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Greetings. This is Pastor David Bass at New Geneva Orthodox Presbyterian Church with a

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moment of truth where we challenge you to think through an important issue of life and faith. And

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today, I want to ask you, what are 12 things that have happened in America that have not been seen

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in history anywhere else? We're talking the uniqueness of the American experiment here.

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Now, I've been wanting to do something like this with the approaching 250th anniversary of American

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independence. What makes us great? What makes us different from all the other nations of the world

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that have come and gone? So, between now and Independence Day 2026, which is the 250th anniversary

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of our independence, well, I hope to detail 12 things that have happened in America that have

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not been seen like they have been in America since the beginning of the world. Now, I feel privileged

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to have been born an American in my day and time. I have been the beneficiary of generations of my

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fellow citizens who have labored to be free and prosper themselves and their families and to worship

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and live as God intended. Like every good covenant people, those generations have sought to pass that

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heritage on to me. And in turn, I hope to pass that covenant heritage on to my children and the next

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generation. And that wildly prosperous and free life is directly rooted in biblical and constitutional

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principle. Without the Christian faith, none of what we discuss here today would be possible.

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As Louis Cass, who was the territorial governor of Michigan in the early 19th century,

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my home state, Michigan, he said, and I quote him, the fate of Republican government is indissolubly

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bound up with the fate of the Christian religion. And a people who reject its holy faith will find

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themselves the slaves of their own evil passions and of arbitrary power. Unquote. Oh, embrace and live the

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Christian faith and be free. Reject it and sink back into mankind's condition for millennia, that is

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slavery. And as a consequence, we have seen things happen in America that no one in all of human history has seen

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happen. Behold, 12 things. And I'm going to take them week by week here over the next four broadcasts. Our first

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three things that have happened in America that have not been seen in all of history. Number one, we have a

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Republican constitution founded on an idea rather than tribe or race. Very important. Republican

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constitution, small r. That mean, that means we are a republic, not a democracy. We have a Republican

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small r constitution, not the party, but the form of government, a Republican constitution founded

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on an idea rather than tribe or race. Oh, dear listener, gaze across the sweep of human history

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and tell me of whom are the peoples of the nations composed? Oh, they are racial and ethnic tribes.

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China, for example, is an ancient culture whose very name, China, is the anglicized pronunciation for

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the Xin dynasty. One tribe among many competing tribes that rose to prominence and power in 221 BC

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and has dominated ever since. Even the language of China, Mandarin Chinese, is that of the upper classes

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of China and is the tribal heritage of the Xin clan. And overall, China is a very proud and discriminating

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people in culture. They consider Beijing to be the navel of the universe, if you will, that is the center

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point of all creation, and the Chinese to be the superior race over all others. The naive, brainwashed

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progressive in your average blue city would be shocked at how prejudiced the average Chinese person

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is. That very progressive is scorned by the man on the street in China. Well, even the contemptible

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Somali community here in the United States, recently in the news for their grifting of the American

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welfare system in Minnesota, they are so arrogant as to imagine themselves as natural inheritors of

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America, Somalis. They embrace the historical fiction that Somali explorers preceded English ones,

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and they lay claim to America. They also see themselves as a superior race, and even within Somali culture,

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a particular clan is thought to be superior to all others. And those are the Magirtin Darude.

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Now, that doesn't mean a lot to us, but it does to Somalis. Somalis are a deeply racist people who once

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more see even the naive, brainwashed progressives who champion them as weak and worthy of extermination.

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This includes the evil, hateful Ilhan Omar, congresswoman from Minnesota. Well, dear listener,

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tribes, clans, and race all have been the determinative factors in human governance. Although we credit the

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Greeks with innovating in early form of democracy, for example, and experiments with the republic,

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the Greeks, they all took place within the context of tribal and ethnic realities. The same can be said

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for the far more successful application of a republican system of government brought into existence by

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Rome. The Latins, the Sabines, the Etruscan peoples were divided into 30 curiae, as they were called,

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that composed the voting blocks of the Roman Republic. But it's crucial to remember, they were

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racially and ethnically based. And as the Republic grew and morphed into an empire, enfolding more and

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more peoples across the Mediterranean basin, what remained essential to defining who was more equal

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than others was being Roman, tracing one's ethnicity to being Latin or Sabine or Etruscan.

