is abuzz as some of America's great leaders have agreed to temporarily leave Heaven to be on this panel. We have been at the conference for 32 days now. We began on October 1 and the conference is about to wrap up. Throughout the course of our conference we have heard stories directly from the mouths of Washington, Hancock, Madison, Adams, and others. We were shown photographs of the U.S. Capital when it served as a church; Bunker Hill when the first shots were fired between the Brits and Colonists; and other significant sites in our nation's history. The best part of our conference has been the prayer. We have been led in prayer by George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and many of our contemporaries seated in the audience today.

I being the moderator welcomes everyone and introduces today's guest panelists. "Please welcome Frederick Douglass, a key leader in the abolition of slavery in America; Elias Boudinot, the President of the First Continental Congress in 1783 and the founder of the American Bible Society; Justice John Jay, the First Justice of the Supreme Court; Rev. John Witherspoon, a signer of both the Declaration of Independence and the Continental Congressman who also served as President of Princeton College; John Hancock, first signer of the Declaration of Independence; and former U.S. Presidents, Abraham Lincoln, John Adams, and James Garfield." Everyone cheers.

I begin saying, "Today our topic is voting in America. Of course, all of us in the audience will be voting tomorrow so we would like to ask you, our distinguished panel, 'What kind of person should we vote for?"

"Mr. Garfield, will you start?" Sitting up straight in his chair, Garfield says, "Now more than ever before, the people are responsible for the character of Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness, and corruption. If it be intelligent, brave, and pure, it is because the people demand these high qualities to represent them in the national legislature."

"How about you Mr. Lincoln? Please give us your thoughts." Lincoln firmly responds, "We, the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow men who pervert the Constitution."

 Suddenly John Adams speaks out, "A Constitution of Government once changed from freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever."

 "Well," I ask, "How do we know who will change the Constitution?" Elias Boudinot answers, "Be religiously careful in our choice of all public officers . . . and judge of the tree by its fruits."

"Religiously careful?" I ask. "Justice Jay can we be religious careful in our choosing of elected leaders?" (The audience falls deafly silent knowing we now have 'separation of church and state' in our nation.) After a pause, John Jay replies, "Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is the duty, as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers."

"Only Christian rulers?" I ask. "This seems such a strange thought." Before Jay could respond, his colleague John Witherspoon suddenly blurts out, "Whoever is an avowed enemy of God, I [would not hesitate] to call him an enemy to his country."

"Well, Mr. Douglass, what is your opinion sir?" Douglass with a look of determination replies, "I have one great political idea . . . The best expression of it I have found in the Bible. It is . . . 'Righteousness exalteth a nation; sin is a reproach to any people.' This constitutes my politics - the positive and negative of my politics, and the whole of my politics."

"Well," I respond, "We have been praying for awhile now for righteousness. We feel that we have done our duty as Christians." John Hancock suddenly stands to his feet and looks out into the eyes of the audience. He locks his eyes in upon yours and exclaims with a deep passion, "I urge you, by all that is dear, by all that is honorable, by all that is sacred, not only that ye pray but [also] that ye act."

We all stand and give a roaring cheer. The curtain closes and the conference comes to a close. As we exit the building, you and I begin discussing all that we have heard; especially Hancock's challenging words "to act." I look at you and I say, "We are in this thing together you know. This country is ours. God is counting on the both of us to take it back. I am all in. Mark Foley is all in. Others are all in. You with us?"

Note: All quotes above from the various leaders are accurate and real.