We have it in our power to begin the world over again.Thomas Paine In a way, Christian Americans are facing the same threats to liberty that our Founders battled during the Revolutionary War time. The difference, today, is that the voices are louder and more invasive...
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." American philosopher George Santayana, The Life of Reason: Reason in Common Sense Before learning from history, one must share a common understanding of the language that framed that history. What should...
By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's Breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard 'round the world. “Concord Hymn,” Ralph Waldo Emerson April 19, 2025, marks the 250th anniversary of the Battle of...
The Courts must declare the sense of the law; and if they should be disposed to exercise will instead of judgement; the consequences would be the substitution of their pleasure for that of the legislative body. Alexander Hamilton, Federalist 72 There is a new term...
Without the knowledge and love of God, a family is but a collection of individuals who may have more or less of natural affection for one another; but the real bond—the love of God our Father, in Jesus Christ, our Lord— is wanting.Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné 1794-1872....
I know some muddleheaded Christians have talked as if Christianity thought that sex, or the body, or pleasure, were bad in themselves. But they were wrong. Christianity is almost the only one of the great religions which thoroughly approves of the body—which believes...
“I have one great political idea...It is in substance, ‘Righteousness exalteth a nation - sin is a reproach to any people.’ This constitutes my politics, the negative and positive of my politics, and the whole of my politics...” Frederick Douglass The Biblical...
"It has been said that all Government is an evil. It would be more proper to say that the necessity of any Government is a misfortune. This necessity however exists; and the problem to be solved is, not what form of Government is perfect, but which of the forms is...
"If we abide by the principles taught in the Bible, our country will go on prospering. But if we and our posterity neglect its instructions and authority, no man can tell how sudden a catastrophe may overwhelm us and bury all our glory in profound obscurity." Daniel...
