Christian History Lesson 1 part 1

Posted on Monday, Apr 7, 2008 by principledmom

To begin our study of America’s Christian History we must discuss some basic ideas.

The Christian Idea of Man

The Christian idea of man is the basis for our form of government. It is also the foundational principle that the other 6 principles of America’s Christian History and Government. It is the idea that man is created in God’s image as a unique individual. All men are therefore created equal with independent value. This is a wonderful principle to meditate on. If we are unique, equal and have value, then the state is servant to us and not master.

The Purpose of Government

The state was created for man, not the other way around. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are rights from God and the responsibility to keep them is delegated to the state. Today this weighty task is not respected by federal government, but rather it is becoming more and more irrelevant. Our government (state and federal)  is moving more toward a pagan idea of government.

The Pagan idea of Man

To the pagans (pagan meaning those who are not Christians) is that man has value as related to the state. The state has all the power to control, not protect, our liberty. We also have a society that looks to the state as keepers or even dispensers of liberty. It is a socialist idea that pervades our society today. Our citizens have not been educated on the Christian idea of man so we should not expect anything different.

I will go into more detail on the Leading Ideas (step 2) in the next post.

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6 Responses to Christian History Lesson 1 part 1

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  2. Dana says:
    Tuesday, Apr 8, 2008 at 4:54 PM

    Thank you so much for doing this. I’ve been trying to get a little more intentional about the PA side of our lessons…I feel like we’ve kind of slipped recently. This will hopefully help me get back into it again!

  3. Anna-Marie says:
    Tuesday, Apr 8, 2008 at 7:38 PM

    Glad to see you here Dana. I hope you’ll have the time and inspiration to chime in. I always love your perspective. :)

    –Anna-Marie

  4. Dana says:
    Wednesday, Apr 9, 2008 at 8:35 AM

    Hey, I’m always hanging out here. I’ll try to be more intentional about commenting so you know about it, ok? I sort of got out of the habit while you were having your baby, but I’ll get back in it now.

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