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Mark Eckel

Avoiding Arguments and Indigestion at Thanksgiving

Dreading those potential disagreements over politics, culture, and other issues that might come up at the dinner table and other family events? Here are 10 Proverbial principles that will help you engage in lively conversation without losing your Christian witness. “All I wanted to do was argue.” So said a student enrolled in my public

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Mark Eckel

American Christian: What I Will Always Be

I love Jesus. I love my country. I see no reason why one should be conditioned by the other. From time to time, I read articles from a brother or sister in The Faith which try to label what I accept as true as an “ism” (some call it “Christian Nationalism”). So, during this election

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Mark Eckel

Political Enthusiast

I love the study of politics and politicians (my favorite politician is Vaclav Havel. My personal perspective is that    (1) I bear responsibility as a citizen to participate in my culture’s prosperity for a productive future for all (read Jeremiah 29:1-7),    (2) as a U.S. citizen I have been given the privilege of voting for

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Mark Eckel

What will America Look Like in 2028?

What will our country look like in 2028? I believe that neighbors should care for neighbors. Government’s role and responsibility to protect its citizens so that citizens can carry out the work of helping others: something each of us does with our families, for instance. Government is responsible to maintain landowners’ opportunity to care for

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Mark Eckel

Democratism: When Democracy Becomes an Idol

Democratism: Democracy as Religion* I employed an exercise with students in high school to compare the French Declaration of the Rights of Man (1787) and the American Declaration of Independence (1776). Side by side, it is easy to see the differences. The American Declaration includes references to a transcendent being the source of freedoms. The

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Mark Eckel

Living with the Consequences

13th and final episode in our Summer 2024 series, “With What Will You Replace It When It’s Gone?” Find out what it will take to maintain freedom against tyranny. Watch our last Truth in Two.   Dr. Mark Eckel is Executive Director of the Center for Biblical Integration at Liberty University. Support MarkEckel.com (here). Find

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Life is a Gift of God

To acknowledge life as a gift of God, one’s whole focus and concentration must be shifted from themselves to One outside themselves. Gratitude focuses one’s attention upward. Thankfulness is of preeminent importance. Disciples of Jesus as Lord bow the knee to their Sovereign Savior both in response to Who He is as well as what

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Avoiding Arguments and Indigestion at Thanksgiving

Dreading those potential disagreements over politics, culture, and other issues that might come up at the dinner table and other family events? Here are 10 Proverbial principles that will help you engage in lively conversation without losing your Christian witness. “All I wanted to do was argue.” So said a student enrolled in my public

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Faith, Reason, and Beyond Reason – A Review

One can judge the character of an author by his self-deprecation. Immediately, in the introduction to Faith, Reason and Beyond Reason, Mark Boone makes clear he does not know it all. Knowledge (epistemology) is the framework for Boone’s book, yet his first paragraph admits how much he learned from a student. Were I a screenwriter,

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Fragments by David Beck, My Foreword

Dave Beck honored me by asking if I would write the foreword to his book. Here is my reflection on his memoir Fragments. Find his book here. Professor’s offices in older buildings are quite small. David’s 8 x 10-foot space was where we first met. The discussions we had knocked down walls, opening literary vistas before

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American Christian: What I Will Always Be

I love Jesus. I love my country. I see no reason why one should be conditioned by the other. From time to time, I read articles from a brother or sister in The Faith which try to label what I accept as true as an “ism” (some call it “Christian Nationalism”). So, during this election

Read More »

Political Enthusiast

I love the study of politics and politicians (my favorite politician is Vaclav Havel. My personal perspective is that    (1) I bear responsibility as a citizen to participate in my culture’s prosperity for a productive future for all (read Jeremiah 29:1-7),    (2) as a U.S. citizen I have been given the privilege of voting for

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