Week 1 Restoring the Declaration Principles
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Ronald Reagan Warning
“If we forget what we did, we won’t know who we are. I’m warning of an eradication of the American memory that could result, ultimately, in an erosion of the American spirit. Let’s start with some basics: more attention to American history and a greater emphasis on civic ritual.”
-Ronald Reagan, January 11, 1989, Farewell Address to the Nation
Cycle of Nations
The Framework for America
“When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature’s God entitles them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it… ”
Semiquincentennial
The 250 Anniversary of the Declaration of the United States of America. Eric Metaxas calls it the “Super Centennial”.
Building Blocks for Rebuilding Liberty
1. TRUTH
“Laying its foundation on such principles”
2. CREATOR
“Laws of Nature and Nature’s God”
“All men are created equal”
“ Endowed by their Creator”
3. PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS
Free enterprise system
4. CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED
“Disposed to suffer”
“It is their right, it is their duty”
“Consent of the governed”
“When safety is the highest value, you cower in your home… When safety is the highest value, it destroys a culture. We’ve got to stop loving safety.”
-Rick Green
5. ALTER OR ABOLISH
Challenge the status quo!
- Dept. of Indoctrination (Education)
- Dept of Meddling (Labor)
- Center for Demented Confusion & Disease Creation (Disease Control)
- Local Government Land Control Freaks
6. FREE SPEECH
“declare the causes”
“facts submitted to a candid world”
“petitioned for redress”
Civil discourse or Civil war!
7. LIFE/LIBERTY REQUIRE BLIND/EQUAL JUSTICE
“obstructed… justice”
“depriving… trial by jury”
“He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his assent to their acts of pretended legislation:”
8. PATRIOTISM
“our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor”
The Simple Blueprint
- 5 Million Informed Patriots (3% of the voting population)
- 100K Constitution Coaches/Hosts
- 10K Candidates
- 5000 Celebrations of American’s 250
2-2-2
2 Hours per Week (Lives)
Host classes, attend meetings or civics activities
2% of Fortune (Fortune)
Invest in freedom causes and initiatives
2 Posts per Week (Sacred Honor)
Risk reputation by publicly supporting liberty
12 Steps to Recovery
- 3 to Restore Civic Literacy
- 3 to Restore Religious Liberty and God Consciousness
- 6 to Restore Limited Government
Pastor Jimmy Pruitt, Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas
“We didn’t chase politics, politics showed up on our front door.”
“My message to pastors is, get in the arena. Why did we sign up to do this anyway? Did we sign up to be safe? Did we say yes to Jesus because we thought it was going to be a great way to make a living and it’s going to be glamorous and glorious and fun all the time? No. No! We got into this because we said yes. So I tell pastors, ‘Stop being afraid. You didn’t sign up for this thing to be safe… you signed up to make a difference, to be a change agent in the world, whatever the cost!’”
Pastor Rob McCoy, Godspeak Calvary Chapel, Thousand Oaks, California
Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
ekklēsia
Church is translated ekklēsia. William Tyndale correctly translated the word as “assembly”. It was a secular term, and it was used to describe the public square where citizens gathered together to establish the laws and govern their community.
In the Tavern
The first three steps for Rebuilding Liberty.
- Host a Rebuilding Liberty Class
- Plan a 250th Celebration in your community
- Get the Constitution back in schools.
For more details on these steps, please visit Patriot Academy’s 250 Celebration page.
