{"podcast":{"title":"RTTBROS","slug":"rttbros-107316","podcast_index_feed_id":107316,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/127be410/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/RTTBROS","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded/3001092/3001092-1652304774197-5e20feeb09c77.jpg","author":"Gene Kissinger","episode_count":1985,"summary":"We need to redeem the time as the passage in Ephesians 5 states BECAUSE the days are evil. It is vital as believers that we learn to discern. We need to acquire wisdom so we can walk in truth. Wisdom is word based and God given. We learn it from the word of God and ultimately from the God who gave us the Word. My brother Norman and I are going to be setting up a ministry and under this ministry umbrella we will establish a YouTube channel here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgGuqrDZ3ku7C78qrb4eOyQ Tik-Tok short form video here tiktok.com/@genekissinger_rttbros https://linktr.ee/rttbros","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T02:18:11.359324+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rttbros-107316"},"episode":{"title":"\"The Author of the First Amendment,\" #RTTBROS #NIGHTLIGHT #USA250 #AMERICA250 #NATION250","slug":"the-author-of-the-first-amendment-rttbros-nightlight-usa250-america250-nation250","published_at":"2026-06-19T20:50:30+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rttbros-107316/the-author-of-the-first-amendment-rttbros-nightlight-usa250-america250-nation250","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rttbros-107316","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/RTTBROS/episodes/The-Author-of-the-First-Amendment--RTTBROS-NIGHTLIGHT-USA250-AMERICA250-NATION250-e3l1ca1","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/127be410/podcast/play/121728769/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-19%2F426476918-44100-2-829d613f63f0d.mp3","summary":""The Author of the First Amendment," #RTTBROS #NIGHTLIGHT #USA250 The Author of the First Amendment "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works." — 2 Timothy 3:16-17 The Story Almost nobody remembers who actually wrote the First Amendment. James Madison proposed it. The House and Senate debated it. But the man who crafted the final wording was Fisher Ames of Massachusetts. Fisher Ames was a congressman, a lawyer, and a man of strong Christian conviction. And he believed, with a certainty that would astonish modern interpreters of the First Amendment, that the Bible should be the foundational textbook of American education. "Why should not the Bible regain the place it once held as a school book?" he wrote. "Its morals are pure, its examples captivating and noble." The Amendment he helped write was intended to prevent the establishment of a national denomination, not to make America religiously neutral. The author of the First Amendment wanted the Bible in every schoolroom in America. The Reflection The distance between what Fisher Ames intended and what the First Amendment has been interpreted to require in our own day is a measure of how far we have traveled from the founding. The men who wrote the Constitution were not trying to build a secular republic. They were trying to prevent the entanglement of state power with a specific ecclesiastical institution. That is a very different thing from removing faith from public life. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 was not a disputed text for the founders. It was a settled conviction. Scripture was profitable, practically useful,…","meta_description":"\"The Author of the First Amendment,\" #RTTBROS #NIGHTLIGHT #USA250 The Author of the First Amendment \"All scripture is given by inspiration…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":174,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/rttbros-107316/episodes/the-author-of-the-first-amendment-rttbros-nightlight-usa250-america250-nation250/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rttbros-107316/the-author-of-the-first-amendment-rttbros-nightlight-usa250-america250-nation250.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}