When and why did you start WallBuilders? As I began to read those early Supreme Court decisions, I found that earlier Courts had ruled on many of the same issues we faced today (e.g., Bible in schools, pornography, religious expressions, etc.) but had reached opposite conclusions. For example, in a unanimous 8-0 Court decision in [...]
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When and why did you start WallBuilders? Of course, this meant that in order for me to learn which value had been struck down by the Court, I must read the Court cases – dozens and dozens of them. As I read those cases, each time the Court struck down a Biblical value, it explained [...]
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When and why did you start WallBuilders? I began a long, arduous search of statistical information – information obtained primarily from federal cabinet level agencies (Departments of Health and Human Services, Justice, Education, Labor, Commerce, etc.). With the aid of dedicated co-workers, on weekends and at the conclusion of the school day, we searched through [...]
When and why did you start WallBuilders? As we continued our preparation to attend the CWA convention, each convention participant was encouraged to schedule a visit with his congressman while attending the conference. We scheduled the visit, but at the time, we had not a clue what we would talk to him about; I had [...]
What religious events in our history have changed in significance since they occurred? There actually has been no change in the significance of any religious events from our history, only a change in how those events are portrayed. In the 1960s, textbooks adopted the faulty paradigm of teaching history known as the “Economic View of [...]
Share with us the spirit of the Boston tea party. In the early 1600s, King James I had stridently resisted the Reformation; so to counter the spreading Reformation teachings, he introduced two counter-Reformation “doctrines”: the Divine Right of Kings, and complete submission and non-resistance to authority, explaining that “it is seditious in subjects to dispute [...]
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When and why did you start WallBuilders? As we continued our preparation to attend the CWA convention, each convention participant was encouraged to schedule a visit with his congressman while attending the conference. We scheduled the visit, but at the time, we had not a clue what we would talk to him about; I had [...]
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What would you say are the key quotes or principles of America’s founding fathers that churches should consider featuring in their patriotic celebrations? Patriotic celebrations should focus not on patriotism for patriotism’s sake, but rather on patriotism as avenue to inspire commitment to the preservation of the blessings that God has specifically bestowed on our [...]
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