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Church and State, Separate or One?  Part II

Church and State, Separate or One? Part II

“When once a republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil."Thomas Jefferson For decades, Americans have...

Church and State, Separate or One?

Church and State, Separate or One?

“Of all the dispositions and habits that lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports.” George Washington’s Farewell Address to the nation in 1796 For decades, Christians have believed that the phrase “separation of church and state”...

The Purging of Liberty

The Purging of Liberty

"The liberty of one depends not so much on the removal of all restraint from him, as on the due restraint upon the liberty of others.” William Ames, theologian of the American Republic Noah Webster defined liberty as our founders knew it to be,...

Truth vs. the Mining of History

Truth vs. the Mining of History

“Those who mine history for sins are not searching for truth but for opportunities to denigrate their own society, or for grievances that can be cashed in today, at the expense of people who were not even born when the sins of the past were committed. -- Thomas...

Sovereign Nations are God’s Creation

Sovereign Nations are God’s Creation

"And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation." Acts 17:26 God designed the individual sovereign nation as the unit of civil...