Jesus declared we are to occupy until He comes. This is primarily accomplished through our occupation or work. A Christian economy and business will flow from the heart of man outward. God not only gives men the character necessary to prosper and be free, but He also gives principles in the Bible necessary to build growing and prospering businesses and economies (both national and personal).
Sessions include:
1) Biblical Resources for Wealth Creation
2) Biblical Purpose of Work and Business
3) Biblical Principles of Work and Business
4) Applying Biblical Principles in the Marketplace
5) A Strategy for Churches and Workplace Ministers
6) Rendering to Caesar the Things that Are God’s
7) The Economy from a Biblical Perspective
8) Honest Money and Banking
Instructor: Stephen McDowell.
8 sessions on CD with a course manual.
Course No.: MKT02.
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Examining the Evidence of the Christian Foundation of America
A short course using the book America, a Christian Nation? Examining the Evidence of the Christian Foundation of America. This is primarily a reading course. There is one CD that gives an overview of the content of the book.
Many people today claim America is not now nor ever has been a Christian nation. Yet, the Founders of America spoke of her as a Christian nation many times. The first Supreme Court Chief Justice, John Jay,proclaimed: “Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is the duty, as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian nation, to select and prefer Christians for their rulers.” The Supreme Court ruled in 1892 that “this is a Christian nation.” They recognized America, not as an ecclesiastical state where the church ruled nor one without sin, but as a nation founded upon Biblical principles, where Biblical truth and law were the standard for public life, law, and societal institutions.
This course examines the broad evidence of the Christian foundation of America: the motive and Christian influence in colonization, the Christian foundation and source of law, the nature and content of specific laws, the Christian nature of societal institutions, the Christian thought and life of the Founders, the Christian power and form of government, the testimony of public actions and words, the fruit of liberty and prosperity, and the central role of the Bible. It also addresses the claim that America is now pluralistic and thus Christianity must be treated like all other beliefs, concluding, as did America’s Founders, that Christianity is the source of liberty, and if its principles are ignored no freedom and permanent happiness are possible.
Author/Instructor: Stephen McDowell
Format: Two one hour long DVD Teachings
Course No.: HIS08
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God’s Word provides a blueprint for how to transform America and the nations. The Bible addresses all of life, from personal and family matters to economic and civil affairs. A Biblical overview of 21 areas of life is presented. Talks contain many historical examples of how Christianity has brought transformation to all spheres of life.
Sessions include:
Building Nations with the Blueprint of God’s Word;
Nation Building for a New World:
Principles from the United States’ Model of Government and Liberty;
Seven Ideas that Have Transformed the World;
The Economy from a Biblical Perspective.
Instructor: Stephen McDowell
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Statism: the Golden Calf of the Modern World
Israel worshiped a golden calf. Many Christians in the world today, especially the western world, worship a golden calf as well. But this is not a physical golden calf. It is the golden calf of socialism, the god of statism. This false god is one of the greatest threats to Christianity in the 21st century. In recent elections we have seen people tearing off their “golden rings” and clamoring for such a god. To those who worship this golden calf it seems to be a good god that will do good things for them. It promises them provision, security, comfort, and much more. Beware! This god will gradually consume you, your family, your business, and your freedom.
This booklet exposes one of the greatest threats to Christianity today and one of the greatest problems the world faces. Applying the ideas presented here would turn America around.
Author: Stephen McDowell
Providential Perspective Series – 1
PP01
This course provides an excellent introduction to a Biblical philosophy of government, law, and politics.
Sessions include:
1. The Ten Commandments: the Fundamental Law of God (2 sessions)
2. Liberty: the Fruit of Biblical Jurisdictional Authority
3. The Fundamental Principles of Christian Nations
4. The Advance of Liberty in History.
5. America’s Providential History.
Instructor:Stephen McDowell
6 one-hour sessions on DVD.
(Course is also available on CD, & Audio tape.)
Course No.: STA01
Choose Credit if you are enrolled in the Biblical Worldview University and you will receive credit towards your Providence Foundation degree.
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This one hour presentation at The Assembly Conference in Virginia Beach, April 26-28, 2007, presents the story of the Christian influence in the founding of the first permanent English settlement in America. Stephen McDowell looks at Rev. Richard Hakluyt, the man most influential in English colonization in the new world, and his motive “to inlarge the glory of the gospel.” Mark Beliles presents God’s hand in the events in the first years of Jamestown, Christianity in the early official documents, and how the early settlers fulfilled their desire to propagate the Gospel. This presentation also contains a 5 minute segment of a new film in production on the American Dream; plus, the song, “Destiny, Come Follow Me(Jamestown)” by John Phillips.
