“My own private judgement has long been…that government can not long exist without an alliance with religion to some extent; & that Christianity is indispensable to the true interests & solid foundations of all free governments.” #SupremeCourt Justice Joseph Story, May 14, 1833.

13 May 1824: “...in the United States ... a kind Providence has blessed us, not only with peace and plenty, but also with the full and secure enjoyment of our civil and religious rights and privileges.” John Jay, president’s address AmericanBibleSociety Society. | John Jay Talking

#MothersDay

“The foundations of national Morality must be laid in private Families…. The Mothers are the earliest and most important Instructors of youth....” #JohnAdams , “Travels, and Negotiations,” June 2, 1778.

#AdamsPapers

Social scientists have found that evangelical family men who attend church regularly are the most loving husbands and the most engaged fathers.

Compared to the average American family man, evangelical men are
• More loving to their wives
• More engaged with their children--3.5

8 May 1778: “the Manner of our Deliverances ... [has been] so peculiarly marked almost by the direct Interposition of Providence, that not to feel and acknowledge his Protection, would be the Heighth of impious Ingratitude.” Address of Congress to the Inhabitants of the U.S.A.

From a student paper writing on the virtue of courage: 'A nation of cowards would not be able to protect themselves from the evils of outside forces or from internal corruption.'

🔴 Watch an operational update from LTC (S.) Nadav Shoshani on what has happened in the Rafah area during the past few days, and how the IDF has called on Gazan civilians in the area to evacuate to the expanded humanitarian area:

This story is from Thaddeus Williams, and it’s a must-read.

Pray for Mr. C.
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So last night I stared evil in the face. Every year I join my fellow profs from Trinity Law School at a retreat in Huntington Beach. Part of the annual tradition is sitting by an outdoor fireplace and

These facts must be acknowledged:

Hamas uses human shields
Hamas started this war
Hamas committed unspeakable crimes
Hamas can end this but REFUSES
Hamas won't release the hostages
Hamas REJECTS every chance for ceasefire

If you understand this, there's nothing else to discuss.

Will be on my reading list…

Video is well done.

Yep

💯 Rousseau was a supremely wicked man.

Christian Nationalism examined.
Mark David Hall interviewed by Anthony Costello for the The Kirkwood Center

Who’s Afraid of Christian Nationalism (with Mark David Hall) #christiann ... youtu.be/IBUP5Dz-WAI?si… via YouTube

Good analysis from Tim Milosch. linkedin.com/pulse/gaza-cea…

For the seventh consecutive year Variety Magazine named Biola University’s Snyder School of Cinema and Media Arts as a top film school in North America.

Read more here: bit.ly/4d6FRCh

My advice to university presidents is that your policy should be as follows: We honor freedom of speech and therefore do not impose and will not impose viewpoint-based restrictions on speech. We will, for the sake of protecting everyone's rights to teach and learn, strictly and

Excellent piece by Kody W. Cooper today on immigration policy.

wordonfire.org/articles/how-s…

Americans seem remarkably incurious about the benefits of the socio-religious and socio-political order that lasted from 1780 to 1960 and made them a civilizational wonder.

NEW: Jewish NYU professor Scott Galloway blasts the double standard of the anti-Israel protests, says he would be fired if he said “l*nch the blacks or b*rn the gays.”

“I can tell you, if I went into the NYU square with a white hood on and said, ‘l*nch the blacks or b*rn the