This is an excellent piece by Larry P. Arnn, the President at Hillsdale College. Dr. Arnn is quite objective. It does start with “Trump,” but he, I think, remains quite objective. Starting with Trump is realistic. Right now, Trump, good or bad, is central to many of our issues.
I highly respect Dr. Arnn and the many things that Hillsdale College is doing. He, and they, are giving much — and is is for the Kingdom of God.
Follow this link to the article.
Quotes:
Some of the quotes I liked from the article include n(bold and italics are mine:
- When human will becomes sovereign, unencumbered by nature and divorced from God, we are left with movements—people organized to impose their will on their adversaries.
- This is the great “discovery” that plagues our day: the sovereignty of history, of time, and of circumstance. Discovering there is no “ought,” we can break free by reinventing everything according to our desires.
- It contains an entire account of the source, the purpose, and the manner of the government of the United States. In these three things is to be found the solution to our problems.
- First, the source of our government: “the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God.” These are the things we know by seeing and thinking about the things around us in nature.
- Here we have the family, property, justice, work, learning, conscience, and worship.
- Everything we know, we know through our perception of nature and our understanding of the Divine.
- Next, the purpose of our government: the Declaration describes to what end we are to be governed, namely the protection of our rights, the rights that are written in our nature.
- Finally, the Declaration describes the manner in which we must be governed: One, government must be representative in form.
- First, the source of our government: “the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God.” These are the things we know by seeing and thinking about the things around us in nature.
- It will be helpful to the young men and women who are lost today by helping them to rediscover nature and reason.
- The Declaration of Independence, like the classic authors, teaches that things are real.
- To serve. To be strong. To be free. To look up. These are the kind of young Americans who will save our country.
