The date you will read this is April 23rd, but I am writing this article on April 4, 2018. The latter date is relevant because it is the 50th anniversary of the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King,…
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MONARCHY, THE POLITICAL SYSTEM OF GOD: ON THE CREATION ORDINANCES, THE FAMILY & CIVIL GOVERNMENT
In His sovereign will, the political system that God chose to rule His kingdom is monarchy. In a land of “freedom” and “liberty,” submission to a monarch runs counter to the rugged individualism that is so innately American. Yet ultimately…
ON THE MINIMUM WAGE
The federal minimum wage is currently $7.25 per hour. President Obama, in his 2014 State of the Union address, called for this wage to be increased to $10.10 per hour. The rationale is that increasing the minimum wage will benefit…
ON NATIVISM, IMMIGRATION AND AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM
I personally do not believe in American exceptionalism. What I do believe in is human fallibility. I personally do not believe in government superiority. I do believe in the natural rights of all human beings. Resultantly, what has made America…
VOTER ID: BIAS OR NECESSITY?
Are voter ID laws racially biased or completely benign and necessary for the enhancement of our democracy? On July 13th, a federal trial began in Winston-Salem over the 2013 North Carolina law (H.B. 589) that repealed a series of voting…
ON CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE & NATURAL LAW
Recently, the Oklahoma Supreme Court voted to remove a monument of the Ten Commandments from the state capitol. This ruling was based upon the principle that the Ten Commandments are a bedrock of the Judeo-Christian tradition and have no bearing…
ON RACE, RACISM AND THE REBEL FLAG
What is racism? The New Oxford American Dictionary defines racism as “the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race…
THE END OF LIBERTY, FREEDOM & DEMOCRACY IN THE NAME OF GAY MARRIAGE
Many advocates of individual liberty and freedom are celebrating and championing the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which grants gay couples the same right as heterosexuals to get married and have that union recognized by the government.…
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Posted in Current Events, Opinion, Politics
Posted in Current Events, Opinion, Politics
THE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REFORMATION ACT (RFRA) DEBACLE
The Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 2015 is abominable for one distinct reason: In the name of “religious freedom,” it encourages secular bondage. In 1964, Congress passed the federal Civil Rights Act. This legislation prohibits discrimination in housing and…
Tagged with: christian politics, morality, rights, society, the christian walk
Posted in Current Events, Opinion, Politics, Religion
Posted in Current Events, Opinion, Politics, Religion
Protected: WHY POLITICS FAILS
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