Originally published by B. Nathaniel Sullivan on February 7, 2020 Socialism requires that government becomes your god. —Rafael Cruz— Socialism violates at least three of the Ten Commandments: It turns government into God, it legalizes thievery and it elevates covetousness. —Ben Shapiro— Key point: In investigating whether or not the Bible affirms a free market economic […]
Remember the “Parable of the Talents” in the New Testament? Christ exhorts us to be the best we can be by developing our skills and abilities, by succeeding in all our tasks and endeavors. What better description can there be of capitalism? —Margaret Thatcher— Key point: God’s fingerprints are all over the free enterprise economic model […]
Only when the human spirit is allowed to invent and create, only when individuals are given a personal stake in deciding economic policies and benefiting from their success—only then can societies remain economically alive, dynamic, prosperous, progressive and free. —Ronald Reagan— To be free is better than to be unfree—always. Any politician who suggests the […]
This article has been adapted from “Priority Reading for 2022: Jon Harris’s Christianity and Social Justice: Religions in Conflict,” a Word Foundations article that is available here. In his excellent book titled Christianity and Social Justice: Religions in Conflict, podcaster and author Jon Harris includes an extremely helpful appendix titled “Woke Evangelical Tactics,” In it, Jon explores several important slight-of-hand maneuvers […]
Race Relations Will Improve Greatly if White Christians Will Stop Apologizing For Sins They Did Not Commit [Critical race theory provides] no way out for whites when it comes to race. Critical race theory assumes that racism is permanent and affects every aspect of society, including political, economic, social and religious institutions. The theory further […]
I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we […]
Published by B. Nathaniel Sullivan on June 23, 2020 O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed among you as crucified? —the apostle Paul to the Galatian Christians in Galatians 3:1— And this I pray, that your love may abound still […]
Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power. —the […]
Christians have consistently been faced with a choice: either live counter-culturally and face the wrath of those demanding “tolerance,” or accept at face value the demands and claims of a world where sin’s influence runs riot. With the issue of homosexuality, a rapidly growing minority in the church has chosen the path of least resistance […]
Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. —the apostle Paul to the Ephesian Christians in Ephesians 4:31-32— You have heard that it was said, “You shall love your […]
When God commands justice, we are to do justice, and the state is to enforce it. When He commands grace, we are to exercise grace. But it is precisely because grace is not justice, and because God ordained the state to enforce justice, that the state is never to enforce grace. Indeed, “forced grace”—the real […]
An Anti-Christian Agenda Believers Must Reject I have a choice between prison guard A who cuts up babies and beats my family daily, but has been faithful to his spouse and is a middling liar; and prison guard B who has a track record of keeping his promise to prevent these horrible policies, but has […]
Beware of “Pro-Life” Efforts that Aren’t Really Pro-Life Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love but to use violence to get what they want. —Mother Teresa— Key point: An individual cannot be authentically pro-life without being anti-abortion—not only in terms of belief but also in terms of actions, including voting. Go here to […]
Justice means getting what you deserve without favor. “Social justice” means getting what you don’t deserve because you are favored. —Michael Knowles, narrating the Prager University video course “Control the Words, Control the Culture”— Key point: Social justice doesn’t resemble biblical justice at all. Actually, it is injustice, and believers must oppose it. Social justice. We hear […]
As North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory recently has stated, the fight over privacy rights no longer is confined to North Carolina. Recent developments in the Tar Heel State and elsewhere show that the Obama administration will do anything to force its radical agenda nationwide. This administration must be stopped. Members of Congress must speak up loudly and often! Won’t you […]
The Norman Rockwell painting displayed above frequently is called Thanksgiving, The Thanksgiving Picture, or I’ll be Home for Christmas. Its actual title, however, is Freedom from Want. When we have an accurate understanding of the Pilgrims’ first two years at Plymouth, this heartwarming Norman Rockwell painting reminds us that only way a people can secure and maintain FREEDOM FROM WANT is to reject socialism and to take advantage […]
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