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How can we make such an extraordinary claim?America was once the most extraordinary nation in the world, because America was made up of extraordinary individuals. Individual Americans in 1776 were extraordinary, compared to Americans in 2011.
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Why Should I Imitate George Washington?
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For generations, George Washington was the most revered man in America. His portrait could be seen in every public building, in every school, and in many bedrooms of America's boys. He was a hero and an icon. Today, even if Washington's face can still be seen, his ideals are largely ignored. |
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"His integrity was most pure, his justice the most inflexible I have ever known, no motives of interest or consanguinity, of friendship or hatred, being able to bias his decision. He was indeed, in every sense of the words, a wise, a good, and a great man." -- Thomas Jefferson | |
| If you suspect that Americans 200 years ago Americans were a better judge of good character and had higher values than Americans today, then you should enroll in GeorgeWashingtonCoaching. |
In 1776, America had become the pinnacle of Christian Civilization, also called "Western Civilization." Personally, Americans were hard-working and charitable. Politically, Americans dimly perceived that the initiation of force by government was inconsistent with Christianity. America was a land of "Liberty Under God," a "City upon a Hill," a light to the world. | Today's Americans reject work and prefer "entitlements." Nearly a majority are functionally illiterate. Today's Americans are perpetual adolescents. |
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| You may well rank higher than most Americans, and be much closer to George Washington and other extraordinary American Founders, but you are still a product of your century, a product of your society. | America will continue its slow decline into sin and mediocrity unless you change your own course. America may plunge into economic catastrophe and chaos, and you can provide stability, leadership, and direction to your neighbors ... | ... but only if you enroll in the GeorgeWashingtonCoaching program. |
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We get letters . . .Subject: Washington Ain't That Great From: "mezcalxxxx@sbcglobal.net" Date: Fri, February 20, 2009 5:41 pm To: KevinCraig@GeorgeWashingtonCoaching.com ------------------------------------------------ I don't know that I consider George Washington a man of character.... He had his place in history ...... but he also had his place in the bed of his slaves.....sorry This letter reflects a tragic situation. Surveys show that if public school kids know anything about George Washington, it's that (1) he's on the one-dollar bill, and (2) he owned slaves. Not much else. The speech linked above is a powerful indictment of modern America's ignorance of her Founding Fathers. My response: ------------------------------------------------ Subject: Re: Washington Ain't That Great From: "George Washington Coaching" Date: Fri, February 20, 2009 6:27 pm To: mezcalxxxx@sbcglobal.net ------------------------------------------------ I appreciate your taking time to comment. I'd like to encourage you to take a second look. Washington and Jefferson worked hard to abolish slavery before it became fashionable to do so. I'd like to think you would have worked as hard as they did, had you lived in the middle of the 18th century. Check out this article: http://www.wallbuilders.com/LIBprinterfriendly.asp?id=99 Americans today are pampered slaves. We have more than half of everything we work to produce taken from us in taxes. Nearly every decision we make is regulated in some way by the government. The mainstream media and academia criticize Washington for the slaves he inherited, while overlooking the emerging police state. Here are the details of the George Washington Coaching program: http://www.GeorgeWashingtonCoaching.com/details.htm I'm sure you'll find the program intellectually challenging. Thanks again for writing. Kevin Craig www.GeorgeWashingtonCoaching.com Vine & Fig Tree Coaching Services George Washington was against slavery and passionately for liberty. We Modern Americans disdain liberty and accept slavery. So naturally we have to insult Washington. |
George Washington has been criticized for owning slaves -- even though he inherited them, and even though it was illegal for him to free them (when Virginia tried passing laws against slavery, the King of Britain overruled them). But being a slave in a Christian nation is better than being "free" in an atheistic nation. | Samuel Adams, speaking at the State House in Philadelphia, “to a very numerous audience” on August 1, 1776:
If you are an ordinary American, you are a pampered slave. You are wealthy beyond the imagination of anyone alive in 1776. But you would rather keep the remote control of your TV than risk it by fighting for liberty and personal responsibility. |
George Washington and all Americans in 1776 received an awesome education.
Politicians and Americans in 2011 are victims of Educational Malpractice.
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| George Washington had morning and evening "devotions." One hour in the morning, and one hour in the evening. But they weren't fluffy, syrupy, or escapist devotionals. He was prayerfully and studiously discerning the blueprints for the creation of a new nation. He prayed and studied in a library, not a
chapel. He considered it a vital part of his ordinary work day. In many ways, these devotionals were a review of the foundations laid by George Washington's childhood education, and then building higher and higher upon those foundations. In the GeorgeWashingtonCoaching program, you will stand on the shoulders of the giants of Western Civilization, and see farther than they did. Without getting into an argument about child discipline and corporal punishment, the fact is that the one-room colonial school house produced extraordinary Americans, and the modern "public school" produces illiterate drones and zombies who take pride in their sin.There were three things that George Washington, Samuel Adams, John Hancock, and every other Founding Father believed should be a part of every American child's education -- and you were systematically deprived of all three. The GeorgeWashingtonCoaching program gives you all three. And using the internet, we accomplish this in just one year, a few minutes (not hours) every day. Yes, at the end of just one year, you can be as extraordinary in your faith, virtue, and knowledge as the average colonial American teenager! Your coach in the GeorgeWashingtonCoaching program will encourage you, remind you, hold you accountable, and pray for you, but will not rap your knuckles or beat you with a rod. You'll have to do that yourself. |
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In a nutshell, public schools 200 years ago taught Americans to follow George Washington's advice: to be a good Christian. see #9
Because they were good Christians, they were good learners.
