Dee Dee Bass Wilbon and Deana Bass Williams and BPALiveWire Contributor, Dorian Blaine Francis talk about the role of The Church in setting policy. Is the Body of Christ being divided on issues that we should be unified around. Abortion, Transgender Issues, Taxes, Care for the Poor - should there be a unified response to these things?

Romans 10:9 - If you confess that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved

Hebrews 10: 24-25 - And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

Today we are celebrating the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s 272-word masterpiece, delivered November 19, 1863.

Join hosts Dorian Francis and George Stephen as they dive into the short, upbeat, and surprisingly controversial story of the speech that redefined America.

Highlights:

• Was the Gettysburg Address a flop in 1863? (Spoiler: the old “nobody liked it” story is mostly myth – newspapers and letters from the time went wild for it.)
• The guy who spoke before Lincoln droned on for almost two hours. Abe wrapped it up in under three minutes. Legend.
• Lincoln finally says the quiet part out loud: the Civil War is about slavery, full stop.
• Honoring the dead on both sides – beautiful in 1863, but would Twitter cancel him today for not dragging the Confederates hard enough?
• “A new birth of freedom” and the big question: Can a nation “so conceived and so dedicated… long endure?”
• Bonus hot take: America is American democracy really as fragile as everyone keeps yelling, or is it tougher than we think? (We vote tougher.)

Short, punchy, and poundcake-approved – grab your coffee and give it a listen as we toast the speech that still hits 162 years later.

Four score and seven snacks ago… we hit record.

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Read the Full Short Speech.

https://voicesofdemocracy.umd.edu/lincoln-gettysburg-address-speech-text/

Dee Dee and Deana (The Bass Sisters) are joined by their newest contributor Dorian Blaine Francis, Communications Director of the Frederick Douglass Freedom Alliance.

They have real candid talk about what Republicans should do to prepare for the midterms in 2026.