By: Burton W. Folsom, Jr. In the ongoing war of ideas in American history, those who advocate government action as an engine of economic development have been encouraged by a general and all-too-human tendency to avoid thinking deeply. Because we have the assumption – both among those who design government programs and among the constituencies…
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Knowing History and Knowing Who We Are
By: David McCullough Historian The following is an abridges transcript of remarks delivered on February 15, 2005, in Phoenix, Arizona, at a Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar on the topic, AAmerican History and America's Future.@ Harry Truman once said the only new thing in the world is the history you don't know. Lord Bolingbroke, who…
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Lesson 7: Sabbath
KEY ISSUES The seventh-day Sabbath is taught and kept holy in accordance with biblical instruction. Instituted at Creation, reaffirmed to Israel as a part of the covenant at Sinai and taught by Jesus Christ who is the Messenger of the New Covenant, the observance of the Sabbath is considered basic to a Christian's relationship with…
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Lesson 6: Gospel
KEY ISSUES The gospel is the message preached by Christ and by His Church about God's coming Kingdom, the restoration of His government on earth, and how mankind can enter that Kingdom and government. It includes the message of what Jesus has done, is doing and shall do—and ultimately is the message of the entire…
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Lesson 5: Kingdom of God
KEY ISSUES The Kingdom of God is the family of God ruling as the government of God. It is a future world ruling government to be set up on earth by Christ at His return, with Jesus as King and the resurrected spirit-composed saints in positions of corulership with Him. The Kingdom of God referred…
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Lesson 4: Holy Spirit
KEY ISSUES The Holy Spirit is the essence, power, mind and spiritual extension of God. God begets Christians as His sons through this Spirit. It strengthens a Christian spiritually, converts his mind and serves as an earnest or guarantee of eternal life. Lesson 4 Audio MP3 OVERVIEW The Holy Spirit is described in the Bible…
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Lesson 3: Jesus Christ
KEY ISSUES Jesus of Nazareth is the Christ, the Son of God and the Son of man. He was prophesied Messiah of the Old Testament and is described throughout the New Testament as being both fully human and fully divine. As second member of the God family, He has existed from eternity as the "Word."…
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Lesson 2: The Bible
KEY ISSUES The Bible is the divinely inspired Word of God, the repository of His plan of salvation and the record of His participation in history. The Bible is God's revelation of knowledge that man cannot discover for himself. It is the foundation of knowledge and the guidebook to life. The Old and New Testament…
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Lesson 1: God
KEY ISSUES God is the eternal, omnipresent, all-powerful, supreme Creator and Sustainer of the entire universe. God is one, composed of spirit and comprising a family revealed as presently consisting—of God the Father and Jesus Christ the Son. God is a loving, kind, merciful being who wants to share his magnificent existence with mankind. Lesson…
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