Compared to colonial Americans, you are an ignorant barbarian. Sure, you know how to use your Blackberry. But bring a 9-year-old into the 21st century from 1776, and the kid would be able to figure out how to use your computer and remote control as fast as you did. But Colonial Americans could read the Federalist Papers and debate the issues intelligently. You can't. They had the moral courage to fight against tyranny. You don't. There were three things that America's Founding Fathers believed schools should teach, and you were deprived of all three -- by law. These three things are prescribed in America's "Organic Law," and even today can still be found in many state constitutions, but you probably don't even know what "organic law" means.
What were the three things that every school in America was supposed to teach?
What are the three things that made America the most prosperous and admired nation in history?
What are the three things that were taken out of government-run schools in the 20th century, and as a result have crippled Americans like you and me, leaving America a bankrupt and despised nation?
GeorgeWashingtonCoaching will tell you, and will transform you into
- • an extraordinary American
- • an extraordinary Christian
- • an extraordinary Human Being
A true American despises tyranny and loves liberty.
Are you a pathetic American?America's Founding Fathers risked their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to resist a government that was taxing only 1-2% of their income. You pay 10-20 times more in taxes than they did. (proof) The tax on the tea that Samuel Adams and John Hancock did not want to pay was only 3 pence per pound, and you pay ten times as much in taxes on every gallon of gas. The current government says that teachers in government-run schools should not teach students that the Declaration of Independence is really true. (Unbelievable, but you know it's true.) America's Founding Fathers would say you are a pathetic excuse for an American. |
Are you a pathetic Christian?Jesus said some so-called "christians" make Him puke. Are you one of them? You are a member of an anti-Christian homicidal authoritarian CULT. (Strong claim? Let me prove it to you.) You are the victim of demonic brainwashing. If you could get a lawyer, you should sue the government school system for educational malpractice. We sing "God Bless America," but God is not going to bless an America that will not permit teachers in public schools to tell students that God says "Thou shalt not steal." |
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Do you want to be an extraordinary American?America's Founding Fathers risked their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to resist a government that was taxing only 1-2% of their income. What was the source of their love of liberty? What was the source of their courage? Why did America become the most prosperous and admired nation in history? Why is the U.S. today bankrupt and despised? Can we restore America's greatness? Can you become an extraordinary defender of liberty? Can you be a "City upon a Hill?" |
Do you want to be an extraordinary Christian?His lord said unto him, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant. Thou hast been faithful over a few things; I will make thee ruler over many things. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord." Matthew 25:21 And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight. 1 John 3:22 | More |
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Every single person who signed the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, if they could visit America in 2011, would take immediate steps to repeal the Constitution and abolish the government it created.
It takes virtue and a strong sense of morality to understand why.
Do you understand why George Washington lead a struggle to abolish a government which was far more Christian and far more libertarian than the government we have today, but which he called a "tyranny?"
George Washington led the American colonists in an effort to abolish a tyrannical government.
The government he called a "tyranny" had a tax on a pound of tea that was ten times lower than the tax we pay on a gallon of gas. What he called a "tyranny" was more representative than our modern "Administrative State," and "tyrants" in his day would never have dreamed of using colonial tax revenue to fund abortions, marry homosexuals, or remove all copies of the Ten Commandments from public schools and courthouses.
If you're like me, he would say you're a lousy Christian and a stinking rotten American.
Ouch!
Why would he say that?
Because he led troops into battle to fight taxes like a three-pence per pound tax on tea, and you do nothing over tax on a gallon of gas that's TEN TIMES HIGHER. The total tax burden in the colonies was less than 2% of colonial income, but today's government takes over half of everything you earn. Like those who signed the Declaration of Independence, George Washington was among those who risked "our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor," but today's government makes it illegal for teachers in public schools to teach students that the Declaration of Independence is really true. (Sure, they can teach that guys in powdered wigs used to believe it to be true, but teachers cannot teach that the Declaration of Independence really is objectively true, endorse the contents, or promote it.)
4. The importance of Ideas – not race | 05. | America is an idea. To become an extraordinary American, you must be familiar with that extraordinary idea. These phrases convey the idea of America: |
The idea of America is the product of a Christian Worldview. Our society reflects the Ten Commandments and "the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God."
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The Importance of Ideas
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| "Ideas have consequences." You are the consequence of your ideas. Britain is a socialist nation, the consequence of bad ideas. America became a great nation because of the idea of "Liberty Under God." | George Washington and Samuel Adams were Englishmen, but they had different ideas about Liberty and the Faith than their British counterparts. | There weren't any remarkable genetic or racial differences between the British and the Americans. But America became great, while Britain stagnated and declined. It was ideas that made the difference. Those ideas will become a part of you if you enroll in the GeorgeWashingtonCoaching program. |
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We Need More George WashingtonsGeorge Washington was a man of extraordinary character, courage, physical fitness, and education. He became known as "the Father of his Country." Even if there were another extraordinary leader like Washington on the horizon (do you know of one? I don't.), we cannot sit back and let him try to straighten out America. The population of America is 100 times greater than it was in 1776, and the population is illiterate and barbaric compared to Americans back then. In 2011, we need at least 100 George Washingtons. And each of them need to mentor a few more. GeorgeWashingtonCoaching invites you to become one of them. |
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A true American loves liberty.
A true American believes in the principles of the Declaration of Independence.
How could it be otherwise?
