In a case currently before the Supreme Court, the Justices will weigh the limits of presidential immunity from criminal prosecution. This is a historic case with significant implications for former President Trump, the upcoming 2024 Presidential elections, and for all future Presidents of these “United States.” The question on the
From our good friend Christian Overman … John Adams, the 2nd President of the United States, declared: “…we have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate
One of our favorite organizations is Alliance Defending Freedom, founded January 31, 1994 to give the church an arm of engagement in the public square. As stated at their web page, With that launch [of the ADF], the Christian community gained growing awareness that the threats to its freedom were
This is post 4 of 5 in the series “colonial education” The Role of the Bible in Early American Education Christ-Centered Education Produces Leaders Christ-Centered Education Produces Leaders, part 2 The American Revolution Was Fueled by Preaching Teach Character and Understanding at Home Colonial preachers such as George Whitefield energized
This is post 1 of 5 in the series “colonial education” The Role of the Bible in Early American Education Christ-Centered Education Produces Leaders Christ-Centered Education Produces Leaders, part 2 The American Revolution Was Fueled by Preaching Teach Character and Understanding at Home Before the North American colonies became “these
“Why does Africa import $50 billion worth of food that it could grow itself? Jon Vandenheuvel can give you the answer in one word.” So says Mike Metzger. The call upon my life has been to engage with the world of poverty. A question central to that endeavor has been
What does it mean to be free? To be an American? What is freedom? I was reading to my seven-year-old daughter. We’ve been going though the Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder and came across this powerful, simple, and moving answer to these questions. How we
This is post 2 of 9 in the series “Narratives” Scott Allen explores the problem of how narratives have steadily replaced truth in Western society. What’s Wrong With a Story? The Destructive Power of Narrative: An Example from American History Why Narratives Have Become Pervasive Farewell, Justice: The Corrosion of
In the previous post, The Meaning of America, I attempted to distill a list of the core ideas and values that gave rise to our distinctly American culture—that uniquely American way of doing things that was eloquently described by de Tocqueville in the 1830s and is still recognizable today. I called this “the
What is the meaning of America? What does it mean to be an American? I’ve been giving a lot of thought to this recently. Unlike most nations, America* is not defined by a shared ethnicity. We come from all over the world. Some are recent arrivals, others have lived here
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