Socialism not only undercuts productivity. It undercuts thanksgiving to God. —Jerry Newcombe— Key points: History and Scripture agree: Socialism places people in bondage while free enterprise liberates people to create, produce, and enjoy the fruits of their labor. You’re invited to engage in an insightful Thanksgiving Bible study. Check out the study itself, along with a […]
Heed the Pilgrims contrasts the historical events the Plymouth settlers experienced from 1620-1623 to the prevailing cultural narrative about them and refutes the modern narrative’s assumptions and conclusions with facts and biblical truths. The book is beautifully designed and contains over 65 full-color illustrations and photos. Heed the Pilgrims is available in Kindle, softcover, and […]
What it Teaches Us About Our Heritage, What it Reveals About Liberty, and How it Can Enrich Our Thanksgiving Holiday in 2018 A God-fearing nation, like ours, owes it to its inborn and sincere sense of moral duty to testify its devout gratitude to the All-Giver for the countless benefits it has enjoyed. —President William […]
Note: On this coming Tuesday, December 5, 2017, the US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, a case about which I have written extensively at Word Foundations. Alliance Defending Freedom is representing Jack Phillips, owner and operator of Masterpiece Cakeshop, in this case. Like the Pilgrims, Jack is risking […]
Thanksgiving in America Through the Years The mercies which, notwithstanding our great Unworthiness, we are constantly receiving at the Hands of Almighty God, ought ever to remind us of our obligations to him; and it becomes our especial duty at the Close of a year, to unite together in rendering thanks to the Divine Dispenser […]
Thanksgiving and Religious Liberty Government is instituted to protect property of every sort…. Conscience is the most sacred of all property.1 A man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them.2 —Founding Father James Madison— James Madison played a vital role in the founding of the United States, serving the new nation […]
A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government. In a republic, what species of knowledge can be equally important? And what duty more pressing than communicating it to those who are to be the future guardians of the liberties of the country? —George Washington— Freedom can exist only […]
My hand trembles, but my heart does not. —Stephen Hopkins, delegate from Rhode Island to the Second Continental Congress as he signed the Declaration of Independence— Key point: The signing of the Declaration of Independence took place on August 2, 1776, 243 years ago today. We do well not only to remember the signers’ courage […]
We will not break, we will not yield, we will never give in, we will never give up, we will never, ever, ever back down. As long as we are confident and united, the tyrants we are fighting do not stand a chance, Because we are Americans and Americans kneel to God, and God alone. […]
It was the Lord who put into my mind (I could feel His hand upon me) to sail to the Indies. All who heard of my project rejected it with laughter, ridiculing me. There is no question that the inspiration was from the Holy Spirit, because He comforted me with rays of marvelous illumination from […]
But he said to him, “If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead.” —Jesus, in Luke 16:31— Key point: God’s plan of salvation always involved Jesus: His sinless life, His sacrificial death, His burial, and His resurrection. While we can be grateful the […]
Cut the Bible anywhere, and it will bleed. The blood of Jesus stains every page. —Adrian Rogers1— Key point: Old Testament prophecies of Jesus’ resurrection demonstrate that God had one plan and one plan only to rescue sinners from hell. He had no alternative plan, no “plan B.” His plan was Jesus, and from the […]
God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, “I love you.” —Billy Graham— Key points: Jesus healed many people physically during His earthly ministry, and He did so effortlessly, for He was God. The Lord’s primary focus wasn’t healing people physically, however; it was […]
Some have said that Jesus was a liar; but, as imperfect as Jesus’ followers have been, no liar ever could have inspired so many to turn from practicing evil to doing good. Some have said He was a lunatic, but an insane man never would have said the kinds of things Jesus said—words that have […]
[S]ome think Jesus never claimed to God, that perhaps this was an invention by early Christians or misreading Paul.…John’s gospel has seven distinct moments where Jesus claims to be something that no human could possibly be, with language that no devout Jew would possibly use for fear of committing blasphemy.…[In these] we hear the truth […]
Equipping Members of the Next Generation of Christians to Defend Their Faith and to Embrace a Biblical Worldview, Part 7 My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts. —Isaiah 55:8-9— The gospel […]
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