On May 2, 1778, when the Continental Army had emerged from its infamous winter at Valley Forge, Commander-in-Chief George Washington issued the following:
The commander-in-chief directs that divine service be performed every Sunday at eleven o'clock in those brigades [in] which there are chaplains; those which have none [are] to attend the places of worship nearest to them. It is expected that officers of all ranks will by their attendance set an example to their men. While we are zealously performing the duties of good citizens and soldiers, we certainly ought not to be inattentive to the higher duties of religion. To the distinguished character of patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian. The signal instances of providential goodness which we have experienced, and which have now almost crowned our labors with complete success, demand from us in a peculiar manner the warmest returns of gratitude and piety to the Supreme Author of all good.—
The Writings of George Washington, JC Fitzpatrick, ed., Wash. DC: US Gov't Printing Office, 1932, Vol. XI:342-343, General Orders of 5/2/1778
You do well to wish to learn our arts and ways of life, and above all, the religion of Jesus Christ. These will make you a greater and happier people than you are. Congress will do every thing they can to assist you in this wise intention.
The Writings of George Washington, JC Fitzpatrick, ed., Wash. DC: US Gov't Printing Office, 1932, Vol 15, p.55.
Can you be a true American if you believe in communism? No.
Can you be a true American if you want the liberty to be your own god?
George Washington would say No.
Wouldn't that exclude atheists from being "true Americans?"
So should the government arrest atheists, execute them, and confiscate their property? Does that sound like a "humble imitation" of "that charity, humility, and pacific temper of mind, which were the characteristics of the Divine Author of our blessed religion?"
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We've been trained to avoid those that are called "extremists." We've been trained to disregard the ideas of those called "radicals." Many years of conditioning have led us to believe it's better to be "moderate" and "respectable."
This is actually the opposite of the truth. Click these links to find out why you should be a radical and an extremist.
Declaring that the American people -- rather than the king of England -- had a right to govern themselves was a radical and revolutionary declaration in 1776.
Early Christians in the Roman city of Thessalonica were dragged before the authorities and it was said,
“These who have turned the world upside down have come here too. Jason has harbored them, and these are all acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying there is another king—Jesus.”
In truth, they were turning the world upside-right, putting an end to the slavery, debauchery and imperialism of ancient Rome.
We, too, live in an upside-down world desperate for restoration. GeorgeWashingtonCoaching exists to equip serious Christians to become "change agents" to strengthen weaker Christians, challenge the dominant empire, and turn the culture upside-right for generations to come.
This intense distance-learning venture prepares Christians to live out their faith authentically and powerfully in the world and unites them in a continuing network as agents of transformation from the inside out. As believers apply biblical truth to every aspect of their lives—becoming more like Christ in how they think and act—they will shine the light of biblical truth into the community around them.
You are invited to join those who are helping to turn values and practices right side up in law, economics, politics, healthcare, the media, education, family issues, and every area of life and culture!
Extraordinary radicals.
Extraordinary extremists.
Don't give in to the temptation to say you don't have to be extraordinary. Don't think for a minute that you can remain ordinary, moderate, neutral, or lukewarm. Jesus said to people just like us,
2011 is not looking like a pretty year. A lot of church-goers are going to be vomited out. You will enjoy your life more if you are not lukewarm
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When you enroll in GeorgeWashingtonCoaching you will begin reading the five most important works in the history of America and Western Civilization. Find out what they were here.
There are three main components of the George-Washington-Coaching Program. The first is reading the five most important works in the history of America and Western Civilization. Most Americans in 1776 knew these ideas backwards and forwards, and certainly a lot better than most Americans today. You may be in the top 1% of Americans in terms of knowing
these key ideas, and yet be in the bottom 50% of Americans in 1776.
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Christianity is not just religious devotionals.
Christianity is a worldview that affects every area of life.
In other words, Satan wins.
Pretty dismal story, isn't it?
Sure, God sent His Son, who died on the cross, so that some of the players can be forgiven for their rebellion and go home with God, but God's original purposes for man and the creation were thwarted by Satan, the ultimate victor.
Some of George Washington's favorite passages of the Bible were those that spoke of every man dwelling safely "under his own vine and fig tree."
George Washington's Diaries are available online at the Library of Congress. They are introduced with these words:No theme appears more frequently in the writings of Washington than his love for his land. The diaries are a monument to that concern. In his letters he referred often, as an expression of this devotion and its resulting contentment, to an Old Testament passage. After the Revolution, when he had returned to Mount Vernon, he wrote the Marquis de Lafayette on Feb. 1, 1784: "At length my Dear Marquis I am become a private citizen on the banks of the Potomac, & under the shadow of my own Vine & my own Fig-tree." This phrase occurs at least 11 times in Washington's letters. "And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree" (2 Kings 18:31).
It is also a phrase from the prophet Micah, the idea of everyone owning property and enjoying the fruits of their labor without fear of theft or political oppression, of sitting peacefully under your "Vine & Fig Tree."
Hundreds of years before Christ, the prophet Daniel spoke of the first Christmas, the birth of the Messiah in the days of the Roman Empire. That barbaric, debauched empire was destroyed, and the Kingdom of Christ began growing like a mustard tree, like leaven, like a field (Matthew 13). The Emperor Justinian began Christianizing the Eastern Roman Empire, and in the West kings like Alfred and Ethelbert made the 10 Commandments the basis of new legal systems. The "Common Law" began, with a Christian foundation, and eventually found its way into the Constitution of the United States, "a Christian nation." Though there have been ups and downs, the progress of Christianity has been undeniable -- at least to those who have been taught the facts of history.
Most Americans in the 21st century have not.
If you enroll in the GeorgeWashingtonCoaching Program, you will learn the story of the "Vine & Fig Tree." You will learn that the Bible says the purpose of the first Christmas was that "the knowledge of the Lord should cover the earth as the waters cover the sea." (Isaiah 11:9; Habakkuk 2:14). This has been going on for 2,000 years now. This is a wonderful story that isn't being told.
