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Mark Eckel

When Government Gives Rights

What happens when people make laws dependent upon the “will of the people?” Watch / read our Truth in Two to find out (2 min vid + text) #11 in our Summer 2024 series, “With What Will You Replace It When It’s Gone?” Dr. Mark Eckel is Executive Director of the Center for Biblical Integration

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Mark Eckel

Boredom, Complacency, and Apathy

When care for commitment is gone, someone somewhere will take, what we are too bored or too apathetic to protect. Find out why by watching our Truth in Two. #7 in our Summer 2024 series, “With What Will You Replace It When It’s Gone?” Dr. Mark Eckel is Executive Director of the Center for Biblical

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Mark Eckel

American Unity – E Pluribus Unum

Are U.S. citizens all committed to American ideals? Why would such unity be important for a nation? Find out by watching / reading our Truth in Two (2 min vid + text) #6 in our Summer 2024 series, “With What Will You Replace It When It’s Gone?” Dr. Mark Eckel is Executive Director of the

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American Law Courts

Why is Moses’ portrait central to all 23 lawgivers reproduced in the U.S. House of Representatives? Find out why this is a good reminder for July 4th week by watching our Truth in Two (2 min vid + text). #5 in our Summer 2024 series, “With What Will You Replace It When It’s Gone?” Dr.

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Mark Eckel

Choose Something to Die For

What is so important to you that you would give up your life to protect the ideal of your belief? Watch our Truth in Two to ponder the question for yourself (2 min vid + text). #4 in our Summer 2024 series, “With What Will You Replace It When It’s Gone?” Dr. Mark Eckel is

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Mark Eckel

The Camel’s Nose

It does not take long before all is lost. Find out why by watching / reading our Truth in Two. #3 in our Summer 2024 series, “With What Will You Replace It When It’s Gone?” Dr. Mark Eckel is Executive Director of the Center for Biblical Integration at Liberty University. Support MarkEckel.com (here). Find the

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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

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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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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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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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