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The following is the foreword to Vishal Mangalwadi’s new and most important book yet—Truth and Transformation: A Manifesto for Ailing Nations, written by Dr. Art Lindsley of the C.S. Lewis Institute:
Many have spoken and written on the crisis of our times—economic, religious, moral and political. Some have said that the culture wars are over and [...]
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Avoiding “The Europe Syndrome”
In my last two blogs, we looked at the essential roles of families, churches and civil government in fostering healthy societies, and how socialist and communist states are defined by the encroachment of the civil government into the roles of both families and churches. The result of this usurpation contributed significantly to [...]
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A Recipe for Disaster
In my last blog, I talked about the unique role and contribution that families, churches and civil government play in fostering healthy societies.
Social disintegration and disorder occurs when these three institutions do not understand, or fail to fulfill their God-given role. It also happens when one of these institutions assumes the role [...]
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The Family, the Church, & the Government: What are their roles?
At the Disciple Nations Alliance, we champion the role of local churches in social and cultural transformation. As our co-founder, Bob Moffitt is fond of saying, “God’s principally ordained agent for the advancement of His Kingdom is the Church. Local churches represent the single most [...]
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Check out Catherine Hornby’s fine article Moral Rebound Finds Dutch Exploring Calvin online at REUTERS UK. With the emergence of the Global Economic Crisis, the Dutch are looking at their Protestant roots for answers.
It would behoove Christians anywhere in the world who are concerned about the economic crisis to read this article. It points to [...]
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There are three primary options of governance: license, tyranny and freedom.
License is what some people in the West mean by “freedom.” Freedom, in an Atheistic framework, is defined as the ability to do what one pleases. People do what “feels good,” they follow their noses. This concept means that people are “free” to do what [...]
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