Biblical Worldview – Page 2 – Dr. Brenda MacMenamin

2021.02.22 Beware Lest anyone Cheat You

Doesn’t Colossians 2:8 KNJV warn us so clearly, “Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.” Yet we now see a tremendous trap that has been laid on America for 200 years now that has cheated and deceived us through our government school system. It is time for a change, for a deliverance, for a reformation. Are you ready?

I love Zechariah 4:10 that urges us, “‘Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin, to see the plumb line in Zerubbabel’s hand.’ (The seven lamps represent the eyes of the Lord that search all around the world.)” Is He searching for us to step out of the shadows of all this chaos, fix our eyes on Him, the Author and Finisher of our Faith to raise up a standard in the midst of it all?

Are our little ones worth laying aside all the darkness and confusion to blaze a new trail? Where to begin? How do we start?

I am looking for a small team that is willing to take 12 weeks to each renew our own minds, to lay a Biblical foundation in regard to education. The best resource that I have found is “Renewing the Mind” available through FACE.net. it is available as a download and as a paperback.

This may seem strange, but after reviewing my notes from having taking and having taught this class several times, I want to start with Lesson 4 that covers “The Notebook Method” of learning. It is different. It may seem hard. But once this method is mastered it is delightfully liberating not only for the student but for the teacher. It is very similar to the maxim that we hear that “It is better to teach a man to fish than to give him fish.”

When we read His Story from original documents, we read that John Quincy Adams requested blank books from his father, so that he could record what he was learning in Europe. We see that Nathaniel Bowditch recorded his learning and started a new notebook with every learning endeavor when he was indentured as a young man. Thomas Jefferson refers to his notebooks and George Washington’s notebook for Geometry reveals his amazing but then typical, handwriting of a 13 year old boy in that era:

George Washington’s Geometry Notebook at age 13,
Jared Sparks*, author of *The Life of George Washington*, 1855

It is such a delight to read the Word as if we have never read it before, to search for Biblical Principles in each and every endeavor we undertake. I pray that this is a New Beginning for us!

So if you want to join us, go shopping for a one-inch width notebook that you can add pages to as you work through this study with us. You will also need a Bible, of course.

Other books that you will find helpful and delightful, but not are not mandatory are: The Christian History of the Constitution, Teaching and Learning, the 1828 Noah Webster Dictionary. These are all available at face.net. I will give links to some great resources in class.

I have pushed the first class back one week to accommodate some of the students’ schedules. I will email this to you as you sign up here. The course is $120, that is only $10 per week and is much more rewarding than a secular movie or another meal out! Please sign up before 1/31 and pay $100!

If you are believing God to put food on your table, have two people to sign up and contact me for your FREE coupon.

There are two classes from you to choose from on Monday, so please let me know which is best for you. One will be from 1-3 PM; the other is 6:30-8:30 PM. We have a host for each class so both will have the option to meet in person and to meet online! (Glory to God Almighty!!) As you sign up, please let me know whether you will join in person or online and if you are joining the afternoon or evening class?

I can hardly wait to begin. I can hardly wait to meet you and to work with you and this team. I can hardly WAIT to se what God Almighty does!!! He is GLORIOUS, isn’t He!

If you are not able to take the class presently, you can still get these fantastic resources and begin the journey. I will be posting each week this whole year about education. You can comment in the section below. Please let me know if you have any questions or suggestions!

May the Lord bless our efforts to press into Him and His Ways.

Father, we dedicate this year to You, we set our face like flint to seek You, to seek Your will, to seek Your Way. Come take us by the hand, lead us into this Promised Land. Help us take out the giants that mock us, mock You and steal our little ones. We are not afraid of them because we know that this battle is not ours, but Yours. Anoint us now Father. Let us hear from You daily and obey Your still small Voice for it is You that we Trust.

May You be glorified in all that we set our hands to do. In Jesus Mighty, Glorious, Holy Name we pray. AMEN!

In His Service,

Bren

Dr. Brenda MacMenamin

Every American Believer needs to grasp the depth of Biblical truth that was built into the foundations of our country – and then learn exactly what needs to happen to move us back toward our Biblical roots. ~ Sam Chess, Senior Pastor Grace Emmanuel Church

“Telling to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and His strength and His wonderful works that He has done… that they may set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep His commandments…” ~ Psalms 78:4,7

“Renew Your Mind” Course

Worried about the direction of Education in America?

