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It is this, the human ability to create and transmit culture, that differentiates us as humans from the rest of the animal world. —Nancy Jarvis, “What Is a Culture?” Religion and Culture Culture is religion externalized.  Or put the other ...

“Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right.” –Bob Marley 1977 “Our harvest being gotten in, our Governor sent foure men on fowling; so that we might after a more speciall manner rejoyce together, after ...

When the children of Israel came out of Egypt, God led them through the wilderness. There they faced hunger and thirst, weariness, and battle (Ex. 15—17). The wilderness was to be a short-term boot camp for that generation. But when Israel refused to enter the Promised Land, God sent His people back into the wilderness to wander for forty long years until the whole Exodus generation dropped dead—all except Joshua and Caleb (Num. 14). But what proved a graveyard for the older generation...

This year marks the 400th anniversary of the publication of the Authorized Version of Scripture, the King James Bible. Of course, King James Stuart of England didn’t do the translating. He did, however, arrange for one of the most skilled, educated group of translators ever assembled to translate the Old and New Testaments from the Hebrew and Greek. This translation project had been suggested by Puritan leaders, together with a number of other reforms, but James acted only on this one. His motives for ordering and ...

Every culture represents a hope, or a loss of hope… Civilizations crumble when men lose hope. —Rousas J. Rushdoony, Revolt Against Maturity (1977) In war there is no substitute for victory. —General Douglas MacArthur Giants in the Earth We usually ...

He chose the eve of All Saints’ Day…because this was one of the most frequented feasts, and attracted professors, students, and people from all directions to the church, which was filled with relics. —Philip Schaff, History of the Christian Church ...

“Sister,” she said, “What’s wrong? I mean about me…. Why do they call me the Accursed?” —Psyche in C. S. Lewis’s Til We Have Faces (1956) “It is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and ...

Sacrifice is commonly treated as a relic of man’s primitive past…. —Rousas J. Rushdoony (1992) The bleeding Sacrifice in my behalf appears. —Charles Wesley (1742) The Purpose of Sacrifice Sociologists and anthropologists struggle with understanding and defining the rite of ...

Grim economic forecasts can trouble new small-business owners. But veteran entrepreneurs will tell you this is not the time to give up hope. Instead, it’s time to strategize so that your business will weather the recession. During a recession it is possible for your business to survive and thrive, when you make smart decisions.... In a tough economy, volume is important, and you want to keep your customers happy and coming back for more.

If there are no laws made in heaven, by what standards should human society organize itself? —Gary DeMar In reality, theocracy in Biblical law is the closest thing to a radical libertarianism that can be had. —Rousas J. Rushdoony Theocracy ...