Ditching Socialism in the New World: A Lesson for 21st-Century Americans
Guest Post by Governor William Bradford of the Plymouth Settlement, as presented primarily in his account of the adventures of the Pilgrims titled Of Plymouth Plantation, and paraphrased by B. Nathaniel Sullivan Dedication* —A New Thanksgiving Bible Study— Once you’ve read this account, you’ll know what the Pilgrims experienced from 1621-1623 during their experiment in […]
This series explores ten ways the free enterprise model aligns with Scripture. Part 1 In investigating whether or not the Bible affirms a free market economic model, we initially discover that it rejects socialism—decisively. Part 2 God’s fingerprints are all over the free enterprise economic model many people call capitalism. Part 3 Even though […]
Ethics, Justice, Order, and Freedom Are Essential Elements of a Fair and Just Free Market The Bible contains many endorsements of free enterprise, including verses in the Gospels and Proverbs. — “Free enterprise and the Bible,” a short but insightful article at conservapedia.com — Capitalism is not economic anarchy. It recognizes several necessary conditions for […]
Who Has the Responsibility of Meeting the People’s Needs? The Purpose of Work Countrymen, the long experience of our late miseries, I hope is sufficient to persuade everyone to a present correction of himself, and think not that either my pains, nor the Adventurers’ purses, will ever maintain you in idleness and sloth. I speak […]
God’s Design Fosters Responsibility, Freedom, and Fulfillment Socialism of any type leads to a total destruction of the human spirit. —Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn— A people…who are possessed of the spirit of commerce, who see and who will pursue their advantages may achieve almost anything. —George Washington— Key point: Even though capitalism or free enterprise can be […]
Having ownership and control over tangible assets Is an expression of what it means to be human. Moreover, property rights also are essential to economic and personal freedom — types of freedom that also are at the heart of what it means to be human. When it comes to defending God or the Bible or […]
Don’t be fooled by rhetoric claiming socialism is compassionate and just. It is neither. Here are twelve Bible passages that refute socialism and uphold free enterprise. Part 1 — Property Rights Part 2 — The Purpose of Work Part 3 — God’s Design Part 4 — Ethics, Justice, Order, and Freedom […]
Part 1 The Importance of Getting History Right, Part 1 7/22/16 Defog Your Rearview Mirror In this post we examine the Three-Fifths Clause in the original draft of the US Constitution. It authorized that when state populations were counted to determine representation in the House of Representatives and for taxation purposes, slaves would be […]
What Is it that Really Angers Leftists About Robert E. Lee? — A Four-Part Series
What Is it that Really Angers Leftists About Robert E. Lee? — A Four-Part Series Does the fact the General fought for the Confederacy keep us from learning any positive lessons from him? And if it does, what have we lost? And whose fault is it that we have lost it? Part 1 […]
Published by B. Nathaniel Sullivan on October 8, 2015 Practical Implications Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important. —C. S. Lewis1— Part 1 is available here. A young man with limited experience but with a great deal of drive and […]
Published by B. Nathaniel Sullivan on October 1, 2015 Philosophical and Religious Underpinnings The basic problem of the Christians in this country in the last eighty years or so, in regard to society and in regard to government, is that they have seen things in bits and pieces instead of totals. —Francis Schaeffer, 19811— In […]
The links to all the articles in this series are available here. The Response of the Church How should the church respond in a culture where people continually deny the obvious? Even in the midst of a wasteland bereft of truth and stability, they follow myths and lies about human relationships, marriage, and sexuality. They pretend […]
Originally published by B. Nathaniel Sullivan on August 27, 2015 I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in. —George Washington Carver1— The secret of my success? It is simple. It is found in the Bible, “In all thy […]
Originally Published by B. Nathaniel Sullivan on August 20, 2015 The links to all the articles in this series are available here. Some of the lessons arising from last week’s post might be elusive without further reflection; so, using last week’s discussion as a backdrop, I want to explode some of the myths the left […]
Published by B. Nathaniel Sullivan on August 13, 2015 It is evident that an acquaintance with natural laws means no less than an acquaintance with the mind of God therein expressed. —James Prescott Joule1— Marriage exists to bring a man and a woman together as husband and wife to be father and mother to any […]
Originally published by B. Nathaniel Sullivan on August 6, 2015 We are, by astronomical standards, a pampered, cosseted, cherished group of creatures.…If the Universe had not been made with the most exacting precision we could never have come into existence. It is my view that these circumstances indicate the universe was created for man to […]
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