14 10, 2022

American Exceptionalism

2022-10-14T12:12:42-04:00October 14th, 2022|Featured, Providential History|0 Comments

By Stephen McDowell   America is different than any nation in history. She is special. When America began in the late eighteenth century she was insignificant on the world stage, although her unique form of government and unmatched liberty would become examples to the world. Her great personal, religious, economic, and civil liberty produced advancement [...]

9 06, 2022

Biblical Doctrine of Government in Romans 13

2022-06-09T12:00:10-04:00June 9th, 2022|Featured, The State/Government|0 Comments

Stephen McDowell [This article is taken from the book, Ruling Over the Earth, A Biblical View of Civil Government] Paul’s writing in Romans 13 is perhaps the best-known passage of Scripture regarding civil government. He presents a clear overview of the doctrine of government in the first seven verses, showing that we are to be [...]

1 06, 2022

Productivity

2022-06-01T11:41:23-04:00June 1st, 2022|Featured, General Biblical Worldview, The Marketplace (Business, economics, etc)|0 Comments

Productivity is the means of creating wealth, overcoming poverty, and fulfilling the Creation Commission. Wealth comes from productivity, not from having more money. by Stephen McDowell   God created man and the earth to be productive, to be fruitful (Gen. 1:11-12, 20-22, 24, 28). After making man, both male and female, in His [...]

15 04, 2022

No Cross, No Crown

2022-04-15T15:01:06-04:00April 15th, 2022|Featured, General Biblical Worldview|0 Comments

by Stephen McDowell In December 1668, William Penn was thrown in jail for expressing his religious views. While imprisoned for over eight months he wrote the book, No Cross, No Crown, in which he states that “Christ’s Cross is Christ’s way to Christ’s Crown.” Penn’s life is a great example of one who bore the [...]

25 01, 2022

Our Mission to Steward the Earth

2022-01-25T15:12:01-05:00January 25th, 2022|Featured, General Biblical Worldview, The Marketplace (Business, economics, etc)|0 Comments

This article is an excerpt from Stephen McDowell's new book, Stewarding the Earth, A Biblical View of Economics   God created man and the earth to be productive, to be fruitful (Gen. 1:11-12, 20-22, 24, 28). After making man, both male and female, in His image, God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be [...]

11 11, 2021

Critical Race Theory: A Neo-Marxism Ideology

2021-11-11T17:30:46-05:00November 11th, 2021|Featured, General Biblical Worldview|0 Comments

Stephen McDowell   The secular left has been attempting to spread false and unbiblical ideas throughout the nation by teaching Critical Race Theory and the 1619 Project in schools, the media, Hollywood, and government institutions, including the military. This is not new, as these ideas have been gradually introduced into textbooks, museums, newsprint, and other [...]

10 11, 2021

Private Property: One Foundation of a Flourishing Economy

2022-01-25T15:15:04-05:00November 10th, 2021|Featured, General Biblical Worldview, The Marketplace (Business, economics, etc)|0 Comments

Stephen McDowell   A person’s property is whatever he has exclusive right to possess and control. Property is first internal. A person’s conscience is his most precious aspect of property because it tells him what is right and wrong in his actions. Each person in a free government must be a good steward of his [...]

11 10, 2021

Columbus: Oppressor or Liberator?

2021-10-11T11:59:51-04:00October 11th, 2021|America's Holidays, Featured, Notable Individuals in History, Providential History|0 Comments

Columbus statue toppled in St. Paul on June 10 Protesters of Native American Injustices Destroy Statue of Man Who Saved Thousands of Indian Lives   Stephen McDowell Apparently Native American lives don’t matter to a group of Black Lives Matter protesters, who tore down a statue of Christopher Columbus on June 9 in [...]