The Role of Pastors In Reforming the Nation
A Lecture Delivered before Members of the Parliament of Zambia
The Problem: Romans 1:18ff
Where does liberty, wealth, security, safety and prosperity in a nation come from? Why do some nations prosper and others suffer poverty, disease and revolutions? Are such things mere accidents of history? Are they simply the result of certain social, cultural or environmental …
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Self-Defense Myths and Realities
Or it’s NOT the Gun Stupid, It’s the Bullet!
Owning a firearm for self-defense is politically and culturally risky; even though the number of armed Americans increases almost daily, STILL the popular conception of a firearm-owner is some kind of paranoid “red-neck” gun-nut who is more danger to …
Judicial Malfeasance and Ecclesiastical Courts
In the book of Acts, there are several important ecclesiastical trials where Christians ran afoul of the current church courts. In each case, false accusations were made, witnesses gave false testimony, and the accused was sanctioned by the court (either by admonition, beatings or even unlawful execution). …
Guns and Freedom
Why an Armed Citizenry is No Guarantee of Civil Justice
The American Founding Fathers were convinced that the last, best hedge against tyranny was an armed citizenry. If the State has a monopoly on the use of force, then the citizenry by nature have no recourse against oppressive …
The Second Amendment, Assualt Rifles, and Freedom
Michael Johnson M.A.
The “assault weapons” ban is due to expire sometime next year. A spokesman for the Bush administration appeared to be floating a trial balloon a couple of weeks ago about having the ban extended. This has people who value the second amendment are “up in arms.” Meanwhile, …
Toward A Christian Culture
Rod D. Martin
People have strong feelings about the idea of Christian culture. They have even stronger ones about Christian politics. Few of those feelings are good.
This is understandable, not least because the left is good at what we are not, specifically, selling their message. The far left comprises only …
Why Athiests Should Support Christian Civilization…
When we bring up the very topic of “Christian Civilization” one can almost immediately hear the howls of outrage from the secular humanists, socialists, materialists and atheists. The will scream “separation of church and state” even though this phrase is not in the Constitution and early American …