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Truth is most powerful in a free forum

Communication “And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light.” Genesis 1:3 ”Do you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear?” Mark 8:18 “Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my father I have made known to you.” John 15:15 God Is Communication Of all the domains, communication is the most difficult to isolate and...

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There should be no poor among you

Economics “However, there should be no poor among you, for in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess as your inheritance, he will richly bless you.” Deuteronomy 15:4 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire men to work in his vineyard.” Matthew 20:1 “Money is the root of all evil!” “Filthy lucre!” Common enough ideas...

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The world is desperate for beauty

Arts and Entertainment “He has made everything beautiful in its time.” Ecclesiastes 3:11 “One thing I ask of the Lord, this is what I see: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple.” Psalm 27:4 Everything that God has made is beautiful! Nothing in the universe is without color, form, and design....

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The church calls society to the accountability of God’s Word

Church “The Lord had said to Moses: ‘You must not count the tribe of Levi or include them in the census of the other Israelites. Instead, appoint the Levites to be in charge of the tabernacle of the Testimony…” Numbers 1:48-50 “The reason I left you in Crete was that you might straighten out what was left unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.” Titus...

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Science can’t discover anything that God hasn’t created

Science and Technology “If you listen carefully to the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, who heals you.” Exodus 15:26 “God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.” Genesis 1:31 George Washington...

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Government gets authority from the people

Government “And the government will be on His shoulders.” Isaiah 9:6 “This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s servants, who give their full time to governing.” Romans 13:6 For more than a generation many, if not most, Christians have thought of the domain of government as the bastion of cigar-smoking egomaniacs. I have heard prominent men of God say that they...

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The Family’s influence touches everyone

Family “Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land the Lord your God is giving you.” Deuteronomy 5:16 “Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day, so that you may command your children to obey carefully all the words of this law. They are not just idle words for you...

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Every child has the right to an education

Education “Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Write them on the door frames of your houses and on your gates, so that our days and the days of your children may be many in the land...