One should study the Bible alongside other intellectual traditions - such as British constitutionalism, Enlightenment liberalism, and classical republicanism - in order to truly understand the American founding. — Daniel L Dreisbach Copy Share Image
The American founders, when framing their governments, looked to the Bible for insights into human nature, civic virtue, social order, political authority and other concepts essential to the establishment of a political society. They saw in Scripture political and legal… — Daniel L Dreisbach Copy Share Image
God ordained and established civil government, but only to serve the common good. A civil government that oppresses its people and acts contrary to… — Daniel L Dreisbach Copy Share Image
I contend that no book figured more prominently than the Bible in the political thought of these patriots we call the founders. — Daniel L Dreisbach Copy Share Image
Nations, as well as individuals, must be virtuous and righteous if they desire to be stable, prosperous, and tranquil. — Daniel L Dreisbach Copy Share Image
The republican model described in the Hebrew Scriptures reassured pious Americans that republicanism was a political system favored by God. — Daniel L Dreisbach Copy Share Image
Most of what the founders knew about the Hebraic republic, it must be emphasized, they learned from the Bible. These Americans were well aware… — Daniel L Dreisbach Copy Share Image
Just as the children of Israel were directed by God to depart from the land of their oppression with its tyrannical monarch, cross a… — Daniel L Dreisbach Copy Share Image
The true greatness of a nation lies in its character, not in its economic or military power. — Daniel L Dreisbach Copy Share Image
God elevates nations that behave in conformity with God's standards but he withdraws his blessings from a people who disregard those standards. — Daniel L Dreisbach Copy Share Image
I define the terms "founding fathers" and "founders" broadly to include an entire generation or two of Americans from many walks of life who,… — Daniel L Dreisbach Copy Share Image
One should study the Bible alongside other intellectual traditions - such as British constitutionalism, Enlightenment liberalism, and classical republicanism - in order to truly… — Daniel L Dreisbach Copy Share Image
The American founders, when framing their governments, looked to the Bible for insights into human nature, civic virtue, social order, political authority and other… — Daniel L Dreisbach Copy Share Image
There were many Americans in the Revolutionary era who believed that they, like the children of Israel, were oppressed by their colonial rulers, and… — Daniel L Dreisbach Copy Share Image
