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Christians cannot retreat from the public square

9Jun

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Christians cannot retreat from the public square

By Michael Hancock | Commentary, Undercurrent Substack Many American Christians have mistaken political exhaustion for spiritual wisdom. They look at the public square and see corruption, division, ambition, deceit, and the machinery of worldly power. Then, with a kind of pious resignation, they conclude that politics is simply too dirty for the faithful. Better, they say, to remain above it all. Better to pray, worship, and wait. Better to remember that God is sovereign and that what will happen will happen. Their desire to remain unstained by worldly corruption is understandable. But their conclusion is mistaken. The Christian’s first allegiance is not to party, nation, candidate, or ideology. It is to Christ. But allegiance to Christ does not excuse retreat from public life...

When government defrauds the citizen, it forfeits its moral claim to tax him

1Jun

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When government defrauds the citizen, it forfeits its moral claim to tax him

By C. J. Garbo | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice There comes a point at which taxation ceases to be civic contribution and becomes state extraction. That point is reached when citizen taxpayers are defrauded by their own government, when public money is lost, stolen, concealed, misdirected, or protected through official corruption, and when the same government that demands payment from the citizen refuses justice to the citizen. A government that takes from the people under color of law, then shields the corrupt from consequence, has not merely mismanaged funds. It has broken a covenant with the governed. The issue is deeper than waste. Waste is incompetence. Fraud is betrayal. Waste says the government failed. Fraud says the government used the public trust as a pri...

Citizenship requires more than showing up angry

5May

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Citizenship requires more than showing up angry

By Michael Hancock | Commentary, Undercurrent Substack There is a strange contradiction in American life. We have never had more access to political information, yet we seem to understand government less. We have never had more ways to speak, yet we seem less capable of persuasion. We invoke rights constantly, yet we speak less often of duties. We demand accountability from every institution except, perhaps, ourselves. This is the condition of modern citizenship: loud, aggrieved, suspicious, emotional — and often poorly formed. The usual diagnosis is apathy. Americans do not vote enough. They do not attend local meetings. They cannot name their representatives. They do not understand the difference between a city council and a county commission, a school board and a state legislat...

God, government and the ballot: Why sitting out is not neutral

18Feb

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God, government and the ballot: Why sitting out is not neutral

By Rev. Robert Babcox | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice Why Christians should vote and be involved in Government. We see in several passages in God’s Word what we are to do. Romans 13:1-3: “Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, he who rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and he will commend you.” While there can be no doubt that Paul was telling people ...

The Warning in New York’s Vote: A Nation Forgetting What It Knew

7Nov

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The Warning in New York’s Vote: A Nation Forgetting What It Knew

By C. J. Garbo | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice New York’s decision to elect an openly socialist mayor is not an isolated event. It is a symptom - an unmistakable sign that one of America’s greatest cities is entering the next phase of a cycle human history has recorded with brutal consistency. Every society that embraced central planning, concentrated state power, or moral relativism eventually arrived at the same destination: decline, disorder, and suffering that could have been avoided had wisdom not been discarded for ideology. Human history is the basis for the prediction. Not fear. Not partisanship. History. Every civilization that tried to bend reality to political fantasy - rather than align policy with truth - followed the same trajectory. People tolerate rising cost...

After Charlie Kirk’s death Gen Z can’t stay indifferent

15Sep

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After Charlie Kirk’s death Gen Z can’t stay indifferent

By Brooke Brandtjen | Commentary, The Federalist Gen Z isn’t going to tolerate the horrific death of Charlie Kirk. Their whole lives they’ve been told forced tolerance will give them safety. Doubtlessly, a new age has just begun. Most of Gen Z was nothing more than a twinkle in their parents’ eyes when 9/11 occurred. They never lived in a version of America without the Transportation Security Administration or looming terrorist threats. They were born into the aftermath, a world filled with warnings. Don’t play outside unsupervised, don’t take candy from strangers, don’t sit on a bus with your headphones on. Zoomers are well accustomed to a world where safety is the primary concern because threats are always dangling nearby. They were raised in the era of “cancel culture” and c...

Just: A 2000 warning from one of their own—fascism, corruption and the Democrat Party

27Jul

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Just: A 2000 warning from one of their own—fascism, corruption and the Democrat Party

By Bob Just | Commentary, WorldNetDaily Note from WND News Center Editor-in-Chief David Kupelian on July 25, 2025: Twenty-five years ago today, on July 25, 2000, WND published the following column by national talk-show host, Christian political activist and WND columnist Bob Just. A longtime Democrat (but the good kind), he laid out a vivid and prophetic description of exactly where the Democratic Party was heading – into hatred, corruption and a growing totalitarian obsession with party power at all costs. Though his intent was to persuade moderate Democrat leaders to fight back, his stern warning fell on deaf ears. Today, a quarter century later, Bob's predictions have all come true, as America is now embroiled in what is often described as a "cold civil war" – a description that firs...

Schaller: Parents must stay alert as schools conceal life-altering decisions from families

25Jul

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Schaller: Parents must stay alert as schools conceal life-altering decisions from families

By Greg Schaller | Commentary, Fox News Multiple lawsuits reveal nationwide pattern of educators deliberately concealing students' gender identity changes from families There is a quiet but deeply troubling trend sweeping through our nation’s public schools—a movement in which teachers, counselors and administrators are actively intervening in children’s lives on the most personal of issues while deliberately keeping parents in the dark. Across the country, lawsuits are mounting as schools are found secretly facilitating the gender transition of minors without informing their parents. This is not just a pedagogical overreach—it is a gross violation of parental rights and a dangerous assumption that strangers know better than mothers and fathers what is best for their children. ...

Joondeph: What would our Founding Founders think? An Independence Day reality check

10Jul

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Joondeph: What would our Founding Founders think? An Independence Day reality check

By Dr. Brian C. Joondeph | Commentary, Rasmussen Reports As we lit sparklers and grilled burgers this Fourth of July, a new Rasmussen Reports poll provided a sobering dose of reality. Only 36% of Americans believe the Founding Fathers would see today’s America as a success. Forty-one percent (41%) think they’d view it as a failure, and the rest aren’t sure. That’s not just political frustration speaking. It’s a warning sign that something has gone off course. The ideals that launched our republic, including liberty, limited government, and personal responsibility, seem more like museum relics than guiding principles. Picture Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, men who risked everything on the idea that a free people could govern themselves. They didn’t agree on everything, ...

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Christians cannot retreat from the public square

When government defrauds the citizen, it forfeits its moral claim to tax him

Citizenship requires more than showing up angry

God, government and the ballot: Why sitting out is not neutral

The Warning in New York’s Vote: A Nation Forgetting What It Knew

After Charlie Kirk’s death Gen Z can’t stay indifferent

Just: A 2000 warning from one of their own—fascism, corruption and the Democrat Party

Schaller: Parents must stay alert as schools conceal life-altering decisions from families

Joondeph: What would our Founding Founders think? An Independence Day reality check

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