In 1773 Benjamin Franklin wrote Rules By Which a Great Empire May Be Reduced to a Small One. It is a satirical piece in which Franklin took the actions of England and applied them like a Babylon Bee-esque DIY in order to mock their political stupidity. Do what you are already doing, Franklin said, and...
Dear Mr. President, I am the pastor of Christ is King Baptist Church in Syracuse, NY. In the Bible there is the story of a ruler who was immoral. He ruled as a potentate for the Roman Empire and ignored the Law of God. He was oppressive as well as immoral, and unjust because he...
I have not posted much on social media about Roy Moore because I am not overly in love with the fact that his denials about dating teenagers when he was in his thirties have been anything but clear and to the point. At best, they were mixed. Talk about an elephant in the room for...
Why is it that Humanists, Secularists, even Communists and Islamists have such strong presence in United States politics? I can tell you that it isn’t for the authority they bring. It isn’t because they come with objective and authoritative truth. It isn’t because they have the power of God to do so. It is because...
There is one major theme that stands out in my mind when it comes to American Christianity and politics. It is the subconscious obsession with Fatalism. The World English Dictionary defines it: fatalism (E?feE?tEi??E?lE?zEi??m) ‘ n 1. the philosophical doctrine that all events are predetermined so that man is powerless to alter his destiny 2....
