Benjamin Franklin once said, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” While there may be some other things in life that are certain, Franklin certainly was not far off with this statement. But ...
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Liberty And The Vigilante
Who was that masked man? — The Lone Ranger radio series (1933) They call me Hawkeye. That’s from The Last of the Mohicans, the only book my father ever read. —Dr. Benjamin Pierce, “A Full Rich Day,” M*A*S*H (1974) ...
Read More »What The Bible Really Says About Environmentalism
When I was young, we used to sing the words to Woody Guthrie’s song, “This land is your land.” There was one part of the song in which we sang, “This land was made for you and me.” And that ...
Read More »How Liberty And Work Transformed Western Civilization
Man is made to be in the visible universe an image and likeness of God Himself, and he is placed in it in order to subdue the earth. From the beginning therefore he is called to work. — Pope John ...
Read More »Do Virus Patients Have The ‘Right’ To Infect?
Viruses are extremely unpredictable, as the worldwide Ebola outbreak last year proved. That outbreak highlighted a significant problem, and one whose reconciliation is firmly grounded in biblical truth. Here’s what I mean: When society makes the freedom of the individual ...
Read More »Alabama’s Judges & Gay Marriage: Obey God Or Man?
If you haven’t watched the news closely, you might have missed a significant cultural and legal battle taking place in Alabama. To summarize, Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is urging state officials to defy a federal court ruling that legalized ...
Read More »Why ‘Robin Hood’ Economics Is Simply Unbiblical
President Obama recently revealed his plans for new taxes that have been dubbed by conservative commentators as a form of “Robin Hood” tactics: taking from the rich in order to give to the poor. The plan was met with reactions ...
Read More »The Structures Of Liberty
It then belongs to princes to know how far they may extend their authority, and to subjects in what they may obey them . . . . —Junius Brutus, A Defense of Liberty Against Tyrants (1579) Temporal authority is ...
Read More »The True Foundation of Liberty
“Only a Sith deals in absolutes” —Obi-Wan Kenobi Freedom and Nature Discussions about liberty have to begin with definitions and of course, include reference points. After all, no one is free to do anything and everything that they want to ...
Read More »Christmas and Revolutions
Godly men are not revolutionists: the Lord’s way is regeneration, not revolution. —Rousas J. Rushdoony Philosophy of the Christian Curriculum Herod and the Magi Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, ...
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