Did you know that nearly 20% of children are now homeschooled and that number is increasing? Why? Among other things, Critical Race Theory is demoralizing our children and undermining parents’ authority. This needs to stop! Let’s develop a team so that we can work and pray together to see what God Almighty wants to do in our homes and communities.

You can get involved in two ways:

Sign up for the FREE weekly blog. I will be sharing bits each week about Biblical Worldview Education and methodology.
Sign up for the Renewing Your Mind 5 week course. Only $50 (The price of going to the movies each week but WAY better!) Classes start 7/6/2021 and will be on Tuesdays from 3-5 PM LIVE online. The Syllabus will be sent to you upon enrollment or request.

We’ll use Renewing the Mind from Foundation for American Christian Education. (This used to be “Self-Directed Study” if you happen to have that already.) This excellent resource and Bible study is available as a download and as a paperback.

Join me to develop new systems and renewed thinking based on biblical teachings and historical imperatives. We will dive into the Word of God and into the writings of Christian Educators who have sought the Lord and His Ways to educate and disciple children for His purpose and glory.

The first step toward reclaiming America’s heritage is simply for each of us to renew our minds one area at a time. Education affects all the others, doesn’t it? So it is a great place to start.

Sign up for the Renewing Your Mind 6 week course here and I will send you the link to join us online. It will be great to meet other like-minded individuals to learn and pray together to SAVE our nation.

You will learn how to develop your Biblical Philosophy of Education. I will help you to fully know, understand and apply Biblical Principles of Education to your personal life, vocation, and children’s discipleship. This is a totally different approach than what we were taught, if you attended public school. Your expectations will be lifted to new levels once you understand and begin to apply God’s reasoning process and His wisdom. If you want to walk transformed by God’s ways, this is the course for you!

Testimonial:

This course not only expanded my understanding of a Biblical worldview of education, but is transforming my soul to God’s will so that I may know Him and reveal Him to all with whom I interact.. ~ Carol Hayes, Retired, Speech-Language Pathologist

Blessings!

Dr. Brenda MacMenamin

2021.01.15 “The Renewing of Your Mind”

Are you ready to challenge the system? Let’s start with making some goals.

What is the goal of education? That is a loaded question, isn’t it? Do you agree with this statement by Dr. Merrill that I found in Teaching Techniques of Jesus:

“His aim, as the Great Teacher of men, was, and ever is, not to relieve the reason and conscience of mankind, not to lighten the burden of thought and study, but rather to increase that burden, to make men more conscientious, more eager, more active in mind and moral sense.

“That is to say, He came not to answer questions, but to ask them; not to settle men’s souls, but to provoke them; not to save men from problems, but to save them from their indolence; not to make life easier, but to make it more educative. We are quite in error when we think of Christ as coming to give us a key to life’s difficult textbook. He came to give us a finer textbook, calling for keener study, and deeper devotion, and more intelligent and persistent reasoning.”

Are we being challenged to let go of our present education system to embrace something better, more Christ-like and far superior to what is familiar and comfortable to us? Do you sense a call to come up higher with the Holy Spirit and seek for what is “more educative”?

“Educative” is an adjective, according to dictionary.com which means:

“serving to educate” such as “educative knowledge.” It is “pertaining to or productive of education.” So let’s look more at the word “Education”

What does “Education” mean to you? Through out the ages, we have seen men use education for greedy, selfish reasons:

“Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.” ~ Joseph Stalin

“Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.” ~ Vladimir Lenin

“The education of all children, from the moment that they can get along without a mother’s care, shall be in state institutions.” ~ Karl Marx

“He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future.” ~ Adolf Hitler

But our Founding Fathers called us to steward education faithfully:

“Let divines and philosophers, statesmen and patriots, unite their endeavors to renovate the age, by impressing the minds of men with the importance of educating their little boys and girls, of inculcating in the minds of youth the fear and love of the Deity and universal philanthropy, and, in subordination to these great principles, the love of their country; of instructing them in the art of Self-Government, without which they never can act a wise part the government of societies, great or small; in short, of leading them in the study and practice of the exalted virtues of the Christian system.” ~ Samuel Adams

“A nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved. It is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins.” ~ Benjamin Franklin

Let’s look at the definition of Education at the height of when America enjoyed a Biblical worldview in education.This was when there was a full flowering of Christianity and the beautiful peaceful fruit of righteousness that obedience allows. Yet it was also just as the progressives were beginning to infiltrate our systems. (You can buy Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary here.)

