It is often the case that a prominent man whose great respect for the Word of God is praised for his avenue of prominence but not for his affinity in the Word. In fact, adherence to the Word is seen by the world as a character weakness. Such is the case with some of our […]
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Tag: Democracy / Government / Politics
Presidents as Veterans
That many of our Presidents proudly served in the armed forces and most were significant leaders in the various causes they served. Men who love their country and are not ashamed of it are willing to fight for their country, for its principles, and understand the necessity of providing for the common defense. If you […]
Mein Kampf, Vol 2
Vol. I of Hitler’s philosophy is titled “Reckoning,” having to do with early history of his National Socialist movement and how he began his public meetings. Vol. II is titled, “The National Socialist Movement.” This includes 15 chapters of historically interesting material seen from Hitler’s personal animas toward everyone but the Aryan race. Here we […]
The Resolution of the Continental Congre...
Ten years before the U.S. Constitution was formally written, the Continental Congress debated the fight they must take against England. In this resolution, we see that the colonies had come to a point of no return. Either we would fight to keep what we had built so far, forming a government of the people and […]
John Witherspoon
One man who signed the Declaration of Independence had more Spiritual influence on the direction taken with that document and on the writing of the Constitution than possibly any other member of the Continental Congress. Described by John Eidsmoe (the well-known Constitutional lawyer and writer) as, “the man who shaped the men who shaped America” […]
The Battle of Britain
I was on vacation and finished the only book I had with me so I bought this volume in an antique store. I collect a lot of things about WWII and also have an interest in Britain. The pictures in these volumes are stirring enough but the text is very good also if you have […]
The Masked Men
When I teach literary history of the 1700’s, two men gain prominence over many others in textbooks, but their stories often slight their true character by giving these men limited scope. I refer to them as The Masked Men. Why? Because their Christian backgrounds have been masked under the term deist; because their philosophy of […]
The Declaration of Independence
Each year when we think about the 4th of July, we celebrate the Declaration of Independence and traditionally, Thomas Jefferson, who wrote the final document. It was not an overnight quick pen by Jefferson that brought this document into existence. Many months in the Continental Congress had brought the ideas and words to the forefront […]
The Basis of Our Government
John Locke, a self-taught writer and theologian from Bristol, England, wrote, “The Christian man is bound to self-government in all manner of life as he is precisely instructed in the Holy Word. The church is the perfect model of local government; if the Christian will rule himself as he ought, he will have little need […]
Politics, Social Issues, and the Church
How much should the churches and their pastors be involved in politics and social issues? The points of view on this have changed dramatically in my own life-time due first of all to the rise of the Moral Majority in the early 1980s and now again with the obvious secularization of American culture, including government, […]