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What Makes a True Leader? (George Washington on Mount Rushmore)

What Makes a True Leader?

  • by Jerold Aust
What characteristics distinguish a true leader from someone merely occupying a leading position? What makes a person a true leader?

Men of Valor: Gideon The Judge and George Washington

  • by Amanda Stiver
Two great leaders offer many important lessons. Meet a remarkable judge of ancient Israel and a more recent figure called the father of his country, as we reflect on their examples of leadership and life.
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America's Biblical Roots

America's Biblical Roots

  • by Noel Hornor
Today some are trying to rewrite history to argue that the United States was founded as a secular, nonreligious nation. The historical record clearly tells a much different story!
Portrait of George Washington

This is the Way Walk in It: Beyond Politics

  • by Robin Webber
Traditional values, like basic respect for the rights and dignity of others, are fast disappearing from a society steadily undermined by secularism and growing ignorance of the Bible. How do we rebuild a culture of respect?

The Power of Spirit

  • by Howard Davis
Great sports teams are driven by the power of attitude as much as they are talent, sometimes providing upsets that stun the world. The power of spirit contains the essence of success.

Where Have All the Leaders Gone?

  • by Howard Davis
As Americans prepare to choose who will occupy the most powerful office on the planet, it’s time to ask some crucial questions: What is a leader, and what makes a leader great?

Freedom of Choice

  • by Scott Ashley
We want to make choices and have freedoms in our lives, but do we really know what we want or need? Do we make the right choices for ourselves, and does our government make wise choices for us?

A Brief History of America at War

  • by John Ross Schroeder
Nothing divides the American people like war. From its inception as a nation, the prospect, and in two or three cases the reality, of war has usually been a source of damaging division in the United States. The period prior to the recent conflict in Iraq was no different. How does this historic theme fit into America's divine destiny?
Portrait of George Washington (1732–99)

This Is The Way, Walk in It: A Vision Beyond the Spectacles

  • by Robin Webber
All of us who are a little bit older have those anxious moments, when we have forgotten where we last placed our glasses. We simply can't read the newspaper in front of us without our spectacles. Momentary panic sets in, and we fully realize how fragile our ability is to function without them. Are they lost? Will I find them? Why didn't I just keep them on?

A Good Soldier

  • by Bruce Gore
If Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, Samuel Adams and Benjamin Franklin conceived the framework of a new nation, George Washington navigated it through its greatest crisis. Few know how well he shouldered the heavy task that fell on him in 1775.
Portrait of George Washington (1732–99)

This Is the Way, Walk in It: A Walk In the Snow - Character Counts In a Nation's Leaders

  • by Robin Webber
Today, during and after the recent impeachment hearings and trial, there is talk of "compartmentalization"—the notion that all the parts of one's life do not necessarily have to connect, that moral character and job competency do not have to be in one man. This is simply not the original American equation of republican ideal and it is certainly not biblically founded.