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July 30th, 2011 | Comments Off |
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–By Ben Gilmore “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” [Prov 22:6] Tough Love Toward Parents The subject on my heart is not “politically correct” in be-nice Christian circles. Today’s American Christian appears anxious to avoid subjects that stress fellow Christians. [...]
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Tags: Child, Children, Education, Parent, Parenting, Training
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July 7th, 2011 | Comments Off |
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–By Ben Gilmore Written for Harvard alum magazine – A friend was asked to host an American history event I was to lead. “American History is a Christian thing, isn’t it. I’m Jewish.” I responded, “The one I love most in all the world is Jewish!” The principles used as foundation for the good things [...]
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April 13th, 2011 | Comments Off |
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–By Ben Gilmore “The fear (reverence) of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom….” [ Psalm 111:10 ] If that be so, does it not follow that — An irreverent teacher cannot produce a “wise” student? The public school system in America has been made “irreverent” by law! I praise the Lord for the reverent [...]
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Tags: FACE, Foundation for American Christian Education, Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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April 4th, 2011 | Comments Off |
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–By Ben Gilmore This is the “Introduction” to the book I am writing, “Principles of American Government” (© Ben Gilmore) I think you will enjoy reading it. Ben Words of “Wisdom” – Get Wisdom! Koiné Greek, the common language at the time of the New Testament, is reputed to be the most succinct1 language ever [...]
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Tags: ACH Seminar, Book, Teaching Styles, Wisdom
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February 16th, 2011 | Comments Off |
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–By Ben Gilmore “The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each state, chosen by the legislators thereof, for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote.” [U.S. Constitution. Article I, Section 3. June 21, 1788] “Situation ethics” — Making choices in an effort to manipulate the results. The [...]
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Tags: ACH Seminar, activism, History, Principles of American Government
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February 13th, 2011 | Comments Off |
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–By Ben Gilmore “When you choose an action, you choose a consequence.” So said my friend, Harry Conn. Consequences follow choices like a caboose follows a train. You cannot manipulate consequences. It is like pushing on a rope! When you tell a lie, you are trying to manipulate consequences. It may even seem to work [...]
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Tags: absolutes, responsibility, situation ethics, term limits, voting
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December 30th, 2010 | Comments Off |
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Publish freely- with attribution –By Ben Gilmore Only the Creator God of the Bible is all-knowing, all-present, and all-powerful. With those unlimited attributes, there can be no limits upon God’s authority. Thus all other sources of power and authority must have limits. For example – Consider the Bible account of King David and his neighbor, [...]
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September 25th, 2010 | Comments Off |
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–By Ben Gilmore God once spoke through an ass. I guess He can speak through me! There is a law of nature – The quality of internal self-government is inversely proportional to the amount of external government imposed upon self. Think of a see-saw. As self-government degrades, external government always moves in to fill the [...]
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Tags: Government, internal government, Self-Government
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July 1st, 2010 | Comments Off |
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–By Ben Gilmore For the past year, Fran and I have focused on the 4-day ACH American History & Government Study Seminar, which concluded last Saturday. Last year at William Jessup University, the Seminar drew 75 students. All this year we prayed and “believed” for a hundred students plus staff. We had 30 world changing [...]
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June 17th, 2010 | Comments Off |
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–By Ben Gilmore We have lots of apathetic patriots! The easiest course is to do nothing! After reading this – go to the website and become part of the 100 member class! If you can not get away 4 days next week why not send a teen! YOU need to be there! Your kids and [...]
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Tags: ACH Seminar, Government, History, Patriotism
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