Tag Archives: Tyranny
Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death?
Kings and others have used the Bible and assumptions based upon narratives in it to support the divine right of monarchs, but their arguments were weak. History is largely the story of governments coming and going, kings and rulers rising and falling. It is a rather bleak narrative and is not complimentary to humanity. It begs the question, “Does the Bible address human government?”
Posted in Faith, Federal, Marriage/Family/Culture, Religious Liberty, Sanctity of Life, Sexuality
Tagged America, Constitution, Founders, George Washington, Gettysburg Address, Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death?, Great Britain, John Adams, John Wycliffe, King George, Lincoln, right to liberty, Right to Life, right to pursuit of happiness, The Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, Tyranny
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Daniel, The Lion’s Den, and American Christians
Many years ago, I asked a gentleman from Japan why he had come to the United States. His reply startled me. He said that he had come to the U.S. to find Christianity because it is the religion of love and therefore had to be the right religion! He saw a connection between Christianity, the love it manifested, and the United States.
Posted in Faith, Marriage/Family/Culture, Religious Liberty
Tagged and American Christians, Christianity, Daniel, Japan, The Lion’s Den, totalitarian, Tyranny, United States
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With Kinks Every 6 Feet: What Romans 13 Means In America
What many pastors and Christians are twisting Romans 13 and 1 Pet. 2 to mean is laughable, I mean, literally. That’s what God does with kings and nations that use their power to plot against God and His anointed (and that includes His people and their freedom). God laughs (Ps. 2:4). So Christians should laugh too.
Posted in Faith, Federal
Tagged Benjamin Franklin, Biblical freedom, Biblical Literacy, Christ, Christian liberty, Christians, Founding Fathers, Lord Acton, Pastors, Romans 13, Slavery, The Founders, The US Constitution, Toby Sumpter, Tyranny
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Postcard From Pre-Totalitarian America
Last year, I spoke to a Soviet-born scholar who teaches in an American public university. I’m using a quote from our discussion in my forthcoming (September) book, Live Not By Lies. This morning, she sent me this e-mail, which I reproduce here with her permission:
Posted in Marriage/Family/Culture
Tagged Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Dr. Silvester Krcmery, Hannah Arendt, Live Not By Lies, Marxism, Nicholas Christakis, Rod Dreher, Socialism, totalitarianism, Tyranny
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The Attempt to Tear Down Images of George Washington—a Tale of Two Revolutions
Could a contrast between the American Revolution and the French Revolution be relevant to today’s conflicts? I think so. The attempt to demote historic icons, like George Washington, is a case in point.George Washington grew up as a gentleman farmer in Virginia and was a fourth generation slave-owner. But by the end of his life, he had decided slavery was immoral and so at his death, he freed his slaves and made provision for them.
Posted in Education
Tagged Cultural Marxism, Declaration of Independence, George Washington High School, George Washington’s Sacred Fire, James Madison, King George III, Notre Dame Cathedral, Peter Lillback, The American Revolution, The French Revolution, Thomas Jefferson, Tyranny, U.S. Constitution, William Wilberforce
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Swedish Citizen Unmasks a Main Physician-assisted Suicide Propaganda Point
Oregon, the first US state to legalize physician-assisted suicide, is routinely promoted by advocates as having the model law for assisted suicide. Now the debate has come to Sweden.
Posted in Media Watch, Sanctity of Life
Tagged Assisted Suicide, Compassion & Choices, Craig New, euthanasia, Fabian Stahle, law, media, Oregon Health Authority, Swedish National Council of Medical Ethics, Tyranny
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