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Where Are You Leading? (Part 1)

What is a leader?  Here are a couple of definitions.  (1) “Leadership is a process of social influence, which maximizes the efforts of others, toward the achievement of a goal” (Kevin Kruse, Forbes Magazine, April 09, 2013).  There is in … Continue reading

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Father and Son’s Fishing Trip

Charles Francis Adams Sr. (1807-1886) was an important man.  He was a politician like his father, John Quincy Adams, and his grandfather, John Adams.  He served in the Massachusetts legislature, then, in the U.S. Congress, and finally as the U.S. … Continue reading

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The Beatitudes: The Pure in Heart

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God” (Matthew 5:8). God cares about more than one’s actions; He cares about one’s thoughts.  John Quincy Adams remarked, “Human legislators can undertake only to prescribe the actions of man.  … Continue reading

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Think on These Things!

It is so easy to allow one’s mind to dwell upon the wrong things. Someone has offended you, and you meditate on such day and night until you allow a root of bitterness (cf. Hebrews 12:15) to grow within your … Continue reading

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Ethics: Government and Citizenship (Part 2)

Man living in what John Locke has described as “the State of Nature,” that is man living without earthly government has great freedom. He is amenable to God’s law. He, in certain relationships, is to be in subjection to others: … Continue reading

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Voting

Some church members have been duped into believing that Christian principles should be checked at the door of the voting booth.  (1) Some have been told that the First Amendment requires this.  It does no such thing.  All the First … Continue reading

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