Written by Dr. Everett Piper
Last week, I wrote an article about the recent research of George Barna, who has concluded that America’s religion is no longer one of orthodox belief but rather a new syncretistic faith that he called moralistic therapeutic deism – a nonjudgmental don’t-worry-be-happy “fake Christianity” where self-actualization and personal affirmation are now our highest goods. The result of my article? My critics came unglued.
“First and foremost, you need to get your facts straight,” said one.… Continue Reading
Tags: Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Rush, Calvin Coolidge, Daniel Webster, Dr. Everett Piper, Earl Warren, Fisher Ames, George Barna, James Wilson, John McHenry, John Quincy Adams, Noah Webster, Northwest Ordinance, Patrick Henry, Samuel Adams, Thomas Paine, U.S. Constitution, U.S. Supreme Court
Faith & Religion, Marriage, Family & Culture | David E. Smith |
August 5, 2021 4:00 AM |
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Written by Jerry Newcombe
While America has unquestionably had deep racial problems and an agonizing history of oppressing Black people through slavery, Jim Crow, and other outrages, it seems that there are some among us who do not ever want to see the problems solved—or to admit progress in any form. There are those who make enormous profits, both monetarily and socially, by perpetuating the friction caused by America’s racist past, in contrast to Martin Luther King Jr.… Continue Reading
Tags: Alveda King, Ben Franklin, Donald Trump, Fox News Channel, hate, Jim Crow, John Perkins, Jr., Ku Klux Klan, Martin Luther King Jr., Patrick Henry, Racism, Tommy Tarrants
Faith & Religion, Marriage, Family & Culture | David E. Smith |
April 19, 2021 7:00 AM |
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Written by Dr. Everett Piper
The biggest threat to the United States today is not a virus, but rather “virus-shaming.” The greatest challenge the American experiment faces in this dark hour is not our need for safety but our loss of liberty. And the complicity of the church in the wholesale abandonment of this self-evident truth is no less than stunning.
While governors across the nation fall over themselves to break their oath of office, the church remains quiet.… Continue Reading
Tags: B.T. Roberts, Deborah, Dr. Everett Piper, Ehud, Frederick Douglass, Gideon, Harriet Tubman, Jepthah, Martin Luther King Jr., Michael Ramsden, Patrick Henry, Samson, Sojourner Truth
Religious Liberty | David E. Smith |
April 20, 2020 4:00 AM |
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