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No Substitute For Fathers

Thank God for fathers. I hope you have one with whom you can share love and gratitude for positive influence. Perhaps you have precious memories of a dad who now resides with our Father in heaven in the place Jesus prepared for him. Or maybe you are like me, and didn’t have a father who played a constructive role in your life. If so, I hope you have allowed our Heavenly Father to fill that gap. I know I have, and it has blessed me in so many ways.

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What the Bible Teaches About Economics

Along with a blatant disregard of biblical morality, we are witnessing an all-out attack on what I continually refer to as “the fertile fields of opportunity and prosperity”. We must not allow our basic freedoms to be destroyed because some individuals have abused the blessings and benefits freedom makes possible. After several years of prayerful research, I am convinced that free market capitalism is the most consistent with biblical principles.

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Is America a Christian Nation?

Mention the role of faith in public life, and somebody is bound to bring up the faith of the Founders. Like many debates, this one has two extremes. Many secularists (and some conspiracy-minded Christians) claim that the Founders were mostly deists or religious skeptics who wanted to keep religion on the sidelines. (Deism is the view that God created the world and established a moral law, but doesn’t get involved in the day-to-day details on the ground.

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How Big Should Government Be?

We need a government strong enough to protect and maintain the rule of law but limited enough not to violate it. The American Founders understood this paradox of power. That‘s why they established checks and balances in the Constitution. Between the Founders and us, unfortunately, came the progressives. They sought to expand government without limit, so they viewed the Constitution not as a guide but an impediment.

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We Must Protect and Preserve the Precious

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus described His followers as the “salt of the earth.” Salt protects and preserves the precious. Let me clearly describe several irrefutable precious truths we must vigorously protect or, as He warned, the very things entrusted to our watch-care will be trampled under the feet of people who disregard sacred truths.

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Heed the Counsel of God

The decision voiced by our president yesterday concerning marriage should break the heart of every person of faith, all who believe in the God of the Bible and have any confidence in His Holy Word. Marriage was the first institution put in place by the Creator, even before the church. It has been recognized and accepted by all civilized societies throughout history.

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Open Letter to Liberty University

When Governor Mitt Romney was invited to be the commencement speaker at Liberty University’s graduation ceremony later this month, noticeable protests quickly found their way to the media. Many indicated

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Thou Shalt Covet

America’s ongoing rebellion against the most basic tenets of God continues to progress with each election cycle. The current emphasis seems to celebrate an attitude specifically denounced in the 10th Old Testament commandment:

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Louder than Words

President Obama made a series of statements in Ohio this week that we agree with one hundred percent: “I have never believed that government can or should try to solve every problem we’ve got. I believe that the free market is the greatest force for economic progress in human history. I believe that everybody has personal responsibility for their own lives. Everybody’s got to work hard. Nothing is going to be handed to us...”

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Was the Early Church Communist?

In an attempt to justify their ever-expanding socialist agenda in America and the free world, the secular progressives will misrepresent biblical truth. Isn’t it amazing how often anti-God, anti-Christian people use the Word of the God they reject in an attempt to legitimize their illegitimate goals? Of course Satan used this tactic in the Garden of Eden to deceive Adam and Eve (see Genesis 3).

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