Some people sincerely believe that the Bible says that everything is going to get worse and worse until God finally destroys everything and then starts over. (Why He would want to go through failure again is not disclosed.)
You will read a different story in the Bible when you enroll in the GeorgeWashingtonCoaching Program, and have a coach pointing out things in the Bible that you may have missed.
Perhaps you're reluctant to pay your tuition for a class that teaches something very different from what you've always heard. So we'll give you the entire year-long curriculum. We want to make it clear that simply reading the class outline in a week, or even a month, will not give you the same result as you will have if you enroll in the GeorgeWashingtonCoaching Program and study a little bit each day, think about it, study more the next day, pray about it, and take an entire year to complete your reading of the “Vine & Fig Tree” story. It just won't be the same.
But you wouldn't be a good shopper if you bought a product without knowing what it delivered. So if you're doubtful about our agenda, here are two ways to survey the story of the Bible that you'll learn in the year-long GeorgeWashingtonCoaching Program.
The first way is a 12-day study entitled "The 12 Days of Liberty." It's modeled after the "12 Days of Christmas, which take place from December 25 to January 6. You've never heard the Christmas message like this:
This study is obviously not a review of the entire Bible, though many other parts of the Bible are reviewed besides the Christmas narratives in the Gospels.
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Here is a review of the entire Bible. Again, it is no substitute for the Berean model of searching the Scriptures daily. And reading them all in an afternoon is not the same as reading one a day and thinking about it prayerfully over a period of time. But just so you can see an example of the worldview of the GeorgeWashingtonCoaching Program, here are 95 Bible Studies, patterned loosely after Martin Luther's "95 Theses," somewhat-humorously called “The 95 Days of Christmas”:
You need to go through the entire year-long program to appreciate these studies. You do yourself a disservice if you try to judge any one of the studies without studying the entire series. Real change will take place when you work through the entire Bible systematically, daily, prayerfully, thoughtfully, over the course of a year. The change in your thinking -- the change in your worldview -- will not come about because we forced you or tricked you. You will experience those "Aha!' moments when the lightbulb goes on and you're never able to look at the Bible the same way again.
The significance of most of these studies will become clearer after you become acquainted with the three other works that we'll be covering in the GeorgeWashingtonCoaching Program.
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15. Worldview = Theocracy | 28. | Down below after WCF |
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This comprised a Confession of Faith, a Larger Catechism and a Smaller Catechism.
At a time when the total population of America was only four million people, it is estimated that some five million copies of the "Westminster Shorter Catechism" were available in the colonies. Historian Richard Gardiner writes:
The Westminster Catechism was not only a central part of the colonial educational curriculum, learning it was required by law. Each town employed an officer whose duty was to visit homes to hear the children recite the Catechism. The primary schoolbook for children, the New England Primer, included the Catechism. Daily recitations of it were required at these schools. Their curriculum included memorization of the Westminster Confession and the Westminster Larger Catechism. There was not a person at Independence Hall in 1776 who had not been exposed to it, and most of them had it spoon fed to them before they could walk.
It takes approximately 11 minutes per day to read through the Bible from cover to cover. It only takes a couple of minutes a day to read through the Westminster Catechisms and Confession in a year.
The Westminster Standards were written around 1645 and the drafters unequivocally opposed our brand of political libertarianism. But they believed that God is God, and denied that the State is God, a necessary first step on your road to becoming an extraordinary American, an extraordinary Christian, and an extraordinary human being. |
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If you're interested, here is a summary of the Theology of the Westminster Standards, along with my agreement or disagreement with the issues.
The Westminster Assembly stood on the shoulders of giants like John Calvin. It is part of the "Reformed" or Calvinist tradition.
l-r: William Farel | John Calvin | Theodore Beza (Calvin's successor) | John Knox | ||
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Over the course of 365 days, you'll begin internalizing Christianity as a worldview.
You will begin applying Christian principles to every area of your life. Christianity will no longer be a private belief for you, but a public matter. You will become your own "City upon a Hill."
"In the total expanse of human life there is not a single square inch of which the Christ, who alone is sovereign, does not declare, that is Mine!"
If Christianity is relegated to Sunday school, then Monday through Friday we can deny justice, infringe on liberty, and destroy the life, liberty and property of others. It is because the Westminster Standard viewed life as a whole, all of it under the jurisdiction of God and His Laws and morality, that America became prosperous and admired. Americans Christianized business, science, the arts, and every area of life. This made America a great place to live.
It was Calvinism that shaped America.