1828 Noah Webster Dictionary’s Definition of Education

What does he mean, that “an immense responsibility rests on parents and guardians who neglect these duties.” We’ve all seen good parents who train their children well and parents who do not faithfully train their children. But when a whole generation of older people are complaining about the younger generation, maybe we need to look at whether we understand what our parental duties are. I went into parental responsibilities from scripture last week, that it is the responsibility of parents to not only educate but disciple their own children. Are we carrying these duties well or are we maybe neglecting some things?

Would God deal with us for our neglect? What is more important, would we respond to His correction? Will we rise up to the clear call that the Spirit is saying to the Ekklesia and begin to educate ourselves, in the way that we should have been educated, so that we can be a “good man” and leave an inheritance to our children’s children? (Proverbs 13:22) I love this scripture because as much as I tried to give my children an heritage in the Word of God, the truth is, that I was learning with them. I pray that I at least imparted a love for the Word so that they can pass that heritage to their children while I encourage them as a grandparent.

I’m convinced that the most important inheritance that we should give to our children is one of knowing Truth (literally Jesus) as He relates to everything that we do. As 3 John 4 says, “I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.”

Would you like to join me to seek the Lord to develop new systems and thinking in education? I would like to really dive into the Word of God and into the writings of people who have been willing to seek the Lord and His Ways to educate and disciple our children for His purpose and glory. I would love to develop a team so that we can work and pray together to see what God Almighty wants to do in our homes and communities.

If this this sounds fun, you can get involved in two ways:

Sign up for the Renewing Your Mind 12 week course. $120 or $100 until 1/18. It will be on Mondays from 1-3 PM online. The syllabus is here.

We’ll use Renewing the Mind from face.net (This used to be “Self-Directed Study” if you happen to have that already.) This excellent resource and Bible study is available as a pdf download or a paperback.

We will learn how to develop our Biblical philosophy of Education. I will help you through the difficult parts as I have taught this course several times – I see definite places that most people need help getting through. This is the first step toward reclaiming America’s heritage is simply for each of us to renew our minds one subject at a time. Education affects all the others, doesn’t it? So it is a great place to start.

The course will be $120 or $100 until Monday, January 18th. Hope you join us!

Join us here!

Your link to join will be sent to you upon payment within 24 hours.

Blessings!

Dr. Brenda MacMenamin

2021.01.11 Is Freedom “Free”

In the founding of our nation there were several attempts by the king of England to wipe out the colonists’ established local governments and send in one of his “pets” to rule them. This was usually accompanied by a new tax whether it was the Stamp Act, the Townshend Revenue Act or the Declaratory Act, or many others, in an attempt to politically control them. Each time the colonists would respond with indignation and various levels of outrage. It is interesting to read how individuals would rise up to encourage the Americans to respond not in anger but to use constitutional methods of redress, to unite their efforts and above all to stay “virtuous” so that God could bless their efforts.

Each time, they would resort to a “non-importation agreement” that we could employ today!

Excerpt from “Rise of the Republic” by Richard Frothingham. Published in 1883.

America, can we resort to this same spirit of Frugality and Industry? Might our dependence on “free” or “convenient” be our demise? Whether we are concerned about tyranny from another country, Big Tech, or Crony Capitalism, might the answer be the same? Maybe Freedom Isn’t Free?

Let’s ask the Lord to help us to resist the temptation to buy more than we really need and to seek Him for what we truly do need.

Deuteronomy 8:18 encourages us, “But remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms His covenant, which He swore to your ancestors, as it is today.” (NIV)

2 Corinthians 9:10 encourages us, “Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness.” (NIV)

We cannot afford to mix up the difference between sympathy and compassion when it comes to ministering to the poor. In sympathy, we have allowed Big Government to lock our disadvantaged into poverty while we look on and feel sorry for them. It is time to compassionately deliver our fellow patriots into prosperity and independence that Frugality and Industry earn. If you are not familiar with these terms, consider investing in one of the best resources to reform our nation to greatness- (beside the Bible) the 1828 Dictionary by Noah Webster available at FACE.net.

