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November 2007 Newsletter |
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AMERICAN GOVERNMENT IN CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE A Beka Book ©1997 |
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT FOR CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS Bob Jones University Press ©2005 | |
| Tries to transform subject but lacks Biblical depth |
Adds general Biblical concepts to standard secular content | |
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Both forfeit Christocentrism by underdeveloping Scriptural principles.
Neither links the Constitution's premise of human depravity to Christ's necessary deity to atone for sin, and thus to trinitarianism.
Neither tells how original intent preserves trinitarian federalism. | ||
| Briefly deplores "incorporation" of U.S. Bill of Rights on states |
Takes no position on this erosion of federalism | |
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Neither tracks unitarian trends on police powers and interstate commerce. Neither ties the lapse from trinitarian constitutionalism to optimistic views of human nature and denial of Christ's deity. Both miss how this affects foreign policy, and money and banking. | ||
| Notes flaws, dangers, abuses in federal regulatory bodies |
Accepts growing bureaucracy as inevitable in modern life | |
| Some free market principles | Fewer free market principles | |
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Both stress how today's "separation of church and state" departs from the original intent of the establishment clause. Both note the importance of virtue to freedom, of Christian conservative political activism, of the 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear arms. | ||
| Teacher Guide separate from student edition |
Teacher wraparound easier to use | |
| 33 factual errors 15 technical defects |
37 factual errors 21 technical defects | |