New ‘God Bless the USA Bible’

 A new Bible that includes the U.S. Constitution and the pledge of allegiance is generating controversy before it has even hit the market.

The “God Bless the USA Bible” is expected to go on sale in September, in time to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, according to a Nashville-based marketer who will distribute the book.

It has already prompted cries of blasphemy and concerns that the book will promote Christian nationalism, the idea that America is and should remain a Christian nation.\

The Bible will also include lyrics from singer Lee Greenwood’s hit song “God Bless the USA,” which topped pop charts after Sept. 11, 2001. Using the historic King James Version, the “God Bless the USA Bible” has about 600 preorders for $49.99 and will ship in September, said Hugh Kirkpatrick, who said he wanted to inspire unity in the country.

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https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/new-god-bless-the-usa-bible-that-includes-the-constitution-attracting-critics-customers/

Why Christians Should be Troubled by the New “God Bless the USA Bible”

Anewly-licensed “God Bless the USA Bible”—billed as “the ultimate American Bible”—includes between its covers, in addition to holy Scripture: the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, and the Pledge of Allegiance, as well as the handwritten chorus to Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA.” Elite Source Pro, along with other producers of custom Bibles, is allowed to license the New International Version (NIV) of the Bible from Zondervan for private use. (Zondervan owns the rights to the NIV, a popular English translation first released in 1978.)

But really, what is an “American” Bible?

In the fall of 2020 Hugh Kirkpatrick, president of Elite Source Pro, and some friends were troubled by a ‘divide’ in the public. “[S]ome people started seeing pro-American images like the flag, the bald eagle, the statue of liberty as weaponized tools of the Republican party,” Kirkpatrick said… “and we didn’t understand that.”

Concerned that public schools were allegedly no longer teaching American history, their answer was to create the “God Bless the USA Bible.”

MORE:

https://www.christianitytoday.com/better-samaritan/2021/may/why-christians-should-be-troubled-by-new-god-bless-usa-bibl.html


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