Book by Ezra Taft Benson

     Edited and introduced by Ralph Ketcham.

    Wade, an old truth started gaining new life in America.It was the truth that had once made America great, but one which she had forgotten—that the Bible is not a collection of disconnected moralisms for private application, but rather a comprehensive guide for all of life, a blueprint for the private and public conduct of all individuals and nations.In 1982, the three-volume God and Government series fanned the flames of this national worldview awakening, establishing that the character of a nation and its people depends on their relationship with God as revealed in Holy Scripture.Relying on clear historical and biblical research, author Gary DeMar demonstrated how America had been great and how she could be great again.The series quickly became a staple in the Christian curriculum. For decades, in the hands of countless teachers, parents, and students, the books educated minds young and old in the Christian history of America, the origin and foundation of government, the biblical principles of authority, and the basis and necessity of Christian political activism.But the work of reviving America is far from finished, and Americans need to hear—now more than ever—the biblical and historical truths explained in God and Government.Now thirty years later, American Vision has thoroughly renovated, revised, and updated Gary DeMar’s monumental work into this beautiful one-volume hardback.With a fresh new look, more images, an extensive subject and scripture index, and an updated bibliography, God and Government is ready to prepare a whole new generation to take on the political and religious battles confronting Christians today.May it be used in a new awakening of Christians in America—not just to inform minds, but to stimulate action and secure a better tomorrow for our posterity.Hardback, 700+ pages with dozens of carefully selected corresponding images, extensive subject and Scripture index, verified quotes and bibliographyTable of Contents:Part 1: Defining Government * 1: Self-Government and Family Government * 2: Ecclesiastical and Civil Governments * 3: The Origin and Development of Civil Government * 4: The Purpose and Function of Civil Government * 5: The Biblical Form of Civil Government * 6: Jesus and Civil Government * 7: The Christian History of The United States * 8: The Purpose of the United States Constitution * 9: The Relationship of Church and State In the Bible * 10: The Relationship of Church and State In the First Amendment Part 2: Issues in Biblical Perspective * 11: Developing a Biblical Worldview * 12: Worldviews in Conflict * 13: Sovereignty and Dominion * 14: Sovereignty and Ownership * 15: Financing the Work of God’s Kingdom * 16: Financing the Responsibilities of the State * 17: Biblical Economics * 18: The Enemies of Biblical Economics * 19: The Causes of Poverty * 20: The Conquest of Poverty Part 3: The Restoration of the Republic * 21: The Biblical View of Authority * 22: The Enemies of Biblical Authority * 23: God’s Sovereignty Over the Nations * 24: Establishing Christian Leadership * 25: The Restoration of the Republic * 26: The Foundation of Law * 27: The Administration of Justice * 28: Human Rights and Responsibilities * 29: Sovereignty and Education * 30: The Future of Government * Appendix: What is Government? * Scripture Index * Topical Index * Recommended Reading

    

    Included are legends, lost-treasure stories, ghost towns, and interesting place names weaving a colorful tapestry of stories about Arizona.

    for the past 40 years has not been one of deterrence as publicly stated, but rather has been one of threatening the use of nuclear weapons. This policy has been documented in such book as the New England Regional Office of the American Friends Service Committee's The Deadly Connection (Library Journal 4/15/86) and Barry M. Blechman and Stephen S. Kaplan's Force Without War: U.S. Armed Forces as a Political Instrument (Library Journal 3/1/79). Nonetheless, the authors' thorough analysis of recently released Pentagon documents provides the basis for a description of the nuclear war fighting strategy of the Reagan administration. The authors also outline the attitudes and biases of U.S. nuclear strategists and policymakers. Recommended for public and university libraries.--Dennis Felbel, University of Manitoba Library, WinnipegCopyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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    The idea of America as a promised land of economic opportunity, social mobility, and political freedom has not always flourished. Historians have both given it reality and shaken its substance as they exposed an undercurrent of greed, class conflict, and corruption.In this book Harold Hyman explores the question of American singularity, using the Northwest Ordinance, the Homestead and Morrill acts, and the G.I Bill to measure individual access to land, education, and law.The Northwest Ordinance, enacted in 1787 to encourage settlement of the nation's untamed territories, mandated the establishment of public schools and stable property rights in newly settled lands--specific terms which enshrined the basic liberties secured by the Revolutionary War. Hyman shows that through the Homestead and Morrill acts of 1862, legislators sought to preserve the values of the Union and to prepare for the entrance of the black man into citizenship. Equal access to public lands in the West and to state land-grant universities, countered the economic and social injustices blacks and poor whites would face after the Civil War. Finally, Hyman asserts that the G.I. Bill preserved beneficial social programs forged during the depression, carrying into post-World War II America a widespread concern for education and housing opportunities.Examining the legislation that emerged from three periods of conflict in American history, Hyman reveals a consistent pattern favoring equal access to land, education, and law--a progression of singular, if sometimes flawed, attempts to embody in our statutes the values and aspirations that sparked our major wars.