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| Last month, Christian Overman was the guest of Carrie Abbott on her Relationships Insights radio program. Carrie is the Founder and President of The Legacy Institute. |
Most US citizens are unaware that in former times, our laws and institutions were normatively aligned with the teachings of Christ.
The Supreme Court affirmed this plainly in Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States (143 U.S. 457), quoting no less than 87 precedents:
"Our laws and our institutions must necessarily be based upon and embody the teachings of The Redeemer of mankind. It is impossible that it should be otherwise; and in this sense and to this extent our civilization and our institutions are emphatically Christian...This is a religious people. This is historically true. From the discovery of this continent to the present hour, there is a single voice making this affirmation...[W]e find everywhere a clear recognition of the same truth...These, and many other matters which might be noticed, add a volume of unofficial declarations to the mass of organic utterances that this is a Christian nation."
Feel like you're on another planet? Those words were written in 1892, and express what is no longer recognized.
But once was.
For this to be recognized again, depends largely upon the consent of the governed.
In the US, we have this risky tenet called "consent of the governed." Currently, the governed of this nation are either unwilling to or ignorant of the fact that we can consent to the higher standards of God's Word and still have a fully functioning democratic Republic without violating the separation of Church and State.
In this country, we once recognized the overarching role of Christ. We operated this way for 150+ years. Normally.
What's getting in the way today? It's either ignorance, unwillingness or fear.
Recently, Christian Overman was a guest on Carrie Abbott's "Relationships Insights" radio program. They discussed how churches can play a role in equipping congregants to be active participants in a return to normalcy.
Christian and Carrie discussed how Critical Theory (a polarizing worldview imported from Europe to the US in the 1930s, and proliferated through higher education ever since) is imposing a social disorder that has produced lawlessness and great division, by design. Critical Theory is a much different view of reality than any US citizen conceived of in 1892.
For the first half of the interview, click here. For the second half, here.
For a FREE copy of An Introduction to Critical Theory, which Carrie Abbott calls "a game changer," click here. For a .pdf copy, here.
