Opinion

How much influence, if any, should the Bible have on American public policy? There is a wide divergence in the answer to that question, depending on who is asked. Last week, Pew Research Center reported on such differences.  They write about those on the right: “Most Trump supporters (69%) would like the Bible to have […]

Topic: Biblical Worldview When America was founded, the framers had, for the most part, a Biblical worldview. Just a few examples: Our rights come from God. Because of God, power rests in “the consent of the governed.” Man is sinful. Therefore, we must have separation of powers. But today even many professing Christians in effect […]

Topic: The Abortion Pill and the Supreme Court The Constitution of the United States is predicated on the Declaration of Independence, which says our rights come from the Creator and the first of these rights enumerated is the right to life. But abortion rights are at war with the right to life. One of the […]

Topic: Did Jefferson Believe in the Christian God? When the founders wrote the Declaration of Independence, they said that our rights come from the Creator, that is, God. Thomas Jefferson was the author of the first draft of the Declaration. It then went through more than 80 revisions. We know Jefferson was not always orthodox […]

Topic: Inroads of Communism in America? America was founded on the premise that God is the source of our rights. Chiseled in stone at the Jefferson Memorial are these words from founding father Thomas Jefferson: “And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction […]