This may be the single most important blog in this series for American readers in 2026. As America celebrates its 250th anniversary, we need to ask a question that reaches far deeper than politics: What kind of people built America—and what kind of worldview shaped them? To answer that question,
Building on the previous post, this reflection focuses on the practical implication for America’s 250th anniversary. The founders repeatedly emphasized that a free republic cannot survive without a virtuous and self-governing people. This was not generic moralism. It was rooted in a deeply biblical conviction: because every person is made
For those old enough to remember, there was a time when being a Christian in America conferred social capital. Today, in many elite institutions and increasingly in everyday life, biblical conviction is viewed with suspicion or outright hostility. In the next portion of Occupy Till I Come, we examine the
“This is our civilizational moment.” — Darrow Miller We are not living in ordinary times. Occupy Till I Come gives readers a clear-eyed diagnosis: Western civilization stands at a crossroads between renewal and decline. The crisis is not merely political or economic — it is spiritual and cultural to the
In these tumultuous times, we find two groups of people pointing the culture at large to the God of the Bible. Of course, we predictably find the church in all her many iterations pointing people to God. The second group is much more surprising and rather unexpected. Christian believers are
Mosab Hassan Yousef writes in the preface of his book Son of Hamas that the current conflict in the Middle East between Israel and Hamas “stretches all the way back to the animosity between Sarah and Hagar described in the first book of the Bible.” Yousef has a unique perspective,
What makes nations thrive? In the previous post we highlighted six principles that lay under the founding of America. Today’s offering comprises the other four. 7. The Rule of Law Because all people are sinners, a healthy society requires the rule of law. The Bible reveals a just God who
God has a big agenda for the world. His intention is to see people in personal relationship with him through the salvation secured by the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. He has also called the saved to be transforming agents in society. God’s special revelation, together with general revelation,
We have written about the transformation of Singapore from a poor, densely populated city-state to one of the most beautiful, prosperous cities in the world in half a century. It is truly a city in a garden. The story of Chicago, Illinois has some parallels. The Great Chicago Fire raged
This post by our good friend Robert Osburn originally appeared at The Wilberforce International Institute under the title “Stop Destroying Our Brethren: End the Sexual Revolution.” ~ It’s time for someone to tell our myopic woke, social justice-advocating friends that racism, past and present, did not destroy and devastate many
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