America became the most prosperous and admired nation in history because it was a nation "under God." In short, America was a Christian Theocracy. Today the word "theocracy" conjures up images of Islamic terrorists and mullahs. People think of "theocracy" as a police state governed by priests. This is inaccurate. The word "theocracy" comes from two Greek words, theos, meaning "God," and a Greek word meaning "rule." A theocracy where God rules is a nation "under God." America has always been known as "one nation under God," and therefore America has always been a Christian Theocracy. But there are good theocracies and there are bad ones. A nation can be attempting to be a Christian Theocracy and do a very poor job of it. We do not believe that a good Christian Theocracy is a police state. We believe a good Christian Theocracy is one where all the priests and princes have resigned and gotten real jobs where they serve others. |
[27] 4 Washington Irving, Life of George Washington 475 (New York: G. P. Putnam & Co., 1857); Mrs. C. M Kirkland, Memoirs of Washington 438 (New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1870); Charles Carleton Coffin, Building the Nation 26 (New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1882); etc. [28] 1 Richardson, Messages and Papers 51-54 (April 30, 1789). [29] 1 Annals of Congress 29 (April 30, 1789). [30] Acts Passed at a Congress of the United States of America Begun and Held at the City of New-York, on Wednesday the Fourth of March, in the Year 1789, 104 (Hartford: Hudson & Goodwin, 1791) (August 7, 1789). [31] 1 Debates and Proceedings 685 (1st Cong., 1st Sess.) (July 21, 1789, passage by the House), and 1 Debates and Proceedings 57 (August 4, 1789, passage by the Senate). [32] Constitutions (1813) 364 ("An Ordinance of the Territory of the United States Northwest of the River Ohio," Article III). [33] For example, State constitutions across the decades reflecting this requirement include the 1803 Ohio Constitution (Constitutions (1813), 334, Ohio, 1802, Article 8, Section 3); the 1817 Mississippi Constitution (The Constitutions of All the United States According to the Latest Amendments (Lexington, KY: Thomas T. Skillman, 1817), 389, Mississippi, 1817, Article 9, Section 16); the 1858 Kansas Constitution (House of Representatives, Mis. Doc. No. 44, 35th Cong., 2nd Sess., February 2, 1859, 3-4, Article 1, Section 7, of the Kansas Constitution); the 1875 Nebraska Constitution (M. B. C. True, A Manual of the History and Civil Government of the State of Nebraska (Omaha: Gibson, Miller, & Richardson, 1885), 34, Nebraska, 1875, Article 1, Section 4); etc. [34] See The Constitution of North Carolina 42 (Raleigh: Rufus L. Edmisten, Secretary of State, 1989) (Article 9, Section 1); Constitution of the State of Nebraska 1-2 (Lincoln: Allen J. Beermann, Secretary of State, 1992) (Article 1, Section 4); Page's Ohio Revised Code Annotated 24 (Cincinnati: Anderson Publishing Co., 1994) (Article 1, Section 7). [35] United States Code Annotated 1 (St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1987) ("The Organic Laws of the United States of America"). Religion in Public | WallBuilders
Is the Constitution a Secular Document? Any government that will not acknowledge itself to be under God is a government that believes it is God.
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| Everything that the ACLU opposes when it speaks of "imposing a theocracy" was done by Washington and the Founding Fathers. Congress was sitting in New York on April 30, 1789, when Washington took the oath of office as Chief Executive. During his inauguration, Washington took the oath as prescribed by the Constitution but added several religious components to that official ceremony. Before taking his oath of office, he summoned a Bible on which to take the oath, added the words "So help me God!" to the end of the oath, then leaned over and kissed the Bible. [27] His "Inaugural Address" was filled with numerous religious references, [28] and following that address, he and the Congress "proceeded to St. Paul's Chapel, where Divine service was performed." [29] Only weeks later, Washington signed his first major federal bill [30] - the Northwest Ordinance, drafted concurrently with the creation of the First Amendment. [31] That act stipulated that for a territory to become a State, the "schools and the means of education" in that territory must encourage the "religion, morality, and knowledge" that was "necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind." [32] Conforming to this requirement, numerous subsequent State constitutions included that clause, [33] and it still appears in State constitutions today. [34] Furthermore, that law is listed in the current federal code, along with the Constitution, the Declaration, and the Articles of Confederation, as one of America's four "organic" or foundational laws. [35] Washington would be appalled that today's Supreme Court says it is "unconstitutional" for children in public schools to be taught that Christianity is "necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind." Every single person who signed the Constitution believed that it was, and intended for government to endorse that idea. In his Inaugural Address, Washington, speaking publicly and officially as the new President of the United States, said:
President Washington could not have said these things to children in a public school classroom. (And not just because American public school students are generally illiterate and wouldn't understand half of what colonial teenagers would have understood.) In his Farewell Address, Washington reminded the nation:
Washington - indisputably a constitutional expert - declared that religion and morality were inseparable from government, and that no true patriot, whether politician or clergyman, would attempt to weaken the relationship between government and the influence of religion and morality. These statements clearly violate the modern-day Supreme Court's delusion that the government must be "separate" from religion, that believers not be favored over unbelievers, and the Humanist myth that religion be kept private. To the extent that you believe in the modern myth of "separation of church and state," you are an inferior American, and George Washington would be disgusted with you. The program at GeorgeWashingtonCoaching will help you become a Christian Theocrat like George Washington and the rest of America's Founding Fathers. Sam Adams said,
His cousin, John Adams, said:
Sam Adams wrote to his cousin John:
This is exactly what GeorgeWashingtonCoaching will do for you. You can compensate for what the federal government denied you as a little boy or girl by enrolling in GeorgeWashingtonCoaching. On the day after the Constitution went into effect in March of 1789, America as a whole and each one of the 13 united States was a Christian Theocracy. A Christian Theocracy seeks to give God all the glory. It's hard to see that God rules today when the State claims to be the Messiah. Americans today have been misled by the myth of "the Separation of Church and State." This mythical idea -- not found anywhere in the Constitution -- has come to mean the separation of God and State, with God being separated into the private world of fantasy and imagination, and the State having omnipotent power in "the real world."
The great conflict in Western Civilization today is whether our world will become
The third reading assignment will be the history of Christian Theocracy and "Western Civilization." Excerpts from these books are freely available on the Internet. Only one of the authors agrees with our radical conclusions (described below), but their arguments lead to our conclusions if consistently held.
