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Category Archives: Citizenship
Renewed commitment to boundaries
The demand for absolute liberty of personal choice; the power of each of us to choose and act upon what he or she desires and believes is at the root of our cultural demise. We must face the universal and ugly reality that we are dangerous to ourselves when we embrace freedom without truth and life without limits. Continue reading
Posted in Behavior, Belief, Christian life, Christian worldview, Citizenship, Culture, Culture of Honor
Tagged bondage, Boundaries, Freedom, slavery, true freedom
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An unexpected gift for a Solider
Here’s a very touching and inspiring story of an unexpected encounter between a young boy and a US Lieutenant Colonel.
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Posted in Citizenship, Generosity, Giving, Military
Tagged Inspiring story, US Lieutenant Colonel
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Civilized people need responsible government
Change is possible, but it will only happen when…. Continue reading
Posted in Citizenship, Democracy, Democrats, Government, Obama, Politics, Republican, Restoration
Tagged Democracy, Government, Politicians, Politics
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Duck controversy?
Somewhere along the way, however, true tolerance was replaced with a counterfeit operating under the same name. The new version demands full agreement not respect. The results are eroding our freedoms. Continue reading
Posted in Citizenship, Duck Dynasty, First Amendment, Gay, Gay Marriage?, Gender, Government, Hate speech, Homosexual lifestyle, Homosexuality, Partisanship, Political Correctness, Politics, Same-sex, Supreme Court, Tolerance, Worldview
Tagged A&E, Duck Dynasty, Freedom, Gay Rights, Homosexual agenda, Phil Robertson, Tolerance
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Government doesn’t have to be the problem
In the current year of election, it appears that widespread voter apathy is converting into citizen outrage regarding government. Continue reading
Thinking more deeply about Influence
There is an urgent need for Christians to think more deeply about our calling to be agents of common grace committed to the welfare of the city of our exile.
Honor for our Creator should lead us to deep concerns about common good for His creatures.
Those who live in a representative forms of democracy have a unique opportunity to sit at the table where policies and laws are formed. Ordinary people in biblical times never had this kind of opportunity. And most people in the world today can only dream of it.
Posted in Anthropology, Apologetics, C. S. Lewis, Christian worldview, Church and State, Citizenship, Common Good, Common grace, Cornelius Plantinga Jr., Culture, Democracy, Emerging Leaders, Engagement, Freedom, Government, Holistic ministry, Political Correctness, Politics, Psychology, Social work, Wisdom, Witness, Worldview
Tagged Christian influence, Christians in democracy, Common Grace, how should christians think about politics, Jeremiah 29:4-7, seeking the common good
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