The Famished Patriot

I posted something on Facebook today that received fairly positive comments. All were positive actually. But some did question my premise that the American seedbed of liberty was planted and cultivated by the colonial church. This is a premise I have long held and I am going to take a few minutes to share a […]

On this Fourth of July, 2013, I am mourning the loss of my country. And I mourn for several reasons. 1. I mourn first and foremost that so many of my American countrymen have rejected the God whose merciful goodness secured liberty for so many generations in our land. 2. I mourn because those who […]

Constitutional Apologetics No 1: Introduction – Worldview I am trying an experiment – starting a podcast built around the class I am teaching. You will hear a couple of minor glitches in my reading. Otherwise, the quality is not too bad. I would like your feedback please. Email me: mark at thefamishedpatriot dot com or […]

The U.S Constitution needs a new set of apologists. No … wait … I am not suggesting that we apologize FOR the Constitution. Quite the contrary. An apologist, you see, is a defender, one who argues in support of a belief system. The term is most commonly used in the field of Christian theology, with […]

We 21st century American Christians are, on the whole, woefully ill-equipped when it comes to understanding things like inalienable/unalienable rights. Perhaps it is more accurate to say that we have not been trained in these areas at all, or at least if we have, such training has not come from our churches. There is a […]

A fellow blogger and friend posted a quote from Will Metzger’s book, Tell The Truth. Here’s the quote that was posted: “Grace uproots three myths – my inalienable rights, my human goodness, my free will – that act as barriers, shielding people from the full impact of the gospel. These barriers are penetrated by the […]

I had the privilege of hearing Virginia’s Attorney General, Ken Cuccinelli, speak at a pastor’s luncheon on Wednesday, September 5th in Landsdowne, VA. I found great inspiration in his words and in this brief blog post, I will do my best to recap his message for you. Mr. Cuccinelli spoke for about forty-five minutes, focusing […]

On Wednesday I wrote about the Church, the Body of Christ, and how she, and the gospel she represents, are the only true hope for America. Our nation suffers a deep, deep divide. We see the divide as primarily between Left and Right. But the divide, I believe, is more than that, and older, much […]

We are beginning the END of this series, The Patriot, with a look at some ways we can be working to restore authentic American patriotism. I concluded my last blog post with a thought about intentionality. I wrote that America hating is learned. So is patriotism. In the years since my youth—the ’50’s and ’60’s—the […]

Be on the lookout for a new series … THE PATRIOT … COMING SOON! Below is Part 2 of an article I originally published on my old Kingdom>>Church>>Culture blog. The article was posted on June 18, 2008. Read on … ………… The historic success of American culture rests largely upon its Judeo-Christian foundation. For generations, […]