To begin this second story, George Washington would assign the reading of the Supreme Court's opinion in the 1892 Decision Holy Trinity Church vs. The United States and all the historic legal documents cited by the Court. |
17. Capitalism/pacifism | 13. |
In the 18th century, America's Founders gave us what they called "an Experiment in Liberty," and in the 19th century America became the most prosperous and admired nation in history. Washington D.C. abandoned that experiment in the 20th century, embarking on an experiment in government central planning. Everywhere this experiment was tried -- German, Italy, the Soviet Union -- it left poverty and mass death.
George Washington would see that we need to abolish the current tyranny, and replace it with nothing but "the Invisible Hand" of 100% unregulated, Laissez-faire capitalism.
You're thinking: "Those greedy capitalists will exploit the poor!"
As if greedy politicians don't.
But your moral concerns are valid.
That's why George Washington and America's Founding Fathers believed America had to be a Christian Theocracy.
That's right. Theocracy. This is
The fourth book of the five most important books in the history of America and Western Civilization is about
Capitalism
Capitalism or socialism?
This is the second great question of our age. It is a derivative of the first great question, Theonomy or Automony?
Many Americans today believe that the government produces wealth. Others want the government to redistribute wealth ("spread the wealth") to special interests -- the most special of all interests, of course, being "ME!" Such people wouldn't even entertain the idea of abolishing the current tyranny, much less actively work toward that goal, because that which America's Founders described as "tyranny" many in our day would praise as a big benevolent brother. "The government can give us whatever we want if we just vote the most generous and compassionate politicians into office," they believe.
Adam Smith would be appalled at such ignorance and immorality. Smith taught ethics at the University of Glasgow and wrote a Theory of Moral Sentiments. In the same year as the Declaration of Independence was written (1776), Adam Smith wrote a book entitled An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of The Wealth of Nations, widely regarded as the first treatise on capitalism.
Capitalism is unquestionably one of the most important features of Western Civilization. Capitalist nations enjoy health and prosperity.
"Capitalism" is the opposite of "socialism."
Socialist nations can't spread the wealth, they can only spread the poverty by compulsion and threats of violence. Socialism -- government intervention in the economy -- is not just inefficient and wasteful, it is immoral.
Smith's Wealth of Nations is not easy reading, but George Washington would insist that no true American can be without a basic understanding of capitalism and the laws of a free economy. Fortunately, in our day a more recent treatise on capitalism as been written which is wonderfully illuminating and readable: Capitalism by Prof. George Reisman.
George Washington would assign Reisman's text to any American who wanted to become an extraordinary American. Consistent socialism is maximum government. We believe consistent capitalism is the exact opposite.
If you thought "Theocracy" was controversial, please have a seat. The odds are good that you are a victim of
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George Washington was the father of a nation "under God" -- a Christian Theocracy. He was also the father of nation of "LIBERTY UNDER GOD." And if he could see the progress (and regress) of the last 200 years, he would advocate
100% pure laissez-faire capitalism
You might not be offended at that idea. Yet.
It means the absence of all socialism. Every trace.
If you think about that for a minute or two, you'll realize that another word for the complete absence of socialism is "anarchism."
That word is explosive. That's because you've been brainwashed. That's because you are a victim of
The Biggest Government Lie in all of Human History.
Pure capitalism is anarcho-capitalism, the absence of government force. Prof. Reisman disagrees with us, but his book will help us prove our point with credibility and impeccable logic.
Are you a socialist or a capitalist?
You probably haven't even begun to answer this question.
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A Paradigm ShiftYou hear that phrase thrown around a lot these days. Everybody wants their idea to be the next "paradigm shift." Paradigm-shifters are now mainstream. George Washington's paradigm -- which we call the "Vine & Fig Tree" paradigm -- was in its infancy in 1776. We believe Vine & Fig Tree represents a true break with the status quo, a change as momentous as that described by Benjamin Rush, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, upon hearing of Locke's rejection of the doctrine of the Divine Right of Kings:
Vine & Fig Tree really is a new "paradigm," a "Copernican revolution," a radical way of looking at politics and society. It is one step beyond the radical vision that motivated America's Founding Fathers. It is a vision so old that it appears to be utterly unprecedented. The vision of Vine & Fig Tree gives energy and hope to those who work for it. It inspires dedicated action.
