We Need Real Men To Take Back Our Skies

In the opinion of Gary DeMar: Let’s say five “swarthy men” get up from their seats and begin to terrorize the passengers and shout threats while five more head for the cockpit. What are you going to do? How far are you willing to go to stop them? What if they threaten to kill a [...]

The Marketing Of Jesus Christ

Quoting John MacArthur: Many in the church today believe that the only way to reach the world is to give the unchurched multitudes what they want. Hundreds of churches have followed precisely that theory, actually surveying unbelievers to learn what it would take to get them to attend. Subtly the overriding goal is church attendance [...]

The Right Of Self-Government

Quoting Robert E. Lee: “Let each man resolve to be victorious, and that the right of self-government, liberty, and peace shall find him a defender.”

John A. Broadus On Spiritual Seasons

35 Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, then comes the harvest’? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest.” (John 4) In the words of John A. Broadus: There are seasons in the spiritual sphere-sowing seasons and reaping seasons, just as there are [...]

The Greatest Threat…Spiritual Decay!

Lieutenant General R. L. Van Antwerp wrote the following paper in 1992 for the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. Lieutenant General Van Antwerp served with the U.S. Army as Chief of Engineers and Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He writes: This study examines the “real threat” to our national [...]

Christianity And Conflict

Quoting Jay Adams: [W]henever you have contact with unbelief, there is likely to be contention. . . . [I]n every New Testament book, except Philemon, you find conflict of one sort or another. You see, it’s very difficult to present the truth without stepping on someone’s toes–especially liberal toes, when they have a habit of [...]

Ludwig von Mises On The Social System

Quoting economist Ludwig von Mises: A society that chooses between capitalism and socialism does not choose between two social systems; it chooses between social cooperation and the disintegration of society. Socialism: is not an alternative to capitalism; it is an alternative to any system under which men can live as human beings.

The Christian And The Law

In the modern church there is much confusion about the relationship of the Christian to the law. It is time for the serious Christian to stop chanting the sugar-coated mantra of “I’m under grace, not the law” and take the time to find out what the Bible really says on this subject. There is a [...]

Our Lord’s Triumphal Entry Into Jerusalem

In the words of Charles H. Spurgeon: There was an expectation upon the popular mind of the Jewish people, that Messiah was about to come. They expected him to be a temporal prince, one who would make war upon the Romans and restore to the Jews their lost nationality. There were many who, though they [...]

The Weakness Of Man’s Ministry In Glorifying God

From the Desk of Charles H. Spurgeon: Once again, Brothers, I pray you, eye this Truth of God when you are under a sense of great weakness—physical, mental, or spiritual. You have finished preaching a sermon, you have completed a round with your tracts, or you have ended your Sunday school work for another Sabbath. [...]

The Climate Hoax

Quoting Edmonton Journal columnist Lorne Gunter: “I can’t recall the wheels coming off the bus of any expert-driven hysteria as fast or as completely as they are now coming off the global-warming scare. … News of the manipulations, distortions and frauds perpetrated to advance and preserve the environmentalists’ cause celebre are so numerous and coming [...]

“Stonewall” Jackson On Providence

Quoting Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson: “[M]y religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time for my death. I do not concern myself about that, but to be always ready, no matter when it may overtake me. That is the way all men should live, and [...]

Our Sacred Duty

Quoting President Millard Fillmore (1800-1874): “We owe these blessings, under Heaven, to the Constitution and Government … bequeathed to us by our fathers, and which it is our sacred duty to transmit … to our children.”

Is The American Church Infected With The Prosperity Gospel?

Sam Storms, of Bridgeway Church in Oklahoma City, believes that most professing Christians in America are infected to some degree by the health and wealth gospel. This prosperity gospel teaches that wealth and good health are signs of God’s favor and blessing. Storms believes that most pastors fail to explain from the biblical text how [...]

Ann Coulter Visits “Politically Correct” Canada

Ann Coulter provides us with an interesting account of her experience in Canada where she was to deliever a speech at the University of Ottawa. A visit to a secular-progressive country that defines “free speech” as a “hate crime” can be very enlightening for those who have not visited American universities and colleges recently. Some [...]

The Truth About America’s Christian History

Gary DeMar is interviewed on broadcast television on the subject of America’s Christian foundations. The host of the show plays devil’s advocate and probes Gary’s research to answer the common questions many people have about our country’s history. PART I PART II PART III To find out more about Gary DeMar and American Vision resources [...]

The American Tyrant

From the pen of George Mason University economics professor Walter E. Williams: “While American politicians and intellectuals have not reached the depths of tyrants such as Lenin, Stalin, Mao and Hitler, they share a common vision. Tyrants denounce free markets and voluntary exchange. They are the chief supporters of reduced private property rights, reduced rights [...]

Spiritual Pleasures That Hurt

From the pen of C. S. Lewis: If anyone thinks that Christians regard unchastity (sexual sin) as the supreme vice, he is quite wrong. The sins of the flesh are bad, but they are the least bad of all sins. All the worst pleasures are purely spiritual. The pleasure of putting other people in the [...]

White Liberal Plantations

Quoting columnist Cal Thomas: “White liberals have built a political culture that is little different from the plantations of another generation. African-Americans are given just enough to help them survive, but not opportunity which will allow them to escape and become independent of government programs.”

The Bond That Unites Us To Christ

In the words of John Calvin: We must now see in what way we become possessed of the blessings which God has bestowed on his only-begotten Son, not for private use, but to enrich the poor and needy. And the first thing to be attended to is, that so long as we are without Christ [...]

Muslim Imam Encourages American Muslims To Revolt Against US Government

A Yemeni-American Muslim preacher known for his ties to extremists operating in the U.S. called on American Muslims in a new audio message to turn against their government because of its actions against Muslims around the world. Anwar al-Awlaki’s latest message, excerpts of which were aired on CNN Wednesday, described his own radicalization after U.S. [...]

Swiss Declare That Islam Is A Religion Of Intolerance And Dictatorship

In the words of Bojidar Marinov: The small nation of Switzerland taught the civilized world a lesson once again. In a time when Europe is disarming itself through political correctness and delivering its future in the hands of Islam, the small mountain nation told the most aggressive and savage of the world religions: “No to [...]

Alistair Begg On The Fulfillment Of God’s Mercy

Quoting Alistair Begg: “The ultimate fulfillment of God’s mercy in Jesus is not something that is supplied in time to correct a default in the system, but is something that is planned from all of eternity.”

Samuel Adams On Character In Public Office

Quoting Samuel Adams: “The public cannot be too curious concerning the characters of public men.”

Democrats Celebrate Health Care Victory As The Constitution Burns

With yesterday’s 219-to-212 party-line House vote, President Obama and the Democratic Party have demonstrated their contempt for the Constitution, for the democratic process, and for the overwhelming will of the American people. We have seen intimidation, bribery, and back-room scheming worthy of the Godfather, but the Democrats have almost pulled off the radical transformation of [...]