31 05, 2018

The Liberty Bell

2018-08-31T13:06:23-04:00May 31st, 2018|Historic Documents, Providential History, The State/Government|0 Comments

Liberty Bell   By Stephen McDowell The Liberty Bell has been used as the logo of the Providence Foundation since near the time of our official founding in 1984. A verse from the Bible, Leviticus 25:10, is engraved on the top of the bell: “Proclaim liberty throughout all the land, unto all the [...]

23 05, 2018

Life by Permission of Government: A Lesson from the Apothecary

2018-06-19T09:43:51-04:00May 23rd, 2018|General Biblical Worldview, The State/Government|0 Comments

  Stephen McDowell As a means of educating Americans in principles of liberty and providential history, I periodically give tours of important historic sites. On a recent tour I was conducting with American Family Association I visited the Apothecary in Colonial Williamsburg during some free time. As I listened to the costumed interpreter, she unknowingly [...]

3 02, 2017

Some Rational Thoughts on Trump’s Executive Order Temporarily Banning Travel from Seven Nations Harboring Terrorists

2017-10-19T17:55:00-04:00February 3rd, 2017|The State/Government|Comments Off on Some Rational Thoughts on Trump’s Executive Order Temporarily Banning Travel from Seven Nations Harboring Terrorists

By John McDowell   One truth impressed upon me while obtaining my Master’s Degree in Counseling is that most people tend to respond and react emotionally to situations. This is especially true for young people. However, as we become older our reasoning capabilities SHOULD enable us to differentiate between emotional and reasoned reactions. Our response to [...]

2 08, 2016

Public Sermons in Early America

2018-11-19T16:54:46-05:00August 2nd, 2016|The State/Government|Comments Off on Public Sermons in Early America

    Colonial American pastors would cringe at the thought of modern pastors shying away from delivering sermons on political issues that are pertinent for today. (That they are doing so, see “Pastors of Conservative Churches Say They Won’t Preach What the Bible Says about the Issues.”)   The clergy continually clarified and applied a [...]

4 09, 2015

Barack Obama: A Good President or Evil Leader?

2021-12-02T09:14:21-05:00September 4th, 2015|The State/Government|Comments Off on Barack Obama: A Good President or Evil Leader?

For PDF Version: Barack Obama: A Good President or Evil Leader? By Stephen McDowell (Author’s note: For those of you who have read any of my books and articles over the years, you know that I do not engage in ad hominem attacks or hyperbole. Rather, I seek to evaluate issues and life from a [...]

30 06, 2015

The Supreme Court Ruling to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage Is of “the First Order of Absurdity”

2018-05-04T12:49:36-04:00June 30th, 2015|The State/Government|Comments Off on The Supreme Court Ruling to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage Is of “the First Order of Absurdity”

  Thomas Jefferson’s description of allowing judicial activism in a republic aptly describes the court’s recent decision in Obergefell v. Hodges. This decision to establish homosexual marriage as national policy is absurd for many reasons. To begin with official recognition of homosexual marriage is a recognition of homosexual behavior. Both homosexual marriage and behavior are [...]

16 06, 2015

The Two Greatest External Threats to Christianity

2018-07-02T17:06:20-04:00June 16th, 2015|The State/Government|Comments Off on The Two Greatest External Threats to Christianity

A Note from Stephen McDowell   The two greatest external threats to Christianity in the twenty-first century are statism and Islam. The Providence Foundation has produced many books and materials identifying these threats and giving practical means of overcoming them.   Statism Statism is the idea that man via the state is the ultimate authority [...]

3 06, 2015

The Threat of Islam to Liberty and Christianity

2017-11-03T13:53:47-04:00June 3rd, 2015|General Biblical Worldview, The State/Government|Comments Off on The Threat of Islam to Liberty and Christianity

By Stephen McDowell Islam is one of the two greatest external threats to Christianity in the twenty-first century. Statism is the other.[1] Though not as old as statism, Islam has been at war with Christianity since its inception by Mohammad in the seventh century.  This article introduces the booklet The Threat of Islam to Liberty [...]

1 05, 2015

“We the People” or “We the Judges”?

2018-11-21T10:03:48-05:00May 1st, 2015|The State/Government|Comments Off on “We the People” or “We the Judges”?

Stopping Judicial Activism By Stephen McDowell and John McDowell Abraham Lincoln once asked, “How many legs does a dog have if we call the tail a leg?” According to modern courts the answer may well be five. Following a string of Federal district courts, the Supreme Court recently ruled that a man and a man, [...]

22 12, 2014

American Exceptionalism – Nationalist Arrogance or Historical Fact? Something to Think About

2019-06-25T11:25:14-04:00December 22nd, 2014|The State/Government|Comments Off on American Exceptionalism – Nationalist Arrogance or Historical Fact? Something to Think About

By Ricki Pepin   American Exceptionalism. The very term evokes highly charged emotions backed by two very distinct schools of thought diametrically opposed to one another: Traditionalists declare that America marches to a different drummer, its uniqueness seen through its history, size, geography, political institutions and culture. Progressives and many college professors reject this view, [...]