I am convinced that Vine & Fig Tree will contribute to the Glory of God and the greater happiness of mankind. It will animate future leaders and captivate the hearts and minds of many. I know it's captivated me, and I get enough enthusiastic e-mail from people who have discovered the Vine & Fig Tree web pages to believe that there is something here that will resonate with a broad section of Americans. Dr. Rush speaks of "a turning point," which is to speak of a turning from something to something else. From what should we turn? To what should we aspire? I believe we must move
Many people balked at the "turning point" which the Declaration of Independence represented. Many will balk at Vine & Fig Tree -- it is the overthrowing of ideas which many have believed are as essential to social order or the Christian faith "as the sun is to the order of our solar system." You may have already heard some of the leading lights of the Christian Reconstruction movement denounce these ideas as heresy. But Vine & Fig Tree was the aspiration of many of America's Founding Fathers, and made America "the greatest nation on God's green earth" (Michael Medved). Read their hopes here. |
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"Trust No One"How do libertarians respond to the accusation that they do not have enough trust in government? John Adams wrote in 1772:
Should libertarians have more confidence in their government? Thomas Jefferson, 1799:
James Madison warned the people of Virginia (1799):
Madison added in Federalist No. 55, [T]here is a degree of depravity in mankind which requires a certain degree of circumspection and distrust. . . . Trusting government, having "confidence in government," is un-American. The British historian Lord Acton put it this way:
The exercise of political power is problematic. We should assume that "great men" -- that is, powerful men -- men who wield the force of "the government" -- are morally corrupt. This assumption should be considered confirmed if he increases his own power during his time of "public service." | Everybody talks about "smaller government." Everybody agrees that some government needs to be cut. How much? When and where do we stop cutting? In 1776, America's Founding Fathers proposed a form of government which scandalized many. A government with NO KING. It was unprecedented. How can a nation preserve social order -- how can a government govern -- with no king? It would be like a headless horseman! It got worse. America's government would be a government characterized by "the Consent of the Governed." This turned the entire concept of "government" on its head. When the king has a "divine right" to govern his subjects, the subjects have no right to disagree with the king. Every decree of the king is assumed to be valid, even if the subjects don't like it. But in America, every action of the government would be presumed to be INVALID unless the governed consented to the government's act. We The People would govern ourselves. And -- We the People would govern the government. We the People would tell the government how to govern! Breathtaking. It rocked the world. Only a Theocracy -- a people "under God" -- can be trusted with self-government -- capitalism and a Free Market. And if religion and morality hold sway in a nation, then we can safely criticize America's Founding Fathers for replacing one government with another. They themselves taught us not to trust civil governments for social order, but to trust in religion and morality. If you're having second thoughts about enrolling in GeorgeWashingtonCoaching, read the quotes on that page. Take a glance at the linked pages on that page. After reading the Bible, the Westminster Standards, the history of Theocracy and Western Civilization, and Reisman's treatise on Capitalism, you will be ready for the next paradigm. It will be bigger than "consent of the governed." If you and I don't follow the lead of George Washington, the next generation will be engulfed in socialism and the darkness of "false religions" (to use the words of James Madison, the "Father of the Constitution"). |
Why Bad Men Rule by Hans-Hermann Hoppe"Good intentions will always be pleaded for any assumption of power. The Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters ... but they mean to be masters." |
You are going to join other extraordinary Americans in undertaking the task of abolishing the U.S. government and making America a Christian Theocracy again.
Or you can expect Jesus to vomit you out.
You're frightened by the word "abolish." You don't own a musket or a cannon. You don't like the idea of killing today's "Red Coats," because many of them are your friends and neighbors.
I share your concerns.
The only way you'll be convinced you should work to abolish the government is to be convinced that killing is always wrong. That stealing or extortion ("taxation") is always wrong. That kidnapping or "conscription" is always wrong. That violence -- even the politically-legitimized violence of "the State" -- is always wrong.
In short, you're going to become a pacifist.
And your opposition to violence, revolution, assassination, vandalism, extortion, and the destruction of peace and order
will compel you to work to abolish the U.S. federal government,
the greatest threat to peace and Godly order.
Samuel Adams went to Harvard. George Washington was homeschooled. Both received similar educations.
19. Optimillennialism | 15. |
This book is simply a catalog of all New Testament prophecies concerning "the second coming." The result of looking at all the evidence will be a "paradigm shift."
We admit that this book is not yet one of the most important books in American history or the history of Western Civilization. What we believe is that the idea that Christians should not be a "city upon a hill," a "light unto the world," or "the salt of the earth," and should allow Satan to rule or destroy the world, is an idea that has already done much to undo everything George Washington and the Founding Fathers worked for, as well as all that Calvin and Augustine worked for. It is, in fact, turning over the City of God and the Kingdom of Christ to the city of man and the kingdom of Satan.
In other words, one of the most important ideas in the history of Western Civilization is the refutation of the idea that Western Civilization --Christian Civilization -- is not worth perpetuating.
Other objections will be prescribed an appropriate remedy on an individual basis.
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22. 3 mistakes; rights | 18. |
Americans today think they have a right to a first-class education, a high-paying job, wonder-working healthcare, and just about everything they want -- all free, of course.
Has your mind been polluted by this toxic concept?
23. 3 mistakes; revolution | 19 |
Consider these passages of Scripture: Many Jews in Jesus' day expected the coming Messiah to overthrow the Roman Empire in a great military battle. The "Zealots" were constantly ready to resist the Romans and foment violent revolution. Jesus disappointed them all. |
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25. 3 mistakes; constitution PatrickHenry | 21. |
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Despite his yearnings, Washington came out of retirement to preside over the Constitutional Convention and become President of the United States of America. Was this a mistake? Would Washington have been a greater American if he hadn't? Did America really need a President? Did Israel really need a king?
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What about Romans 13? Believe me; we'll cover that. See also here. The common understanding of Romans 13 and the Biblical doctrine of the State is more of a bumper sticker than a complete theory of the State that takes the entire Bible into account. This is not a difficult or complex issue. It simply requires a degree of boldness to say "yes" to the Bible and to reject the theories of human institutions. You will have many questions and objections to these ideas. If you have the courage to wrestle with the ideas with an open mind, then iron will sharpen iron.
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This was the third huge mistake they made.
Or so they said.
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26. What is a Personal Coach | 04. |
If you're an athlete and you want to win a race, you get yourself a coach. Your coach will encourage you, nag you, maybe yell at you, in order to drag out your maximum performance so you win the race and take home the Gold Medal.
George Washington said if you want to be a great human being, you need to be a great American and -- more important -- a great Christian. The Christian Scriptures teach that life is like a race that we need to train for, run hard, and win.
So if you want to follow George Washington's advice, you need a coach.
Wouldn't it be great to have George Washington as your coach! He coached the Continental Army to victory over the mighty British Empire. He coached the Constitutional Convention to agreement on a new Constitution. And after he served as America's first President, he became known as "the Father of his Country."
He was far more popular than Barack Obama. The election of 2008 was hotly contested. Washington was the only person unanimously elected President, even though he didn't campaign at all. A leading Congressman of the day eulogized him as "First in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen."
