GUEST SCOTT ANIOL Professor of Pastoral Theology Grace Bible Theological SeminaryAs we celebrate Independence Day which commemorates the signing in of the Declaration of Independence the founding document of our nation when the original colonies declared their autonomy from British colonial rule John Adams was a signer of the Declaration one of the framers of the U S Constitution and the second President of the United States Likely not a born-again Christian but rather a deist a believer in a supreme being who is uninvolved in the affairs of mankind Adams wrote the following about the link between morality and [... more]

GUEST SCOTT ANIOL Professor of Pastoral Theology Grace Bible Theological SeminaryAs we celebrate Independence Day which commemorates the signing in of the Declaration of Independence the founding document of our nation when the original colonies declared their autonomy from British colonial rule John Adams was a signer of the Declaration one of the framers of the U S Constitution and the second President of the United States Likely not a born-again Christian but rather a deist a believer in a supreme being who is uninvolved in the affairs of mankind Adams wrote the following about the link between morality and [... more]

GUEST CAL BEISNER author Biblical Foundations for Economics The government printing and spending trillions of dollars on social programs or paying able-bodied people to not work or taxing the income-producing to fund all manner of entitlements food health care housing education child care retirement have become commonplace in American society Three weeks ago Nov in part of our program on economics Cal Beisner director of the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation defined economics as moral philosophy applied to man's marketplace relationships In other words one's moral worldview will lead to certain economic policies For example the moral judgment [... more]

GUEST CAL BEISNER author Biblical Foundations for Economics Morality is the judgment between what is right and what is wrong and economics is how money goods and services are used and exchanged While morality and economics seem unrelated they are actually linked When moral judgments are made about any given issue economic decisions follow to support those moral judgments For example abortion is viewed by our government as morally good and so therefore economic policy is made to fund the killing of the pre-born and post-born It's no coincidence that as American's judgment of what is right and wrong has [... more]