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So thoroughly embedded in our DNA is this tribal impulse that it can be said to determine the

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behavior of primitive people in our modern age, too. Witness the naive, brainwashed, progressive of

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our day, a primitive backward people, if ever there was one. And I have documented this phenomenon in

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previous broadcasts. I urge you to consult a recent broadcast, figuring out the destructive ways of the

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progressive, the trap of the tribe, the trap of the tribe. And that was broadcast on April 26th of

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2026. And you can access that at our website, americastruths.org, americastruths.org, in our

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archives. Well, in stark contrast to this historical inertia, our founding fathers put forward the

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enlightenment proposal that all men are created equal. Oh, that famous phrase from the Declaration,

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right? All men are created equal. That simple phrase summarizes the biblical truth that,

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now, in Christ Jesus, tribal and ethnic differences and divides are done away with. The Apostle Paul

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puts it this way. He says, in Christ Jesus, you are all sons of God through faith. For as many of you

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as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek. There is neither

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slave nor free. There is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. Unquote. Oh,

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now, it took a long while for this principle to take hold in the church's thinking, but it finally

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triumphed in the Founding Fathers' elaboration of the Constitution and its founding principles.

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For the first time in humanity's long, sad history, citizenship in a Christian constitutional

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republic would be based upon the idea that all men, regardless of race, excuse me, or ethnicity,

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would be citizens of a free republic. Can you see how that goes against the grain of historical

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inertia? Can you see why the primitive peoples, like progressives, so recoil in horror at such an

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idea? It must be made crystal clear with the most emphatic boldness that the equality of all men

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in a free republic is grounded in biblical Christianity. Noah Webster, yes, of Webster Dictionary

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fame. Noah Webster put it this way. He said, the religion which introduced civil liberty is the

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religion of Christ and his apostles, which enjoins humility, piety, and benevolence, which acknowledges

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in every person a brother or a sister and a citizen with equal rights. This is genuine Christianity,

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and to this we owe our free constitutions of government. Unquote. Noah Webster, do not be

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fooled by skeptical, scoffing progressives. The very DEI they attempt to foist on us as moral and right

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is but a twisted perversion of biblical equality. Yeah, diversity, equity, and inclusion. Oh, progressive

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diversity means men in women's sports, transgender pedophiles in your grade schools, in your tax dollars,

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paying for prison inmate transgender surgeries. Progressive equity means equity, equality of

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outcomes. That is that everyone receives the same results for their work no matter their level of

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contribution. It's the old Marxist maxim, from each according to his abilities, to each according to

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his need. Oh, that sounds so confound, doesn't it? But it isn't. Biblical equality means that all men

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receive equal justice before God, regardless of race, creed, color, or national origin. They stand,

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all of us stand, upon the same level ground before God's bar of justice, and when this is extended to

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human government, we see a free, just constitutional republic. Or progressive inclusion means we embrace

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everyone and every belief system, no matter how contradictory or destructive of our constitutional

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system it may be. Does communism have a legitimate role to play in America's future? How about radical

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Islam? Each of them will, by their very nature, destroy a constitutional republic from within by their

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reception into our political system. Our constitution is not a suicide pact, dear listener. Reject both of

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them. If the human race, excuse me, if the human race reverts to its old setting of fear and ignorance

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and depravity, then it will descend into the slavery she has always known. But if the human race will

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exalt Christ as king and institute Christian constitutional republics worldwide, then humanity will flourish as

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never before and see a millennium of peace and prosperity before Christ returns in power and glory.

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As we celebrate our 250th year of American liberty and constitutional government, let us hold out to all

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the world this unique contribution we have made to the world. That is a republican constitution founded on

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an idea rather than a tribe or race. Number two, the second contribution America has made that the

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world has never seen before is a written constitution composed in a brief period of time rather than

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traditions developed over centuries. Yes, a written objective constitution composed in a brief period of time

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rather than the millennia indeed of traditions that have developed over centuries. There's something unique

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in the annals of history as having an instrument of government composed over a few pages of parchment for a vast

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continent of people. And this composition of genius was created in a few brief summer months in

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Philadelphia in 1787. This phenomenon is really a corollary of our previous contribution to humanity by

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America. That is a republican constitution founded on an idea rather than a tribe or race. Who could have

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imagined such a thing? History militated against it ever happening. The principle at stake here is quite simple.