Keep reading this page and you learn the two things you need to become an extraordinary American, an Extraordinary Christian, and an extraordinary human being.
• You need to learn the basic skills of winning life's race, and
• you need encouragement from a coach. This is where you get both.
27. You need community | 31. |
You're not alone.
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20. Centurions | 22. |
More and more Christians are applying Christian worldview materials. Charles Colson writes:
One lawyer told me that he has started a discussion group, studying worldview with non-believers in his firm. A college professor said that he uses BreakPoints to start discussions in his secular college classroom. A businessman in Minneapolis leads a group of businessmen in worldview discussions and sends them out to teach others.
And my friend Nancy Fitzgerald in Indianapolis teaches worldview lessons to teenagers in her home. Last year, two groups of one hundred arrived each Sunday, listened to an hour-long lecture, and then camped out all over her house in small groups to talk about what they had learned. Many of them keep up with her after they get to college.
Elsewhere Colson describes a coaching program of his own:
Three years ago, I launched a year-long distance education program called Centurions, designed to equip one hundred men and women each year to defend truth in an age when too many are throwing their weapons down.
Sadly, bad philosophy—like relativism, naturalism, and secular humanism—runs rampant in our legislatures, schools, movie theaters, and even our churches. In the face of this, Centurions is preparing men and women not just to understand and articulate their own Christian worldview, but also to proactively teach that worldview to others and engage the culture in their own particular sphere of influence.
One of our Centurion graduates, Jeff Clinton, a contributor to BreakPoint’s blog, The Point, describes in a recent post what sets the program apart. He writes, “The Centurions program is not a program where you [leave simply] with a fresh set of books. Entering the program comes with a commitment to . . . influence others and pass on knowledge, [which] creates a special dynamic that goes with being part of a community of serious, kingdom-minded Christians who want to engage a needy world for the cause of Christ.” Jeff underscores exactly the vision we have for the program, one of exponential cultural impact.
And we have plenty of examples of Centurions doing just that from Wendell Cantrell in Johannesburg, South Africa, who is investing deeply in discipling fifteen others in biblical worldview, to Centurions Nanci Boice, Rick Hooten, and Dave Brown, who hosted a worldview conference in Austin, Texas, for 130 people last January.
But not only are Centurions sharing the training they’ve received, they are also impacting the culture firsthand. There’s Jim Walter, who is engaging in public debate, meeting with public officials, and writing letters-to-editors on issues of bioethics and human dignity. There’s Will Burns, who is part of a team that is planting a church that will seek to draw in artists, encouraging and supporting them in their craft during the week and celebrating the Creator on Sundays. And there’s John Nunnikhoven, who has taught an eight-week worldview course for civic and political leaders in Vermont.
Our culture urgently needs more men and women who will rightly wield good philosophy to counter the bad philosophy of the postmodern era, men and women who can winsomely present the Christian worldview in their sphere of influence.
28. wig | 01. |
Just kidding. Do not enroll in George Washington Coaching if you can't handle a little tomfoolery. |
29. easy or hard? | 10. |
Is this Program Hard or Easy?
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30. Guarantees | 16. |
We offer a Money-Back Guarantee.
This is highly unusual among coaching programs.
If you do not consider yourself to be a Christian, or do not believe the Bible is reliable, we're willing to work with you too. We invite you to enroll, and we will offer ideas for your consideration such as this one:
The Bible is Our Starting Point
We try to keep our daily assignments strictly under 50 minutes a day, but we are thrilled to discuss all issues in greater depth through email, teleseminars, and coaching calls.
In order to qualify for the money-back guarantee, there are some requirements.
You must create a blog.
You must answer a couple of no-brainer questions that any 5th-grader could answer if the assignments were read with even minimal comprehension.
Your answers must be posted on your blog.
You're on the honor system to cut out an hour of the mainstream media and replace it with our assigned readings.
There are more program requirements here.
31. This is not a Debate Club | 17. |
This is for people who are open-minded; willing to listen respectfully to the ideas of George Washington, America's Founding Fathers, colonial America, and the five great works that you will be reading in the next 365 days. You don't have to agree with every detail, but your goal must be to help yourself and others become:
If you're an atheist, your goal must not be to get Christians to renounce their faith, but to help them become more like Jesus Christ -- even if you don't believe He existed. You must agree to be in pursuit of the character qualities listed below.
Only by avoiding their mistakes, we can become even more successful.
This webpage will answer these questions:
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We're going to make you as smart as an ordinary colonial American 5th grader, along with extraordinary wisdom and character. | Some people have asked:
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The Internet gives an adult living in 2011 the capability of re-creating a colonial education in just one year. If you can muster the moral courage to give up one hour of the mainstream media and replace it with the GeorgeWashingtonCoaching Program, you can begin acting as your own "City upon a Hill" and influence your culture -- from your neighborhood to our globe.
GeorgeWashingtonCoaching is a rigorous distance-learning program that helps you learn these ideas and develop the skills to put them into effect and promote them in our society. It is a year-long program equivalent to four university-level courses. The homework assignments are free. There is a fee for nagging. You'll need lots of nagging. Sign up for more information on how to get started:Enrollment in the GeorgeWashingtonCoaching Program is limited. This mailing list will send out an announcement as soon as enrollment is open.
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The GeorgeWashingtonCoaching Program gives participants:
The goal of our program is not to dump a bunch of content into someone’s brain so they can then spew it back out to others and sound really smart. Our aim is to see people lovingly transformed from the inside out, to so inculcate them in biblical truth, and in how and why those truths matter in our personal lives and in our public institutions, that it seeps into their mind, heart, and soul and transforms the way they think, feel, and behave. |
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