Saint Patrick, Man of Liberty
Liberty is a gift from God. Take a listen to The Story of Liberty by our friend John Bona, as he recounts the story of Saint Patrick of Ireland.
Category: Liberty
Laws of the Land or Tyranny?
Recent research by yours truly indicated that our federal government keeps around 300,000 laws on the books. No one seems to know the exact count and it depends on whether you include bureaucratic rule-making which has the same effect as …
The American Dream Exchanged for an American Nightmare
The term The American Dream was first made famous by James Truslow Adams in his book The Epic of America published in 1931. Ever since then that term has permeated our national consciousness to a place where it almost seems …
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The Right to Life (and to Civil Disobedience)
With this week’s explosion over the question of financing contraceptives and abortafacients by religious organizations, we are visiting ground both ancient and forever new. We may be seeing what appears to be a unique fight beginning, but in its fundamental …
Watching Freedom Evaporate (An Attempt to Do Something)
Dear Delegate Joseph P. Johnson Jr., I have followed the recent controversy concerning the 2012 United States, National Defense Authorization Act which seems by its language to hand authority to the military to arrest and indefinitely hold without trial, American …
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Kings and Tyrants
Kings and tyrants may seem a peculiar topic now at the beginning of the 21st century. After all, America has never had a king and the despotic and bloody tyrants, well, weren’t they rulers of other countries? We elect presidents …
Holy Roots of Liberty
This week I taught a class I titled The Holy Roots of Liberty. I can not remember where I got that name but it may have been from my friend Marshall Foster. If so, then thanks Marshall, if not then …
Street Fighting
I do not know if the current street take-overs and riots will continue. Given that the occupiers seem to have no cohesive demands and that colder weather is coming I am guessing they will sort of evaporate leaving behind their …
Victory Through the Ages (Defeat of the Antichrists)
In a strange coinciding of calendars our American Halloween falls on the same day that Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses on the Wittenberg Church doors. While our national culture celebrates ghouls and goblins the reformed church celebrates freedom from …
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The Return of Christendom
There is a lot of wailing right now about the coming crash, the mid-east spoiling for war, Israel at battle stations, and the general unwinding of the American system. There are a whole lot of my evangelical brethren who believe …