. . . Turning the clock back 240 years we glimpse the beginnings of a movement, one started between enlightened gentlemen, in pubs and homes across the colonial world in North America. Frustration was mounting over the oppressive nature of the British Empire in its handling of affairs within the colony so far removed. Within [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Pastor’s Research says ’Deist’ Described Himself as Christian.
Thomas Jefferson, credited with penning the famous “wall of separation between Church and State” on which many secular organization have rested their hopes of eliminating Christianity from the public square, actually believed in a “gate” allowing free passage between the two, according to a researcher who’s reviewed Library of [...]
Last week I had an opportunity to visit Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pa., the place where the Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776, and the Constitution of the United States was drafted in 1787. As I listened to the tour guide give a historical perspective on colonial America, I was shocked at [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )(Original release date: January 10, 2008) Study results released today from Ellison Research (Phoenix, Arizona) show the vast majority of Americans believe it should be legal to have voluntary student-led prayers at public school events, display the Ten Commandments inside a court building, and allow religious displays on city-owned property.
The findings are from a study [...]
Seventeen-year-old Andrew Larochelle of Ohio was shocked when he got back the flag he had sent to the United States Capitol to be flown in honor of his grandfather. Andrew, an Eagle Scout and proud grandson, had requested that the flag’s certificate read, “In honor of my grandfather, Marcel Larochelle, and his dedication and love [...]
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Social Decay
In his book When Nations Die, Jim Nelson Black lists three aspects of decay: social decay, cultural decay, and moral decay. Three important trends demonstrate social decay. They are “the crisis of lawlessness,” the “loss of economic discipline,” and “rising bureaucracy.”
History provides ample illustrations of the disastrous consequences of the collapse of law [...]
Monday, May 08, 2006
By J. Michael Waller
Mexico has a radical idea for a rational immigration policy that most Americans would love. However, Mexican officials haven’t been sharing that idea with us as they press for our Congress to adopt the McCain-Kennedy immigration reform bill.
That’s too bad, because Mexico, which annually deports more illegal aliens [...]
Our founders had much to say about God’s place in government.
Situation
Contrary to popular opinion, the term “separation of church and state” is found nowhere in the United States Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, or any other founding document of this nation. Yet for decades, some organizations and individuals have spread the myth that the words [...]
The Oath of Allegiance for Naturalized Citizens
“I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the [...]
2Chronicles7:14-”If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” Note: This well-known verse states God’s requirements for blessing; humility, prayer, devotion, and repentance. Ryrie Study Bible, KJV
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