Defending Democracy

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Article at https://www.shankerinstitute.org/blog/teaching-kids-what-it-means-be-american

Democracy Honors God

Defending democracy may seem counterintuitive at times but Christians should value and protect it even when losing ground in areas of moral importance, for it honors God who has given free will to all, and it gives an opportunity for the gospel to bring influence and true change to people’s lives.

Protect Democracy

In this regard, The Shanker Institute put out an article by Richard D. Kahlenberg, titled, Teaching Kids What It Means To Be An American, which addresses the importance of protecting democracy.

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Think Church, Be Church, Change the World

Picture by Lusi World Changers To see His Church the way Jesus did is to view a company of people imbued with His light and changing the world. He saw them as world changers when he said, "You are the light of the world" (Matt. 5:14) and taught them to pray "Your kingdom come, your…

UNHOLY FIRE!

Evangelicals in America brought unholy fire into God's holy institution of government (Rom. 13) and, worse, into His Church. They must repent for this fire continues to destroy their nation and divide the Church and only God can put it out. I have written on this in order to bring about repentance and to this…

Flirting with A Prostitute

A brief response to President Obama's address to the United Nations General Assembly 2015. Unrestrained Capitalism While President Obama pointed to several issues that hamper humanity's common goal of a peaceful and prosperous life, perhaps because it is not as overtly tyrannical as the dictatorships that he decried, he failed to address the negative effect…

Government has a Mandate, and God has the Means

Here are some questions that we occasionally (maybe every 4 years) grapple with: Who to vote for? What are the candidates’ views on key issues? What are my views on these issues? And, most importantly, what is God’s mind on these things? What!? God’s mind!? Who can know that? Fortunately for us, God’s views, His…

God’s Laws, Government’s Laws and Christianity – Part 2 of 3

Part 2 of 3 (go here for part 1) Government has laws so that the people it serves can happily co-exist. Now, imagine God became one of our citizens. What would He want government to legislate? Do we think that He thinks differently now to when He gave laws to His people Israel? Sure, the covenant…

God’s Laws, Government’s Laws and Christianity – Part 1 of 3

Part 1 of 3 In these next posts I put to you three, of probably many, questions to consider around the contentious issue of governments making laws, and I discuss my thoughts around these questions. The first is, “Which of God’s laws should a government include in their list?” The framework for my consideration is…