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…
Read moreBy 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…
Read moreQuote 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…
Read moreBy 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…
Read moreBy 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…
Read moreBy 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…
Read moreWASHINGTON, 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…
Read moreThe 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,…
Read moreby 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…
Read moreBy 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”…
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