By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League July 2, 2021 The story has been told and retold. It’s been said that Benjamin Franklin had just walked outside of Independence Hall after the Constitutional Convention in 1787 when someone inquired, “Doctor, what have we got? A republic or a monarchy?” Franklin is said to have responded: […]
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Woke or Awake?
By Dave Eden, Eden Political Cartoons “‘Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead.’ There is no other way to do God’s work. A man can talk in his sleep, and he can walk in his sleep. I have preachers that I felt preached in their sleep. But one cannot work in his sleep. […]
Teaching History Without Identity Politics
By Annie Holmquist Intellectual Takeout April 6, 2021 “Our children need to learn more history and civics!” is a regular rallying cry for those who want to see America returned to its moral and common sense roots. That a greater emphasis on history and civics is needed is evident from The Nation’s Report Card, which finds […]
When Censorship is the Game, Despotism is the Goal
By Amy HolmquistIntellectual TakeoutMarch 16, 2021 We’re only a few months beyond the turn of the calendar and already I have a candidate for the word of the year: Censorship. Examples are proliferating at such a fast rate that it seems like a game of whac-a-mole just to keep up with all of them. A […]
The Brave New World of Children’s Propaganda
By Amy Holmquist Intellectual Takeout March 3, 2021 Editor’s Note: The following article by Amy Holmquist is a must read for parents, especially Christian parents. Today’s children are inundated in the public schools with leftist indoctrination, and most parents are completely unaware of it. Holmquist doesn’t just explain the problem but offers parents good advice […]