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Culture Can Shift Faster Than You Think
I recently had a speaking tour through three South American countries. As I talked with many Christians in these nations, I heard a lot of discouragement. They feel they simply don’t have the influence they need to see positive change occur. In some of the countries, Marxism has taken root and has a stranglehold on politics and economics. Many Protestant Christians I talked to there are hoping to start Christian schools and desire to legalize homeschooling. This seems daunting as Protestants make up only 10-20% of the population.
Posted in Education, Faith, Federal, Marriage/Family/Culture
Tagged Culture, Culture Can Shift Faster Than You Think, Homeschool, homeschooling, Marxism, Patrick Henry, William Wilberforce
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In the Name of God, Amen
November 11th marked the 400th anniversary of the signing of the Mayflower Compact. In the words of History.com, the Mayflower Compact was “the first document to establish self-government in the New World.”
Do you think the Pilgrims knew how significant that moment was? Of course not. Fully appreciating that moment would have been impossible for them because they didn’t know what the future held. How could they have known they were creating the first document of self-government in what would become a centuries-long tradition?
Whether they felt particularly noble or significant as they wrote and signed the Compact, I don’t …
Posted in Faith
Tagged Mayflower Compact, William Wilberforce
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In Chicago, Schools Re-Write History With “1619” Lies
In Chicago Public Schools, captive students are being indoctrinated to believe that one of the very first societies in the world to end slavery was actually a monster defined by the evils of slavery — almost as if this monstrous nation had invented it.
Posted in Education
Tagged 1619 Project, Alex Newman, Chicago Public Schools, Declaration of Independence, Fidel Castro, Herbert Matthews, James Madison, Janice Jackson, Mauritania, New York Times, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Sarah Jeong, Slavery, Walter Duranty, William Wilberforce
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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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Why Some Conservatives Don’t Like Social Justice
When you look at the history of Christianity in the West, it is largely defined (despite popular anti-Christian myth to the contrary) by Christians promoting social justice and charity for the poor and underprivileged. No other social group has been responsible for more positive social reform and improvements for the underprivileged, sick and downtrodden than Christians.
Posted in Faith, Marriage/Family/Culture
Tagged Catholic News Service, Jonathan Edwards, Karl Marx, Lawrence W. Reed, Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, Salvation Army, Social Justice, Social Justice Theology, Social Justice Warriors, Socialism, William Wilberforce
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Miley Cyrus and the Moral Gag Reflex
Looking at culture, it’s tempting to give up in despair. As the dad of little girls, for example, when I see the relentless objectification of women by celebrities such as Miley Cyrus, I’m tempted to think that any attempt in what William Wilberforce called a “reformation of manners” is futile. It seems that instead, in the words of Daniel Patrick Moynihan, we have to “define deviance down.”
Posted in Pornography
Tagged Daniel Patrick Moynihan, David Cameron, J. Budziszewski, Joan Rivers, Jonah Goldberg, Lee Siegel, Miley Cyrus, Naomi Wolf, Rashida Jones, Sinead O’Connor, William Wilberforce
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Extinguish This Bloody Traffic
“Never, never will we desist till we . . . extinguish every trace of this bloody traffic, of which our posterity, looking back to the history of these enlightened times, will scarce believe that it has been suffered to exist so long a disgrace and dishonor to this country.”
Posted in Sanctity of Life
Tagged Pastor John Ensor, President Ronald Reagan, Roe v. Wade, Sanctity of Human Life Sunday, William Wilberforce
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