Posted by
ValiantForTruth on Monday, September 14, 2009 4:36:01 PM
‘Strong words emanate from strong convictions.’ –Sandy Rios
And what is the source of strong conviction?
Obama and his drones in the Democrat party are at war with the American people. How much civility do they deserve? Sitting by passively implies consent. What will it take for the opposition to stand up?
What is the origin of the conviction of Patrick Henry who preferred death to life under tyranny? He had a high view of man as a noble image bearer of the Creator, worthy of life, liberty and property. Government intrusion into his freedom was unthinkable.
What is different with men today? What has changed is our view of man and our view of reality. The biblical view of man is replaced by the humanistic view. No longer is man seen as unique but fallen. No longer is the state seen as ordained to secure individual rights necessary to obey to the Law of God. No longer is the church seen as the pillar and ground of truth in redemptive history.
The humanistic view has no basis for man’s nobility; no basis for good and evil or sin and redemption; no basis for personal responsibility or for law and morality; no basis for knowledge and science; no basis for truth. The humanistic man could never produce the Declaration or the Constitution nor has he any basis for a strong conviction that loves truth and liberty more than life.