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FAITH 101 – NOW AVAILABLE AS AN MP4 DOWNLOAD. IPAD, IPHONE, AND APPLE TV COMPATIBLE.

THE BLACK-ROBED REGIMENT
WITH PROFESSOR DAVID BARTON

THOSE WHO WERE LONG CONSIDERED SOME OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL LEADERS IN SECURING OUR INDEPENDENCE AND FORM OF GOVERNMENT ARE TODAY LARGELY UNKNOWN: THE CLERGY AND MINISTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. THE BRITISH CALLED THEM “THE BLACK REGIMENT” BECAUSE OF THE BLACK ROBES THEY WORE; TODAY, THEY ARE KNOWN AS “THE BLACK ROBED REGIMENT.” SIGNIFICANTLY, JOHN ADAMS EXTOLLED THAT “THE PULPITS HAVE THUNDERED” AND THAT MINISTERS SUCH AS THE REV. DR. JONATHAN MAYHEW AND THE REV. DR. SAMUEL COOPER WERE AMONG THE MOST INFLUENTIAL IN THE MOVEMENT THAT LED TO INDEPENDENCE. LEARN ABOUT THESE NOW UNSUNG HEROES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION – LEADERS SUCH AS THE REVS. JONAS CLARK, JOHN STEEL, PETER MUHLENBERG, FRANCIS WILLARD AND MANY OTHERS WHO NOT ONLY PREACHED LIBERTY BUT EVEN PICKED UP THEIR GUNS AND LED THEIR CHURCHES TO FIGHT FOR LIBERTY!

ARE THEY SECULAR FOUNDERS?
WITH PROFESSOR DAVID BARTON

TODAY’S REVISIONISTS AND SECULAR PROGRESSIVES REGULARLY POINT TO AMERICA’S TWO LEAST RELIGIOUS FOUNDING FATHERS (THOMAS JEFFERSON AND BENJAMIN FRANKLIN) AS PROOF THAT THE REST OF THE 200+ FOUNDERS WERE ATHEISTS, AGNOSTICS, OR DEISTS. YET THOSE CRITICS RARELY CITE SPECIFIC ACTIONS OF JEFFERSON OR FRANKLIN TO PROVE THEIR POINT, THEY JUST VAGUELY INVOKE THE TWO INDIVIDUALS AS SUFFICIENT PROOF. IRONICALLY, THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS OF BOTH JEFFERSON AND FRANKLIN REGARDING PUBLIC RELIGIOUS EXPRESSIONS HORRIFY THE SECULAR LEFT. LEARN WHY EVEN AMERICA’S LEAST RELIGIOUS FOUNDERS CANNOT BE USED TO JUSTIFY A SECULAR PUBLIC SQUARE.

THE PRINCIPLES OF LIMITED GOVERNMENT
WITH PROFESSOR DAVID BARTON

THERE IS MUCH TALK ABOUT THE NEED FOR LIMITED GOVERNMENT, AND MUCH DEBATE AND DISCUSSION AS TO EXACTLY WHAT CONSTITUTES LIMITED GOVERNMENT. FORTUNATELY, OUR FOUNDING FATHERS GAVE US THE SPECIFICS ON WHAT IT TAKES TO HAVE LIMITED GOVERNMENT. IN FACT, IN THOMAS JEFFERSON’S FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS, HE SETS FORTH FIVE SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES OF GOVERNMENT THAT WILL CAUSE IT TO BE LIMITED AND WHAT JEFFERSON DESCRIBED AS “THE SUM OF GOOD GOVERNMENT.” LEARN THE FIVE MEASURING STICKS THAT WE SHOULD APPLY TO GOVERNMENT TODAY.

Hope 102
with Professor David Buckner


Course Outline:

Key Principle #1 -Lower Prices without Lower Costs = Losses
Concepts: The Free Lunch Paradigm – there is no such thing!
The Healthcare Hurricane – an entitlement storm on the horizon

Watch For: Promises of FREE – someone always has to pay!

Key Principle #2 - Governments do not Create Wealth – They Transfer Wealth
Concepts: The Business Cycle
Governments do not earn revenue, they assess revenue
Who really pays taxes in America?

Watch For: Government promises to do better with you money than you can
Any appeal to “patriotism” to pay more taxes

Key Principle #3 - Governments Create Black Markets – they then regulate
Concepts: Government intervention – a boulder placed in the middle of the stream
Unintended consequences of Ceilings, Floors, Taxes, Tariffs, and Quotas

Watch For: Promises of “Fairness” and “Efficiency” put power in fewer hands
Corruption and patronage

Hope 103 with Professor David Buckner Course Outline: Key Principle #1 - U.S. Debt Cannot Be Repaid Concepts: We are betting on “Too Big to Fail” to save us Our borrowing is unsustainable Our spending is unsustainable Low interest rates are unsustainable The U.S. cannot keep our promises – unfunded entitlements Watch For: We are mortgaging the future Spend now and pay later with no offer of HOW! Key Principle #2 - Inflation is The Dirty Little Secret Concepts: Taxing, Spending or throw an inflation party Governments like inflation Watch For: The government printing and spending money with little concern Increased prices Prepare for your cash to go down in value Key Principle #3 - Incentives Drive an Economy – Can't Mandate “Fair” Concepts: The impact of increased minimum wage on immigration – do the math Short term incentives change behavior – in the short term Markets create business – policies create blips – i.e. cash for clunkers Natural incentives are true predictors of the future Watch For: Measurements altered by short term incentives False markets created by short term incentives Policies that can't be sustained by natural markets Key Principle #4 -You Now Have Permission To Think!! Watch For: If something doesn't make sense, it probably doesn't make Cents!

CHARITY 101 – NOW AVAILABLE AS AN MP4 DOWNLOAD. IPAD, IPHONE, AND APPLE TV COMPATIBLE.

WITH JAMES R STONER, JR


COURSE OUTLINE:

I. INTRODUCTION: WHOSE CONSTITUTION?

II. FEDERALISM

III. SEPARATION OF POWERS

IV. RIGHTS

V. REPUBLICANISM