The Famished Patriot

The Seedbed of Liberty

09. Apr, 2016 Comments Off on The Seedbed of Liberty

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 […]

America's Christian History, America's founding, Benjamin Franklin, Colonial America, Colonial American Church, Declaration of Independence, Deism, George Washington, Individuality, James Madison, John Witherspoon, Judeo-Christian, Judeo-Christian Worldview, separation of powers, Transcendence

Constitutional Apologetics

04. Feb, 2013 2 Comments

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 […]

Alexander Hamilton, apologetics, Catholic Protestant, Church, Church Fathers, Declaration of Independence, Ezra the priest, federalist papers, Horace Mann, James Madison, John Jay, Judah, King Josiah, Laws of Nature and of Nature's God, Martin Luther, public education, Reformation, Robert Owen, US Constitution

A Legacy Lost

29. Jan, 2013 1 Comment

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 […]

Benjamin Franklin, biblical worldview, Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Christian self-government, Declaration of Independence, inalienable rights, James Madison, John Locke, John Witherspoon, Pilgrims, preachers, pulpits, Puritans, Samuel Rutherford, Thomas Jefferson, Tyranny, U.S. Constitution, unalienable rights, William Blackstone

The Missing Element Part I

09. Nov, 2012 Comments Off on The Missing Element Part I

I submit to you that there was but one element missing in this year’s election process. And it is the sole reason our incumbent Commander-in-Chief was returned to the White House for another four years. The missing element? Virtue. Virtue has all but disappeared from our American landscape. Virtue is out of vogue. Virtue is […]

A Power-Packed Day—Part 2

27. Aug, 2012 Comments Off on A Power-Packed Day—Part 2

The two folks in the picture on the left are Roger Cheeks and Lea Carawan of the Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation. In my next post, I will be telling you about our lunch with them in Richmond, on Thursday, August 16th, 2012. But wait … If you have not read my previous post, you really […]

Bishop E. W. Jackson, Clover Hill Assembly of God, Congressional Prayer Causus, Congressman Randy Forbes, Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm, Exodus Faith Ministries, Federalist No. 10, Foundation, James Madison, Pray for our nation, Room 219, The Federalist Papers, VA Republican Senate Primary Race

Enter The Story Part 2

11. Nov, 2011 Comments Off on Enter The Story Part 2

Be on the lookout for a new series … THE PATRIOT … COMING SOON! You are reading Part 2 of an article I originally published on my old Kingdom>>Church>>Culture blog. The article was posted on June 11, 2008. The American story has captivated the world … American slavery ended with our Civil War. But well […]