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Candace, Queen of Ethiopia

Candace was a queen of Ethiopia, the one mentioned in (Acts 8:27) in the story of Philip witnessing to an Ethiopian eunuch who was this queen's treasurer. ...


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Church and State

Religious liberty consists of the civil magistrate's comprehending and acknowledging that it has no rightful authority over a man's soul. A proper ...


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Using Power Aright

The great agony of the Christian statesman turns on the proper use of great power for moral ends.


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Leaders Don't Push

General Eisenhower used to demonstrate the art of leadership with a simple piece of string. He'd put it on a table and say: "Pull it and it'll ...


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Seeds of Tyranny

Our reliance is in love of liberty which God has planted in us. Our defense is in the spirit which primed liberty as the heritage of all men, in all lands ...


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Nero (Emperor of Rome 54-68 A.D.)

Nero, a man with light blue eyes, thick neck, protruding stomach, and spindly legs, was a crazed and cruel emperor, a pleasure-driven man who ruled the ...


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Domitian (Emperor of Rome 81-96 A.D.)

The historian Pliny called Domitian the beast from hell who sat in its den, licking blood. In the Book of Revelation, John of the Apocalypse may have ...


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Bad Government

Theocracy is the worst of all governments. If we must have a tyrant, a robber baron is far better than an inquisitor. The baron's cruelty may sometimes ...


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A Christmas Revolution

It was on Christmas Eve, after a Romanian church had gathered for candlelight service, that the Communist soldiers came to take the pastor. The people ...


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Blessing the White House

President John Adams, before he joined his wife Abigail at their new official residence in Washington, D.C., sent her a prayer, which more than a hundred ...


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