State Absolutism and Christian Resistance: Steve Forkin’s ‘Slaying the Dragon’
“…it would be cultish to consider obedience to a Christian leader absolute… Paul never calls for absolute submission to any form of human authority.”
Robbers, Robbers Everywhere
“He who does not make his reign subservient to the divine glory, acts the part not of a king, but a robber.”
‘For Freedom and Democracy’: A Million Brazilians March Against President Lula’s Authoritarian Regime
“The protests take place amid concerns that Brazil’s President, Lula da Silva, is currently installing a brutal authoritarian regime based on the radical suppression of basic human rights and freedoms.”
Global Governance Is a Threat That Must Be Resisted
“…since the nation state has proved to be a stable foundation of democratic government and secular jurisdiction, we ought to improve it, to adjust it, even to dilute it, but not to throw it away.”
Conscription: Make the Warmongers Do the Fighting
“The most war-hungry people are often those who would never lift a rifle for themselves, but who live in a state of near-constant fear or alert about the world, and who therefore want as many people as possible to go and fight what they are afraid of so they can live in peace.”
The Kings Forgot Their Place
“When the monarchy was at its best, it was the champion of the ordinary man and woman, and it would chip away at the power bases and privileges of the nobles to advance the rights and concerns of the average citizens of their realm.”
A Necessary Pillar
Here are some examples of how the church helped build our great civilisation.
Faith Transcends Culture
“Unity is foundationally based on understanding who we are before God.”
The Role of Government in a Free Society: A Biblical-Critical Appraisal
“The fundamental values of the liberal tradition were in fact exemplified, formulated, and wrought into the texture of Western society by Christianity, not only as a school of thought but as a way of life and feeling: as a religion, in short.”
Activists Silent as “YES23” Rally Used to Salute Communism
“The same activists who attacked Moira Deeming over neo-Nazis hijacking a Let Women Speak rally are both silent and out of sight.”
France To Allow Police To Spy On Citizens Through Phone Cameras and Microphones
“The bill has again highlighted a disturbing trend in the Western world that’s seen powers abandon once-valued risky freedom for what’s introduced as safe slavery.”
How Two Great Christian Thinkers Developed Their Love of Books
“Give yourself unto reading. The man who never reads will never be read; he who never quotes will never be quoted. He who will not use the thoughts of other men’s brains proves that he has no brains of his own. You need to read.”
Thoughts on the Passing of Historian Paul Johnson
“The notions of political and economic freedom both spring from the workings of the Christian conscience as a historical force; and it is thus no accident that all the implantations of freedom throughout the world have ultimately a Christian origin.”
Cambridge Dean Says Jesus Could Have Been Transgender
“Heath, whose PhD was supervised by the former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, also told worshippers that in the Prayer Book of Bonne of Luxembourg, from the 14th century, this side wound was isolated and ‘takes on a decidedly vaginal appearance.'”
A Culture Based Only on Feelings and Sensations Is a Doomed Culture
“We live in a sensate age. We are no longer governed by Faith, we are no longer governed by reason. We are governed by feelings.”
No Amnesty for Pandemic Madness
“Oster would have hit a better tone if she acknowledged that for many victims, solutions start where restitution begins.”
EU Fines France for Violating Feminist’s ‘Rights’ Over Kill Christmas: Abort-Jesus Stunt
“Kitted out with ox livers to illustrate the termination of a baby’s life in the womb, Bouton then urinated on the floor in full view of the congregation.”
A Tale of Two Revolutions
“The Enlightenment, with its impious view of human perfectibility, was a collective manifestation of the sin of pride – an ‘insurrection against God’. The violence of the Revolution was entirely what must be expected, when people attempt to deny the reality of original sin and take their destiny into their own hands.”
Statism and Its War on God
“…since the totalist state wants to take upon itself godlike status and powers, then all rival Gods must be destroyed. And with Christianity being the one true faith, and the one that is most opposed to all other claimants to the divine throne, the totalitarians reserve their real animus and rage for it.”