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Objective governance versus subjective governance. The aforementioned tribes and clans of the world

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governed through councils and chieftains who relied upon centuries, sometimes millennia,

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a tribal tradition and experience. The rule over people in tribal society was deeply subjective at every

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level. This can be extrapolated to every major civilization in the broad sweep of history. All

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primitive tribal societies from those in Africa and Asia to North and South America have been governed by what

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what is called an oral tradition. Of what does the oral tradition consist? A definition from the website

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Poem Analysis. Poem Analysis says that oral tradition is the passing down of stories orally from one person to

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the next. This tradition is an old one dating back to preliterate societies where even if the stories were

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written down the majority of people couldn't read them. Some stories that may be passed down in this manner

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include epics, folk narratives, drama, proverbs, and folk songs. These stories are integral parts of the

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cultures they originate from as is the practice of sharing them orally. Oral cultures. Even the constitutional

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heritage from which we have emerged is primarily an oral tradition, with some notable exceptions, which

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we'll note. Now, the broad sweep of liberties and rights espoused by the British peoples is known as

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common law. This law is common because it lives in the everyday life of the common man in Britain, and thus

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common law, which originated in medieval England and is characterized by the use of judicial precedents and

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customs, rather than written statutes. This tradition is nothing to sneeze at, I submit, but it has its

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fatal flaws. Once again, our website puts it this way, and I quote,

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While oral transmission can introduce variability akin to the game of telephone, it serves as a crucial

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avenue for preserving and celebrating the rich heritage of diverse societies.

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It is observed that a consistent characteristic of oral tradition societies is that, once again, I quote,

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Stories may change with each retelling, influenced by the storyteller's style and audience.

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Oral tradition can be more flexible and adaptable, but it may also be subject to changes over time,

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whereas written communication offers permanence and consistency.

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Oral tradition in law is subject to change over time. This is an important difference between oral and

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written traditions. Oral traditions are subject to change over time. And we see that phenomenon

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manifesting itself in the British Isles today, for example. In order to usher in a greater world

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government, British tyrants are steadily encroaching on the freedoms and liberties of our subjects.

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Freedom of speech used to be a cherished right in England. Do you remember the traditions of the

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soapbox in Hyde Park, London? Oh yes, great tradition. There, Brits gathered to make speeches and debate and

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distribute literature on topics of the day, traditionally bringing a soapbox to stand above the crowds. The most

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famous spot was the marble arch in Hyde Park, where people would gather, especially on Sundays.

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But all of that has gone away under Britain's draconian speech laws. These extend to social media

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now as well, where as many as 30 people a day are being arrested for speech crimes in Britain,

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according to the New York Post. But there's no appeal to a specific written constitution or a

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written bill of rights, as there is in America, where we have a First Amendment right to free speech.

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Right? Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the

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free exercise thereof or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press or the right of the people

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peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances." Unquote. The First

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Amendment. And the same can be said for the right to self-defense in the British Isles. In a very poignant

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scene in Scotland recently, a 14-year-old girl pulled several knives on a burly Muslim migrant who was

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threatening her. Muslim migrants are raping and assaulting British women with impunity in every city

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on the Isle. Police finally arrived. Ooh. Oh, wow. I bet you think they did the right thing and arrested

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the man. But no. They arrested her, the 14-year-old girl, for carrying a bladed weapon. This young

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girl had more guts and moxie than most Scottish men. But in the eyes of the Scottish authorities,

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she had no right to defend herself. There is an oral tradition for self-defense in common law,

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and guns used to be ubiquitous in England. But over time, common law yielded to tyranny because there was no

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written record to appeal to, as in our Constitution, where our Second Amendment says a well-regulated

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militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms

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shall not be infringed. Well, now, concurrent with common law in Britain is a body of law that is

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written and specific in articulating English rights. There's the Magna Carta, for example. Now, under threat

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of civil war, where King John of England signed a charter of liberties to freemen with his princes

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standing there with their hands on the hilt of their swords, a foundation was laid for individual

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rights on June 5, 1215, the Magna Carta. And then there was also the English Bill of Rights. Now, before

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William and Mary could ascend to the throne in England in 1689, Parliament submitted a Bill of Rights

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for them to sign and abide by. England had been through so much in the previous century with the

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tyranny of the Stuart Kings and the Civil War, a written bill with specific articulated rights

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for the people was drawn up and signed by the King and Queen. And although not guaranteeing free speech

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or the right to bear arms, unfortunately, that Bill did guarantee many rights in the courts of England

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to citizens. Now, our Founding Fathers had these two documents, the English Bill of Rights and the Magna

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Carta, among others, they had them at their elbow when they wrote our Constitution. They immediately

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understood the value of an objective, written Constitution. Thereby, a tyrant might say,

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who are you going to believe about rights, me or your lying eyes? But such tyrants can never say,

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our God-given rights are not objectively expressed in a written document that is our Constitution of the

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United States of America. There is great power for the people in this principle, a gift to the world

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that did not exist before being given by the United States of America. Well, number three, a third thing

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that America in her 250 years has given the world, which it had not seen before, is number three,

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a system whereby power is transferred in an orderly, peaceable fashion. The peaceful transfer of power.

