Life's Inanities and Ironies

When we look back at the birth of America, our minds naturally drift to the secular monuments of history: the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia, the fiery speeches in Virginia's House of Burgesses, or the tactical brilliance of George Washington on the battlefield. But if you were to ask the generation of 1776 where the fire of liberty was truly lit, they wouldn’t point you to a government building. They would point you to the wooden pews of their local churches. Long before the first shots were fired at Lexington and Concord, the American Revolution was reasoned, preached, and sustained from the colonial pulpit. From a conservative Christian perspective, the founding of America wasn't an act of lawless rebellion; it was a deeply theological movement rooted in a biblical understanding of covenant, liberty, and human dignity. 1. The Great Awakening: Spiritual Freedom Preceded Political Freedom To understand the Revolution of 1776, we have to look back to...

According to The Hollywood Reporter, MGM is planning a NEW RED DAWN MOVIE! That begs the question, who will be the new invaders? It is being reported by those that have seen scripts that it will be the Red Chinese, who knocks off America in the first 20 pages, and gets help from the Russians later in the movie. The cause of the invasion? Oil, of course. There are hints that America is kinda to blame, too. In today’s PC environment, that’s not too much of a surprise. First though, a little about myself and Red Dawn. I've met a lot of people who have told me they have a quirky little movie from their childhood (that most of the time I have never heard of) that greatly influenced their lives. In my case, it was Red Dawn, the Cold War, Reagan-era movie about the Soviets and company invading the American Homeland, only to be fought off by a band of high schoolers led by Patrick Swayze. In my case of course, Red Dawn is anything but quirky. It's an in-your-face movie about what coul...