http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVh75ylAUXY If the Youtube Video is not working watch here: http://freedomthirst.com/wisdom-from-the-past-on-freedom-video/ Hat tip to Matthew Burke at The Freedom Post where I first saw this video.
Tag: Freedom
How to Confront Oppressive Nations – Reagan Tells Gorbachev to “Tear Down This Wall”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjWDrTXMgF8 If the Youtube Video is not working watch here: http://freedomthirst.com/how-to-confront-oppressive-nations-reagan-tells-gorbachev-to-tear-down-the-wall-video/
So You Wanna Go Back to Egypt…
I remember the old Keith Green song “so you wanna go back to Egypt, where it’s dry and secure….” The children of Israel were marching across the desert to meet their destiny in a new land. They had left their slave master Egyptians behind. When times got hard, they forgot about the horrors of their…
War on Homeschooling – The State Sponsored Kidnapping of Dominic Johansson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKRsd7UnBLE If the Youtube Video is not working watch here: http://freedomthirst.com/dominic-johansson-video/ The Following Was Originally Posted on 9/21/2009 (with the latest updates and a petition at the end): I just read a distressing article at wnd.com about Swedish authorities storming an airplane commando style to take Dominic Johansson from his parents. The reason? Apparently because…
Educating Your Own Children is “Child Endangerment”
Two parents educate their own children and end up arrested for “child endangerment.” Read the article: A Montgomery County couple has been arrested on child endangerment charges for failing to register their children with the school district as they were home-schooled, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office said Monday. I know folks are just going to…
Unjust Laws and Unjust Judges
A lady has left a comment on this post (http://freedomthirst.com/2010/01/01/the-foundation-of-law-and-civil-unions/) and I think that comment and my follow up remarks are so important that I am posting them as a new article entirely. The comment in response to my article read like this: This is a hard one for me. I do not condone gay…
Is God Into Tyranny?
Originally Published on April 10, 2007: One man ruling all others is an invention of men. It does not come from God. In I Samuel 8:1ff the Israelites realize that Samuel is getting old. They tell Samuel that they want a king. Examine God’s response to their request. 1. God equates their request for a…
The IRS, Freedom of Religion, and Freedom of Speech
Marvia of Growing Your Church had this to say on the topic: Pastors should not disengage from politics. Like every other citizen of a country, the pastor must also exercise her/his right to have a say in the governance of the country. However, I also believe that pastors be objectively critical when addressing political matters…
Freedom Flowing From God
Today I am contemplating how much I lack the discipline that leads to freedom. What kind of freedom is it that I desire? I desire the ability to do what is in my heart. I long to achieve the excellent things that God has given me to achieve. It is one thing to desire to…
Will We Back Them?
I just heard a news report that President Bush has “demanded” that Russia ceases it’s attack against Georgia, a sovereign democracy. But will we back that demand? My understanding is that Georgia has reformed their government, attracted international investment, been a loyal U.S. ally in Iraq (fighting along side of us!), aspired to join NATO,…