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In the long, sad history of humanity, let me ask you, how is power customarily acquired?

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All too often, it is seized through violence. Whenever a premier in the old Soviet Union died,

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his successor ascended amid desperate struggles behind the scenes with notable commissars disappearing

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into prisons or executed for one reason or another. The world knew when stability was restored and who

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had won when he appeared on the dais of the Kremlin in Red Square. So it was with Stalin and Khrushchev,

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and even the notorious Vladimir Putin. This modern scenario is not unique. The annals of history are

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replete with a drama of regime change, as we like to call it today. Even in Iran, President Trump has

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guaranteed regime change for the mullahs in charge, right? By blowing up tiers one, two and three of

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possible successors. Oh, there went the opportunity by the mullahs for peaceful regime change. But Iran is

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no stranger to violent regime change. The Ayatollah Khomeini saw to that in 1979 when he overthrew the

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Shah in a violent Islamic uprising. Previously, the Shah and his successors came to power in a violent

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overthrow of the monarchy in 1954 in favor of a so-called modern democracy, courtesy of our own CIA.

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Well, even the institutions created to moderate the tendency to seize power violently failed

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miserably. Monarchy, for example, was created to peaceably hand power to the next generation of

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heirs. The king, before his passing, would crown his eldest son as the heir. And bingo, a reasonable,

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peaceful transfer of power, right? In fact, for millennia, the so-called divine right of kings

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was the tacit model for the wielding and exercise of power in the world. How can you argue with a

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model of power instituted by God? Oh, but the devil is always in the details. As we know from history,

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the monarchical system often descended into chaos, as paranoid narcissist fathers killed sons. And

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ambitious sons killed fathers and brothers and anyone who got in their way. In fact, as if

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personal court intrigue was not enough, kings often dragged whole countries into wars with one another

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in order to grab the succession. Yes, one of the most famous is what has come to be known as the War of

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the Roses, fought in England for 30 years, between 1455 and 1485. The houses of York, who brandished the

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white rose, and the houses of Lancaster, that brandished the red rose, they were vying for the throne. And the

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land quickly descended into anarchy, as armies ranged across England. And of course, it was the common

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man who suffered the most in the strife. Now, our founding fathers had wars like this in mind when they

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fought to distinguish themselves from, as they called them, the European barbaric wars of dynastic

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succession. The European barbaric wars of dynastic succession. Our constitution was specifically designed

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to depart from this tragic pattern. For instance, regular elections controlled by the individual

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states would assure a brief stay of power by any given individual public servant. He would be limited by

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a length of service in a term. Also, successors would be elected by the people, rather than being

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ordained or crowned by a monarch. And elected public servants would be nominated from the people

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themselves, not from a monarchical class of lords. Even the president, head of the executive branch,

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was intended to be a kind of national CEO, not a king. And for almost 200 years, this model worked

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successfully until, arguably, power was tragically arrested from our 35th president, John F. Kennedy,

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when forces within our own government assassinated him. And that is a broadcast for another day detailing

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that. Perhaps this precious heritage is being stolen from us, the peaceful transfer of power by the

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machinations of the federal dominion of demons. That is the deep state. But we have the model given us by our

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founding fathers in the Constitution. Will we reclaim that heritage, dear listener? What is crucial to all

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of these features America has given to the world is a people who will honor the gift. We must be a people

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of honor and integrity ourselves if we will have men and women of honor and integrity to represent us

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in government. None of these gifts, a republican constitution founded on an idea rather than tribe or race,

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or an objective written constitution rather than oral tradition, and a system whereby power is transferred

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in an orderly, peaceable fashion, none of these will last if we are not worthy of them. John Adams puts it

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this way, this constitution was meant only for a moral and ethical people. It is entirely unsuited to

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other America. As we approach our 250th year, can we say this about ourselves? Are we a people of moral

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and ethical character? What kind of government do we deserve today? Let us pray that we become a people

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worthy of the good gifts of our founding fathers bestowed us in the Constitution of the United States of

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America. Embrace the Lord Jesus Christ and live out your Christian religion, and let us become that

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moral and ethical people. This has been Pastor David Bass at New Geneva Orthodox Presbyterian Church,

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and we meet for holy worship on Sunday at 10 a.m. at 101 4th Street on the corner of 4th and Boulevard.

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Call us for more information and feedback at 208-523-0196. 208-523-0196.