DVD06
60 minutes
- God’s Sovereignty over the Nations God governs in the affairs of His children, of the ungodly, and of nations. God raises up nations and they have responsibilities to Him. In governing in the affairs of men, God brings about a preparation of His people, revelation of His power and person, and consummation of His purpose. An understanding of God’s sovereignty will produce a great confidence in us.
- How to Disciple the Nations This tape examines what a Christian nation is and what is needed to disciple the nations. It looks at key civil teachings of Jesus necessary for the discipling of nations including jurisdictional authority, the Biblical conception of society, three divine institutions and their purposes, and the religious foundation of all nations. Education is a key element in discipling the nations. The price we must pay to disciple the nations is great, as evidenced by William Penn.
- Fulfilling the Cultural Mandate A look at how men of God have helped establish God’s Kingdom in the nations, including Samuel F.B. Morse, George Washington Carver, Cyrus McCormick, St. Patrick, and more. The cultural mandate calls us to use all our resources to express His image and likeness on the earth. Fulfilling this mandate requires us to discover truth through sciences, apply truth through technology, interpret truth through humanities, implement truth through commerce and social action, transmit truth through education and arts, and preserve truth through government and law.
- The Influence of the Bible on the Development of American Constitutionalism Christianity is the source of civil liberty and American constitutionalism. This tape examines how civil liberty is a product of the Bible in the hands of the people. It looks briefly at many significant civil documents of liberty in British and American history, including Patrick’s Liber, the Magna Charta, Charter of Virginia, Mayflower Compact, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, “Blue Laws” of New Haven Colony, the Declaration and U.S. Constitution, and more.
Instructor: Stephen McDowell
4 one-hour sessions on DVD.
Course No.: STA02
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Jesus or Mohammad: Who brought liberty to the world?
Islam is one of the two greatest external threats to Christianity in the twenty-first century. Statism is the other. Though not as old as statism, Islam has been at war with Christianity since its inception by Mohammad in the seventh century. This booklet provides a brief overview of the history of Islam and its teachings in order to give proper context to this very grave danger that the free world and the Christian faith faces. The historical overview of Islam presented here—which includes the Crusades, important battles stopping Islam’s spread throughout Europe, and Muslims’ influence in American history—reveals that its aggressive expansion and conflict with Christianity are normal. The ideological and worldview comparison of Christianity and Islam shows that Christianity produces liberty, while Islam brings oppression. Many questions are also answered, such as: Is Islam a religion of peace? How should America deal with Islamic terrorists? What can we do regarding the threat of Islam to the Christian faith? Finally, there is good news: God is moving among many Muslims to bring them to Christ.
Instructor: Stephen McDowell
Runtime is one hour and 13 minutes. 1:13:22
Examples of Joseph Lister & John Wanamaker
Joseph Lister & John Wanamaker transformed medicine and business by applying Biblical principles in their divine occupations. Most Christians are not called to the pulpit ministry; rather most Christians are called to the marketplace. Kingdom businesses and our calling in the marketplace are a key part of our taking dominion over the earth. The stories of Lister and Wanamaker will inspire us toward this end.
Author: Stephen McDowell
Providential Perspective Series – 5
28 pages, paperback PP05
Thomas Jefferson produced two abridgements of the Gospels with two different purposes. He envisioned his 1804 “cut to paste” abridgement (46 pages) as a mini-Bible and “Collection for the Indians.” He originally hoped to publish it as a manual in different Indian dialects as a concise summary of the moral and doctrinal precepts of the Bible for Native Americans on the frontier. However, his 1820 expanded abridgement (82 pages)—in Greek, Latin, French and English—was for his personal study.
Jefferson’s 1804 White House “wee little book” has never been found except for the Title Page, Table of Texts, and two KJV Bibles he used to clip Scriptures into a blank notebook.
Dr. Judd Patton, Professor Emeritus at Bellevue University, has re-constructed President Jefferson’s 1804 abridgement highlighting: the words of Jesus in red-letters; the moral and doctrinal precepts of Mr. Jefferson’s work; seven rare, historic facsimiles of Jefferson’s Title Page, Table of Texts and 1791 Bible; and three scholars who explain the context of Jefferson’s work for Native Americans, that calls into question the common but erroneous perceptions associated with the “Jefferson Bible.” The book is dedicated to Native Americans and is a must read for American patriots desiring to understand Thomas Jefferson’s classic work in early American religious history.
Editor: Judd W. Patton
Pages: 242
