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
This blog highlights one of the most important truths for understanding America’s story—and our calling in this 250th anniversary year. One of the great myths of our age is that freedom can exist apart from a moral and spiritual foundation. Yet a people who believe that eventually surrender the very
Teach the nations to follow God’s laws God’s commands are beautifully simple and wonderfully profound. Through obedience to God’s commands people and nations find freedom, life, and peace. According to Jesus’ Great Commission, his disciples are to continually engage in teaching the nations. Nations are to actively obey all Christ
Not every religion enables self-control Years ago I saw a sign in an office kitchen: “Your mother doesn’t work here; please clean up after yourself.” It’s not hard to imagine the back story: otherwise-responsible adults (they were holding down jobs, after all) leaving dirty cups in the sink. Somebody else
The first sphere of government in colonial America was the home. Home is where the foundation of character is laid and where self-government should first be learned and practiced. Man’s capacity to govern himself is in direct proportion to his relationship with Jesus Christ and obedience to His Word. Childhood
Check out www.YouTube.com/VishalMangalwadi in light of Obama’s upcoming inauguration. Should he swear in on the Bible? Plus, other interesting thoughts about race, change, merit, and politics. We think a lot of Vishal’s work, reflections and important cultural insights. -Tim C. Williams
In my reading this morning, I was reflecting on Paul’s words in Romans 9:33. He speaks of Christ as the stumbling stone when he writes: “See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall, and the one who trusts in
There are three primary options of governance: license, tyranny and freedom. License is what some people in the West mean by “freedom.” Freedom, in an Atheistic framework, is defined as the ability to do what one pleases. People do what “feels good,” they follow their noses. This concept means that
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