We are by now familiar with the list of tyrannies that God said Israel’s desired King would impose upon them (1 Sam. 8): conscription for military service and civil service, a military-industrial complex, high taxation, confiscation of property, slavery, etc. (See my previous discussions here and here.) What we learn from the following two chapters [...]
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The basic writings for Restoring America One County at a Time are done. In response to requests, below is the Master Index to the web text version. The free online videos should be complete and uploaded soon as well. The book and DVD versions are coming soon as well. For the main book, we have [...]
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A Christian friend recently told me that he wasn’t going to vote for a particular Christian candidate because “he voted for the repeal of the DADT provision.” In the eyes of my friend the DADT act was a “solid Christian law,” and he couldn’t see how a Christian politician could vote for its repeal. I [...]
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Restoring America One County at a Time Chapter 9: National Defense 9.3. How to Get Freedom it Back How can we restore the freedoms we once had, long ago, in the areas of war and the military? It starts with changing our personal views from the celebration of aggression, destruction, death, hell, to the celebration [...]
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War and the Military 9.2. How Freedom Was Lost (Cont’d.) Lessons from the Early Conflicts and Beyond Considering what we’ve learned from colonial America’s early world war, the Feds’ response to America’s early tax revolts, and the clash between Lincoln and Taney, just stop momentarily and consider what freedom had been destroyed militarily just to [...]
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Restoring America One County at a Time Chapter 9: National Defense 9.1 National Defense in a Free Society (Cont’d.) Raising an Army Picking up from our review of the first major passage on preventing the warfare state, the second relevant passage covers both the laws for a militia and for waging warfare, all found in [...]
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Here at American Vision we get a steady stream of comments and questions. After our conferences, speeches, articles, the number-one question we always get is this: “What Can We Do?” In response to that, we have begun this new project called, “Restoring America One County at a Time.” This project attempts to provide practical answers [...]
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On Wednesday Gary posted the list “Five Truths that Liberals Hate,” and it proved one of the most popular posts we’ve had in a while. While in total agreement with those ideals, and actually probably the most conservative guy at American Vision, I thought a little Tabasco for the Right was in order as well. [...]
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Obama has apparently taken a step to disarm America, according to a document that has been leaked. The step is strategic and very cunning: begin with the military. Access the document here. The document reveals a proposal to force all military personnel to register all firearms—even privately owned firearms that are kept in their private [...]
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Memorial Day commemorates American men and women who died while in the military service. It’s not a day to celebrate war. In fact, it should be a day when we reflect on the true costs and consequences of war. I can think of no better way to do this than to offer a review of the film Sergeant York (1941), a war movie that caries an antiwar message. It’s the true story of World War I Medal of Honor recipient Alvin C. York (1887-1964). The York family eked out a meager existence in remote Pall Mall, Tennessee.
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