My Descending from Gov. - D. A. Sharpe

Register Report for William Bradford
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heritage, as the evidence is revealed. My goal, as a Christian man, is to serve the cause of
Jesus Christ and to serve my family, my fellow men, women and children who are my God
given neighbors. The life's mission I seek to claim is that of making disciples of Jesus Christ.
In conclusion, a summary of my spiritual, political and social understandings of life should be
expressed.
Spiritually, I believe that all of the universe was created by an eternal spiritual being to
whom we refer as Almighty God. I believe that He intended to have fellowship with human
beings, whom He created in His image. The defects in human beings made it necessary to
have that resolved with the coming of His Son, whom we know as Jesus. I believe that
Jesus came into the world supernaturally, that He lived a life without defect, and that he
was crucified unjustly, paying for our defects, called sins. I believe that He was raised from
the dead supernaturally and went to be in heaven eternally with God the Father, and that
He will return again someday.
Politically, I believe the United States was founded by God-fearing people whose Biblical
understandings shaped how we chose to structure our representative democratic form of
government. I believe that the size of government should be as small as feasible, that
taxation should be low, that the government's dictation of how we should live should be
minimal, and I believe every citizen should participate in his or her government, such as
voting regularly and serving in ways that seem appropriate. I believe that the judicatory
should interpret the original intent of the laws and Constitution, and that legislating from the
bench is inappropriate. I believe that the reason churches are exempt from taxation is not
because the original members of Congress were just generous to churches, but rather their
wisdom led them to know that the government should not be permitted to have a say in how
churches are operated. That was not intended to mean that the citizens could not have
expression of their religious practices while functioning in government (we should be able to
have a corporate prayer to open tax supported high school football games)! I believe that
government should subsidize education of children, but not necessarily produce the
education.
Good health generally has been my experience, as God has blessed me so much. On
November 1, 2007, a pacemaker was implanted to keep my heart properly stimulated. In
January 2008, open heart surgery replaced along term leaky heart valve with a calf valve.
My recovery from those experiences, with the prayer support of so many friends, was just
wonderful.
Socially, I believe our spiritual heritage calls for us to be concerned first for our families, then
for our neighbors, then for our community at large. The Salvation Army's General William
Booth's annual message to his international workers was "Others." That is one of the best
expressions of social responsibiliy you can use.
The order of my priorities in life are these: God, my wife, my children, my family at large, my
community, my nation. In times of great threat to freedom, my commitment to nation jumps
way up on the ladder, though not above God.
My desire is to leave as a legacy theses principles to my children and family. I have not
done the best job in doing that, but be it known that such is my desire.
Suzanne Margaret Boggess daughter of Thomas Shelton Boggess and Alice Loraine
McElroy[103] was born on 02 Apr 1938 in Griffin, Spaulding County, Georgia[103].
Notes for Suzanne Margaret Boggess:
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