A friendly Reminder

Explore the biblical foundations of America’s laws and government. This article shows how key principles—such as the sovereignty of God, moral truth, religious freedom, justice, and family governance—shaped the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and other founding documents, supported by Scripture references.

Two very different views of government shape the future of a nation. One sees authority as limited and accountable, leading to liberty and a republic. The other treats government as supreme, resulting in unchecked power and tyranny. Understanding the difference helps explain why freedom endures—or disappears.

This chart compares six major worldviews by examining how each answers life’s most important questions—about God, truth, morality, government, and human purpose. Understanding these differences helps explain how beliefs shape culture, law, and society.

The “Institute on the Constitution” (IOTC) teaches us that the majority of our Founders were Christian, most of them had a Biblical World View, and they founded America on Biblical principles.  The Declaration of Independence and Constitution were written with this Biblical World View in mind.  If all of this is true, then why didn’t our Founders abolish slavery from the very beginning? 

In addition to the powers granted by We The People to Congress in Art. I, sec. 8, cl.1-18 there are four additional powers granted by the Constitution bringing the total to twenty-two specific, delegated, enumerated, limited powers that involve spending.

The First Amendment was never intended to separate Christian principles from government.  Yet, today, we often hear “First Amendment” coupled with the phrase, “separation of church and state.”  Here is a summary and timetable of the history of this phrase, and how it has changed America,  from David Barton’s video, “Church, State and the Real First Amendment, Part-2”

Only one in four Americans can name more than one of the five freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment (freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly and petition for redress of grievances). But more than half can name at least two members of the cartoon family, according to a survey.

Last week when I stated that I was troubled by the lack of constitutional authority I could find for the president’s action with regard to Qasem Soleimani, I received more emails than I have for quite some time. And it appears we are not done with the topic. Trump produced a record-breaking tweet supporting the people of Iran’s protest after the Iranian government admitted its armed forces “unintentionally” shot down a Ukrainian commercial plane, killing all 176 people on boa

One of the simplest and best arguments in any discussion of the First Amendment is to quote the first five words, Congress shall make no law, and discuss the Founders’ original intent of those words: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof… 

Glenn has asked me to expand a bit on our discussion of America’s Progressives from Friday’s television show, which I’ll do in this and four subsequent pieces for the newsletter.  In today’s piece, I’ll explain who the Progressives were and why they were important.

This is often a very difficult topic to discuss, because many Christians believe, and indeed have been told, to keep their faith out of the public/government arena, and that once they have been saved, they are citizens of God’s government (Heaven) and that is all that counts. There is another broader view that encompasses our Christian lives while we live on earth.

Now regarding Romans 13:1-6, what people so often miss is the repeated phrase “minister of God.” Note that it is repeated three times in the passage. We know that when Scripture repeats a phrase it does so for emphasis, so three times means pay very close attention to this phrase.