January 02, 2014
December 19, 2013
Now Available: Kuyper’s ‘Guidance for Christian Engagement in Government’
Christian’s Library Press has just released the first-ever English translation of Abraham Kuyper’s Our Program (Ons Program), under the title Guidance for Christian Engagement in Government.
First published in 1879 with the goal of preparing citizens for participation in the general elections, Kuyper’s stated purpose was twofold, as summarized by translator and editor Harry Van Dyke: “to serve antirevolutionaries as a guide for promotional activities and to prepare them for the formal establishment of an Anti-Revolutionary Party.” Continue Reading...
December 18, 2013
Government Wastebook 2013: It Would Be Funny If It Weren’t True
December 13, 2013
TCC: Lessons in Liberty & Restraint
Last week, an exciting new organization called the Transatlantic Christian Council (TCC) hosted its inaugural conference. The theme of the conference was “Sustaining Freedom”, which aligns well with the Council’s mission “to develop a transatlantic public policy network of European and North American Christians and conservatives in order to promote the civic good, as understood within the Judeo-Christian tradition on which our societies are largely based.” Continue Reading...
December 03, 2013
Video: Michael Matheson Miller Discusses ‘Evangelii Gaudium’ on CNBC’s The Kudlow Report
November 26, 2013
‘This Conversation Doesn’t Apply To You:’ Obamacare Underwhelms Again
November 21, 2013
Catholics and Libertarians: Allies or Enemies?
November 20, 2013
Cities Need The Black Middle Class
While overall crime rates are falling, in major U.S. cities the untold story is that crime is now more concentrated among the underclass. For example, The New York Times ran a story of the concentration of crime in the city of St. Continue Reading...
November 19, 2013
Lincoln, Gettysburg and the Bible
Over at the Liberty Law Blog, Daniel Dreisbach looks at Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and how it “reverberates with biblical rhythms, phrases, and themes.” He writes that Lincoln was “well acquainted with the English Bible – specifically the King James Bible. Continue Reading...
November 14, 2013