My error. It should read, The concept of a Christian nation is not found in the Bible, because Christianity is the way of freedom and liberty. Please see the original link for the revised article. http://vabible.wordpress.com/2014/10/05/was-america-founded-as-a-christian-nation/
I’m challenging the concept of, what is a Christian nation? The concept isn’t found in the Bible because is Christianity in this day and age (i.e. the Church dispensation) is not a political philosophy. Yes, America was founded by Christians, but they didn’t legislate Christianity into the Constitution, only freedom so that people are free to be Christians. They wanted everyone to be Christian, but they can’t force that through the State. Hence, America wasn’t founded as a Christian nation.
The Founders adopted as their own the Common Law of England. That law can de traced back to the old Germanic Law, but its codification began with The Roman Mission which began the reestablishment of the Church in England. The fist written law of England and it embraced many principle the Justinian code, which was powerful influenced by Christianity. The Courts of Equity, which were founded to counter the inequities in the Common Law procedures, were headed by the Chancellor, who was until the time of Henry VIII a clergyman. One cannot, of course, force a person to be a true Christian but it ought to prevent others from preventing that person from being a true Christian. In order for this to happen, the law itself must defer to that Divine will as well. A Christian Nation is one that acknowledges the Lord and seeks to do his will, however imperfectly.