With all of the turmoil and controversy in our nation over the last few decades, it’s easy to criticize the USA. However, it is times like these that we need to gird up our loins, fight for what we believe ...
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What Type Of Liberty Are We Really Celebrating On The 4th Of July?
So What Exactly Is Liberty? The French Revolution handed Western civil government a radically new conception of liberty. It had been percolating along for some time in the journals, books and coffee house discussions we call the Enlightenment. But the ...
Read More »Remembering Our Past “According To The Scriptures”
The Myth Of Neutrality – According To The Scriptures No history text can be objective or neutral because facts can never interpret themselves. All history books reflect their author’s religious and moral assumptions. The historian collects and chooses ...
Read More »The 2nd Commandment: No, We Don’t Get To Define God
Imagine someone coming up to you and saying, “I want to write a memoir about your life. In my biography of you, you are an Olympic athlete, you’re terrible at personal relationships, and you live with 25 birds and 10 ...
Read More »Freedom Of Speech: Can You Really Say Anything You Want?
If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea offensive or disagreeable. — Justice William Brennan, Texas v. Johnson ...
Read More »Sufficiency Of Scripture: The Bible’s Most Practical Teaching For People Today
The backdrop of opinions on the Bible vary from contempt to celebration. Some are bothered by passages they don’t understand; others are troubled by the ones they do. Scripture is seen by some as a stumbling block in the path ...
Read More »If God Is Good, Why Is There Suffering?
“Why?” is a question we often ask about suffering. This question is so important because it directs people in one of two directions: toward God or away from God. We ask this question for ourselves, and for others. Often ...
Read More »Why Study History? Why Remember The Past?
Historians with increasing and distressing frequency are openly admitting that history has no meaning and shows little or no purpose or goals. — C. Gregg Singer, “The Problem of Historical Interpretation” (1976) One has to go back of the “facts” ...
Read More »‘If God Is Loving, Why Does He Send People To Hell?
Some our deepest longings, played out in box office hits, call for swift justice against wrongdoing. Yet, our society is built on the foundation of the rule of law and justice for all — the very antithesis of this spirit ...
Read More »Why Busyness Is A Cancer To The Soul
As you begin reading this, you likely are doing what most people do with an article: You are looking for the headings, bullet points, and bolded words. Why? Because — if we’re honest — we are far too busy and ...
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