In my review of the president’s speech in this blog yesterday, I concluded he doesn’t understand that we have a real enemy out there, and that his response to terrorism is without any real moral conviction. This is probably because he doesn’t believe, in the deepest part of his heart, that the threat is genuine. What further evidence do we have of this? Well, here’s a reminder. The idea that terrorists should be treated as ordinary criminals is central to… Read more »
After months of waiting, the nation finally received the result of all that agonizing over the future of our Afghan policy. The speech that President Obama gave at West Point on Tuesday evening focused on the following: We are in this mess because of the failures of the Bush administration; Gen. Stanley McChrystal will get 3/4 of what he wanted for this war; We are going to get out of it as quickly as possible. Let’s take those three points… Read more »
Watching or reading the mainstream media, one might never know that Christianity historically has been the basis for American civilization. If someone completely unfamiliar with America’s history were to go by what he learns from the media today, he would probably believe: Christians are the most intolerant individuals in society, seeking to impose their values on everyone else Christianity is the source of all societal ills The “Religious Right” is the bane of politics When it comes to Islam, however,… Read more »
Protestant evangelicals, toward the middle of the nineteenth century, sought to set up state-controlled education because they thought they would be the ones to control it, and then be able to keep America fundamentally Protestant in spite of the new Catholic immigration. They looked for a model for how to do this—and they found it. In order to find it, they had to travel to Europe to a country called Prussia, which forms the nucleus of modern-day Germany. Prussia, at… Read more »
A couple weeks ago, I started a history of the shift in education in America from private to government schools. I said there were three groups pushing for this change. The first group was Unitarians, who denied the Trinity and sought to replace church education with education dictated by government. They also believed that education was the answer for all societal ills. The second group was the Owenites, followers of Robert Owen, a communist utopian who emigrated from Britain to… Read more »
I’ve called this blog “Pondering Principles” because I believe that God has given us general truths [principles] that apply to all of life. Naturally, I want to expound on those truths and call us back to being principled people. We need to keep in mind, though, that there are other principles out there that are not from God. They also form the basis for what people think and do. If they don’t come from the heart and Word of God,… Read more »
Pro-lifers rejoiced recently when the abortion language was dropped from the House healthcare bill. That rejoicing may be shortlived. President Obama has now made it known that he wants federal funding of abortion inserted back into the final healthcare bill that comes out of Congress. For those who may not remember just how pro-abortion this president is, let me jog your memory. As an Illinois state senator, Obama took the most radical position possible on this issue. When a bill… Read more »