FRUGAL’ITY, n.

1. Prudent economy; good husbandry or housewifery; a sparing use or appropriation of money or commodities; a judicious use of any thing to be expended or employed; that careful management of money or goods which expends nothing unnecessarily, and applies what is used to a profitable purpose; that use in which nothing is wasted. It is not equivalent to parsimony, the latter being an excess of frugality, and a fault. Frugality is always a virtue. Nor is it synonymous with thrift, in its proper sense; for thrift is the effect of frugality.

Without frugality none can become rich, and with it few would be poor.

IN’DUSTRY, n. [L. industria.] Habitual diligence in any employment, either bodily or mental; steady attention to business; assiduity; opposed to sloth and idleness. We are directed to take lessons of industry from the bee. Industry pays debts, while idleness or despair will increase them.

The Good News is that we do not have to do this alone. Christ came to set us free from every yoke of bondage. I am very excited to see what this looks like in the days ahead. I believe that God Almighty has a level of intimacy and victory in Christ for us that few are presently walking in. It is going to be glorious.

What is especially exciting is that each one of us can enter in right now! You do not have to wait for anyone else to determine your future. Simply begin to seek Him for what you can let go of and how to do that. If you are a blood bought Christian, you can hear His Voice and obey Him!

And most important, begin to seek Him for His plan for you. What gifts has He given you to steward? By reading His Word you are already on your way to getting to know Him and being known by Him. He will guide you faithfully on your adventure with Him. Just ask Him.

Isn’t He glorious!

Advance the Kingdom of God in 2021!

Brenda MacMenamin

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Who is responsible to educate children?

The education of our children has for decades, literally even centuries, been seen as the responsibility of the state. But is this beneficial? Is this what made America great? Is this the reflection of a Biblical worldview? Or is it just the opposite of a Biblical worldview?

Let’s look at some scriptures concerning parental responsibilities. I hope that these help you realize how important you are as a parent!

I am fascinated with the scripture in Genesis 18:18-19:

“… Seeing that Abraham shall be indeed a great and a mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? For I know him that he will command his sons and his household after him, that they keep the way of the Lord to do righteousness and judgment, that the Lord may bring upon Abraham, that he hath spoken unto him.” (GNV)

The notes in the GNV Bible say about Genesis 18:19:

“He showeth that fathers ought both to know God’s judgments, and to declare them to their children.”

We see here that not only is it a parental responsibility to raise children and teach them about the Lord, but is especially the father’s responsibility. This should encourage us to embrace a fresh look at education whether we think that we have the “gift” of teaching or not.

It should encourage us that our obedience will bring a blessing. It seems that because Abraham “will command his sons and his household after him, that they keep the way of the Lord to do righteousness and judgment, that the Lord may bring upon Abraham, that He hath spoken unto him.”

As our older generation comes out of the “ME” generation and all the self-aggrandizement that this has trapped us in, it may seem difficult to grasp that the simplicity of God’s great call on us is achieved by laying aside all that entangles us to press into the high calling of God on our own lives, to command our sons and our household after us, that we keep the way of the Lord to do righteousness and judgment in our own homes with our own children.

As Deuteronomy 4:9-10 instructs us, “Only take heed to yourself, and diligently keep yourself, lest you forget the things your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. And teach them to your children and your grandchildren, especially concerning the day you stood before the Lord your God in Horeb, when the Lord said to me, ‘Gather the people to Me, and I will let them hear My words, that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.’ (Emphasis mine.)

When do we do this? Deuteronomy 6:4-7 gives us insight: “Listen, Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is One. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. These words that I am giving you today are to be in your heart. Repeat them to your children. Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.” (Doesn’t that sound like all the time?)

Deuteronomy 11:19 confirms this. “Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.”

Psalm 78:4-6 mandates that Fathers teach their children, “We must not hide them from their children, but must tell a future generation the praises of the Lord, His might, and the wonderful works He has performed. He established a testimony in Jacob and set up a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children so that a future generation— children yet to be born—might know. They were to rise and tell their children.”

Joel 1:3 gives us this generational perspective, “Tell your children about it, and let your children tell their children, and their children the next generation.”

