Christian Commentary on Faith, Family & Freedom

The American experiment in liberty rests upon a demanding principle: freedom must extend beyond those who agree with us. It is relatively easy to defend religious liberty when our own convictions are protected. The greater test comes when someone exercises that same freedom to believe something we consider profoundly mistaken. James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington helped articulate a principle that would become central to America's constitutional tradition: g

America speaks constantly of freedom while becoming increasingly enslaved to appetite, anger, screens, consumption, and desire. Scripture and America's Founders understood something we are in danger of forgetting: liberty cannot survive without self-government. Chapter 28 of The Founders’ Quill asks a deeply personal question—what has mastered us? The recovery of ordered liberty may begin much closer to home than Washington.

The Founders established the republic, but they could not keep it for us. George Washington’s surrender of power reminds us that liberty survives only when citizens possess the character to practice restraint, accept responsibility, and place the common good above personal ambition. Jesus calls His followers to be salt and light—not withdrawing from public life or seeking domination, but preserving what is good and illuminating what is true. The inheritance is now in our hand