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Tough Love Towards Parents

July 30th, 2011 | Comments Off |  Email This Post Email This Post

–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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Liberty and Morality

July 7th, 2011 | Comments Off |  Email This Post Email This Post

–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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More Words of “Wisdom”

April 13th, 2011 | Comments Off |  Email This Post Email This Post

–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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Words of “Wisdom”

April 4th, 2011 | Comments Off |  Email This Post Email This Post

–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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More Situation Ethics

February 16th, 2011 | Comments Off |  Email This Post Email This Post

–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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Situation Ethics

February 13th, 2011 | Comments Off |  Email This Post Email This Post

–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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Limits on Authority

December 30th, 2010 | Comments Off |  Email This Post Email This Post

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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How to Be Free

September 25th, 2010 | Comments Off |  Email This Post Email This Post

–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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Looking Forward

July 1st, 2010 | Comments Off |  Email This Post Email This Post

–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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Patriotism is Not Enough!

June 17th, 2010 | Comments Off |  Email This Post Email This Post

–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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