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Pervasive Propaganda Changes Perceptions and People

As we are deluged with images and narratives of war in Ukraine it is well to remember: The first casualty in war is truth.Beware the Victor’s VersionAs my history teacher in Rhodesia, Mr Rees-Davies, reminded us: “Beware the victor’s version!””Then Jesus said:… ‘And you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.’” John 8:31-32Mass SuggestionAs […]

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The Omniscience of God

[Ed. note: this is our fifth installment in the Bell Ringer of excerpts from the important Nordskog Publishing title Rebuilding Civilization in the Bible: Proclaiming the Truth on 24 Controversial Issues.] Each of the twenty-four International Church Council Project topics is essential to a sound understanding of historic Christianity, yet some have larger, more far-reaching […]

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How do Politicians become Corrupt?

The Love of Power & the Love of Money… Two Passions… have a Powerful Influence in the Affairs of Men Franklin Ben Franklin gave an address at the Constitutional Convention, titled “Dangers of a Salaried Bureaucracy,” June 2, 1787: “Sir, there are two passions which have a powerful influence in the affairs of men… ambition and […]

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Be Mine for All Time

The LORD God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. The man said, “This is now bone of my bones, And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man.” For this reason a man shall […]

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Montesquieu’s 3 Types of Governments: Republics; Monarchs; and Despots who rule by Mandates & Executive Orders

“Society… must repose on principles that do not change”—wrote Montesquieu, The Spirit of the Laws, 1748, Book 24.  Montesquieu was a French political philosopher whose books were read by Catherine the Great of Russia, praised in England, and banned by Louis XV of France.  He greatly influenced America’s founders, with Thomas Jefferson even translating Destutt […]

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A Biblical Strategy to Restore the Republic

On the Legitimacy of Constitutions and Legislatures, in response to a theological movement to abolish national covenants and constitutions, and the U.S. Constitution in particular God granted men the ability to covenant, to form communities upon mutual agreement, such as marriage. Legislatures, properly speaking, thus establish the rules of covenantal association, mutual understanding of Scripture. […]

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The Kingdom of God: A Summary of the Biblical and Historical View

[Ed. note: this is our fourth installment in the Bell Ringer of excerpts from the important Nordskog Publishing title Rebuilding Civilization in the Bible: Proclaiming the Truth on 24 Controversial Issues.] ARTICLES OF AFFIRMATION AND DENIAL God’s Eternal Sovereign Reign ARTICLE I We affirm that the Triune God has reigned sovereignly as King of the […]

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R. J. Rushdoony the Pastor

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and […]

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Abortion on Trial

Last week the Supreme Court heard an abortion case out of Mississippi, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. It would appear to be the most serious challenge to Roe v. Wade in three decades. An interesting aspect of this story is this: How do the American people feel about this case?  Conflicting reports have provided […]

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Women of the Revolution: “As there were Fathers in our Republic, so there were Mothers” — Coolidge

Courageous women have always played a vital role in American history.  Addressing the Daughters of the American Revolution, April 19, 1926, President Calvin Coolidge stated:  “The importance of women in the working out the destiny of mankind…. As there were fathers in our Republic so there were mothers….  “By their abiding faith they inspired and […]

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