Democracy: The Mandate of Heaven

By Mark Beliles and Stephen McDowell Ever since the imperial days in China there has been a justification for political power that must be rooted in the morality of the rulers. This moral legitimacy for civil government in China has…

Redeeming the Republic

By Howard Phillips “If you don’t know where you’re going, any train will get you there.” Right now, our country is heading in the wrong direction because the train of civil government has been removed from the tracks carefully laid…

C. Everett Koop, M.D. quote

Quote Of the Month “Protection of the life of the mother as an excuse for an abortion is a smoke screen. In my 36 years of pediatric surgery I have never known of one instance where the child had to…

Separation of Church and State: Has it gone too far?

By Mark Shelby Concerning separation of church and state, here are the decisions of the modern United States Supreme Court: The First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and impregnable. We…

The Bill Of Rights: Facing A Crisis On Its Bicentennial Anniversary

By Mark Shelby The first ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States are commonly called the “Bill of Rights.” What are these ten amendments? Because few Americans today have a working knowledge of what the Bill of Rights…

An American's Rights and Responsibilities Under the Constitution

By Erin Doherty, 10th grade – New Testament School Cedarville “We the People.” These words are familiar enough to the average American. To some, these words bring to remembrance the long-ago act of memorizing the preamble to the Constitution in…

Supreme Court to Reexamine View of Church-State Relations

WASHINGTON, D.C. (FR) – The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a number of cases exploring the relationship between church and state during its current session which began on October 2. The Court will decide the constitutionality of the Equal Access…

The False Separation of Church and State

The current debate over the so-called “separation of church and state” has caused much controversy in America in recent years. It is an argument framed by the world’s political system, erroneously reinforced by the worldly religious philosophers, and, of course,…

Should Church and State be Separated?

by Norman de Jong, Ph.D. The subject of church-state relationships has once again become a live issue. Although discussions about Supreme Court decisions banning prayer and Bible reading from public schools are not the regular fare for dinner table conversation…

New Crime Responses Proposed

By Colson & Van Ness WASHINGTON, D.C. (FR) – In an indictment of the nation’s criminal justice system, two experts working in the field have called for a dramatic overhaul of the way America punishes offenders. Former “law and order”…