Morality and the Law: A Partnership
BY STEVE FARRELL
“I suppose persons who mouth the slogan think they are saying something profound. In fact, if that is an argument at...
The Interview: Paine's Christianity, Part 2
BY STEVE FARRELL
Was founder Thomas Paine ever a Christian, and ever anything other than a man who shouted the Bible down as "Fraud!"
Most of...
The Interview: Paine’s Christianity, Part 2
BY STEVE FARRELL
Was founder Thomas Paine ever a Christian, and ever anything other than a man who shouted the Bible down as "Fraud!"
Most of...
Paine's Christianity
BY STEVE FARRELL
Paine's Christianity: Part 1
Of all the attempts to affix to the Founding Father's the faithless brand, "non-Christian secularist," the only Founder who...
Paine’s Christianity
BY STEVE FARRELL
Paine's Christianity: Part 1
Of all the attempts to affix to the Founding Father's the faithless brand, "non-Christian secularist," the only Founder who...
What Dickens’ "Scrooge" Should Teach Us
BY STEVE FARRELL
A cynical conservative magazine I used to subscribe to did the most irritating thing come every Christmas. They would go out of...
What Dickens’ Scrooge Should Teach Us
BY STEVE FARRELL
A cynical conservative magazine I used to subscribe to did the most irritating thing come every Christmas. They would go out of...
Longfellow—Christmas Bells
Christmas Bells.
December 25, 1864.
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I HEARD the bells on Christmas day
Their old familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat,
Of peace on earth, good-will to...
Wolfboy and Princess Cupcake: The Complementarity of the Sexes
PAUL G. KENGOR, CENTER FOR VISION AND VALUES
Ecumenism at its best was recently demonstrated at the Vatican, where dozens of faith leaders worldwide assembled...
A Written Bill of Rights—Dallin H. Oaks
CALLED UNTO LIBERTY, 20TH CENTURY SERMONS, DALLIN H. OAKS
1992
In his address, The Divinely Inspired Constitution, Dallin H. Oaks remarked concerning the written Bill of...
The American Vine: A Sermon—Jacob Duché
CALLED UNTO LIBERTY, FOUNDING ERA SERMONS
July 20, 1775
Preached in Christ-Church, Philadelphia, before the Honourable Continental Congress, July 20, 1775. Being the Day Recommended by...
Right and Wrong, Not Right and Left—Clarence Manion
THE AMERICANIST, MORAL FOUNDATIONS: CLARENCE E. MANION
Source: The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, July 01, 1963
I have almost lost faith in semantics, and if I...
Ezra Taft Benson—America: What of the Future?
CALLED UNTO LIBERTY, 20TH CENTURY SERMONS, EZRA TAFT BENSON
April 1952
With you I love this land in which we live. I am proud of our...
Author of Liberty or Not?
LIBERTY LETTERS WITH STEVE FARRELL
Is God the author of liberty, or not?
A valid, and need I say, vital question.
But in this age of secularism,...
The Constitution is a Part of My Religion—J. Reuben Clark Jr.
CALLED UNTO LIBERTY, 20TH CENTURY SERMONS, J. REUBEN CLARK, JR.
As I have said to you before, so I say again, the Constitution of the...
David O. McKay: Our Paramount Duty
CALLED UNTO LIBERTY, 20TH CENTURY SERMONS, DAVID O. MCKAY
In these days of uncertainty and unrest, liberty-loving people’s greatest responsibility and paramount duty is to...
John Tucker: An Election Sermon
CALLED UNTO LIBERTY, FOUNDING ERA SERMONS: JOHN TUCKER
Boston 1771
Editor's Note
English colonists in America began living under local government based upon the consent of the...
Free Forever, to Act for Themselves
CALLED UNTO LIBERTY, 21ST CENTURY SERMONS, D. TODD CHRISTOFFERSON
October 2014
When things turn bad, there is a tendency to blame others or even God. Sometimes...
Milk-and-Water Allegiance Kills—John A. Widtsoe
CALLED UNTO LIBERTY, 20TH CENTURY SERMONS, JOHN A. WIDTSOE
1941
A milk-and-water allegiance kills; while a passionate devotion gives life and soul to any cause and...
Ignorance Of Scripture Could Be Hazardous To Your Liberty
CALLED UNTO LIBERTY, 21ST CENTURY SERMONS
By Francis J. Manion, ACLJ
On October 1st, I had the privilege of defending Mr. George Krail, of Burlington County,...
The Bible of the American Revolution
BY PHYLISS SCHLAFLY
Did you know that Congress once printed Bibles? At the time of the American Revolution, the British government had strict laws about...
Moses Mather: America’s Appeal to the Impartial World
Called Unto Liberty, Moses Mather: 1775, Founding Era Sermons
Moses Mather (1719–1806). Born in Lyme, Connecticut, into a famous New England family of divines, Mather...
Anonymous, a Dialogue Between the Devil, and George III, Tyrant of Britain
CALLED UNTO LIBERTY, FOUNDING ERA SATIRE
Anonymous: 1782
Not a sermon and by an author anonymous and unknown, this satirical dialogue first appeared in 1782 in...
Elisha Williams: The Great End of Civil Government
CALLED UNTO LIBERTY, FOUNDING ERA SERMONS
Elisha Williams, 1744
I shall first, briefly consider the Origin and End of Civil Government.
First, as to the origin—–Reason...
Danger Lurks When We Divide Ourselves – Russell M. Nelson
CALLED UNTO LIBERTY, 21ST CENTURY SERMONS
April 2014
Danger lurks when we try to divide ourselves with expressions such as “my private life” or even “my...
The Bible and the Sword – John Fletcher
Called Unto Liberty, John Fletcher: 1776, Founding Era Sermons
John Fletcher (1729–1785). Born John de la Flechere in Nyon, Switzerland, Fletcher studied at the...
The Government Welfare System Will Fall
CALLED UNTO LIBERTY, 20TH CENTURY SERMONS, MARION G. ROMNEY
Now, my brothers and sisters, the handwriting is on the wall; “the interpretation thereof sure.”...
Labor Is Ordained of God
CALLED UNTO LIBERTY, 19TH CENTURY SERMONS, JOHN TAYLOR
"Labor is the manufacturer of wealth. It was ordained of God as the medium to be used...
Elect Good Men Who Will Obey and Uphold the Law
CALLED UNTO LIBERTY, 20TH CENTURY SERMONS, HEBER J. GRANT
I pray for our country and ask the Lord to bless those who preside in the...
Democrats’ Immoral Approach to Minimum Wage
LLOYD MARCUS, PROUD UNHYPHENATED AMERICAN
Thank God Obama and the Democrats' attempt to raise the federal minimum wage to $10.10 per hour stalled in the...