“I heard the bells on Christmas Day, Their old familiar carols play, And wild and sweet the words repeat Of peace on earth, goodwill to men.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow penned these words on Christmas Day in 1864, after a long battle with grief. While Longfellow was a renowned academic, respected professor, and accomplished poet, he did not have an easy life. His first wife and child died as a result of complications from a miscarriage. After grieving this loss, he remarried

As is the case regarding most of our holidays, America is in need of a renewed understanding and appreciation of Thanksgiving. In the same way that Christmas without Christ is empty, Thanksgiving without knowing to whom and for what we are giving thanks is just an excuse for eating a lot of pie. WHAT IS THANKSGIVING? Thanksgiving is not just an arbitrary day for a big turkey dinner. This holiday stems from centuries of history , going all the way back to the famous stories of

“In a monarchy, citizens submit to a king. In a republic, the citizens are the king.”👑 Bill Federer superbly clarifies this distinction in his book Silence Equals Consent. https://www.swrc.com/product/silence-equals-consent-the-sin-of-omission/?srsltid=AfmBOoplWOeCdFdy26OaPKTZfzSJvgmSgnWifP4xEnmQGnFG7WhVVaGM When Christians quote Romans 13, which says, “Let everyone be subject to governing authorities,” too often it's misused as an unqualified endorsement of obedience to

In the Old Testament, Proverbs 2 contains the wise words of Israel’s King Solomon. Particularly, this book opens with Solomon’s instruction to his son, the next king in line to the throne. Solomon gives fatherly, political advice, saying, “My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

One man can change the direction of the nation. In recent media, the United States has been grieved by the assassination of Charlie Kirk. The People of our nation have been amplifying his ideas of personal faith and national polity in exploration of this remarkable man. In the end, the People desire reasonable, civil discussion in our political and familial ideas. Like Martin Luther King, Jr., Charlie Kirk will change his generation and all those that proceed. https://www.you

There is a dangerous lie spreading. It is the idea that to be a Christian means to be weak. That our call to forgive is a demand to...

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Twenty-four years ago, on this day, thousands of our countrymen were murdered by foreign terrorists. As the years have passed us by, the...

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John MacArthur led a full life.

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