Let’s look at these scriptures that address parents and children:

“Children, obey your parents as you would the Lord, because this is right.” ~ Ephesians 6:1

“Fathers, don’t stir up anger in your children, but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.” ~ Ephesians 6:4

“Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.” ~ Colossians 3:20

“Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so they won’t become discouraged.” ~ Colossians 3:21

Look at these scriptures that lay out an order and predicate whether deacons are qualified to serve and if widows are taken care of by the church:

“One who manages his own household competently, having his children under control with all dignity.” ~ 1 Timothy 3:4

“Deacons must be husbands of one wife, managing their children and their own households competently.” ~ 1 Timothy 3:12

“One who is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of wildness or rebellion.” ~ Titus 1:6

“But if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must learn to practice godliness toward their own family first and to repay their parents, for this pleases God.” ~ 1 Timothy 5:4

“ … and is well known for good works—that is, if she has brought up children, shown hospitality, washed the saints’ feet, helped the afflicted, and devoted herself to every good work.” ~ 1 Timothy 5:10

Look at the emphasis for young women in being encouraged to be family focused and successful:

“Therefore, I want younger women to marry, have children, manage their households, and give the adversary no opportunity to accuse us.” ~ 1 Timothy 5:14

“ … so they may encourage the young women to love their husbands and to love their children.” ~ Titus 2:4

May the Lord give us the “spirit of Elijah” and turn our hearts back to our children and the hearts of our children back to us and remove this horrible curse off our land. (Malachi 4:6) May we seek to be “good men” who give an inheritance to our children’s children. (Proverbs 13:22) May we have the same spirit as the Apostle John toward our children, both natural and spiritual:

“I have no greater joy than this: to hear that my children are walking in the truth.” ~ 3 John 1:4

May 2021 be the “Year to Advance His Kingdom” despite the chaos!

Dr. Brenda MacMenamin

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In the Beginning God

New Year Revelation: In the Beginning God

As we begin the New Year, many of us are reading this scripture as we start in the beginning of the Word again. In America’s founding, we knew how to lay God “in the beginning” of our endeavors.

In our reformed churches:

“Those reformers who saw the evil of these things, and whose hearts the Lord had touched with heavenly zeal for His Truth, shook off this yoke of anti-Christian bondage and as the Lord’s free people joined themselves together by covenant as a church, in the fellowship of the gospel to walk in all His ways, made known, or to be made known to them, according to their best endeavors, whatever it should cost them, the Lord assisting them. And that it cost them something, the ensuing history will declare…” ~ William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation

In our civic endeavors:

“In the name of God, Amen. We, whose names are underwritten… by the grace of God… having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith… doe, by these presents, solemnly and mutually in the presence of God, and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politick…” ~ The Mayflower Compact, 1620

In our universities:

“Let every student be plainly instructed, and earnestly pressed to consider well, the maine end of his life and studies is, to know God and Jesus Christ which is eternall life, John 17:3 and therefore to lay Christ in the bottome, as the only foundation of all found knowledge and Learning…” ~ Harvard 1643

What gave them this ability to reason from the Word of God to everything they did? Where do we start to recover this heritage? All around us, we keep hearing a clear call to Renew Your Mind. Paul challenges us in Romans 12:1-2:

“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.”

Do you want to join me in dedicating 2021 to Renewing Your Mind? What will the Lord teach us from His Word this year? Will it make a difference in our lives, our families, our community and our nation? Maybe we could help each other through a simple challenge:

My area to focus on will be Education. What does the Bible say about Education. How do we educate Biblically? When do we educate? Where do we educate Biblically? Why does it matter?

I’ll be starting a Bible study, a weekly blog that focuses on Biblical Worldview Education and how to learn and teach using the Bible for curriculum and methodology. I’ll share Historical references and specific scriptures to aid us in getting started and in developing our Biblical Worldview as it pertains to Education.

Learning how to learn and teach Biblically will be great for home schoolers, teachers (in all schools), parents and grandparents, patriots and pastors. This study will equip you to develop your Biblical philosophy of education.

Does this sound FUN? Sign up here!! Please share with friends that you know are interested. Let’s believe God for advancing His Kingdom in 2021!

For His glory,

Bren

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2021: The Year to Advance the Kingdom of God!

For His Glory,

Bren

Mrs. Brenda MacMenamin

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Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to you as we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ!

The Good News is that He is coming back, not as a baby this time, but as the King of kings, the Lord of lords and the God of the WHOLE Earth!

What is He going to find when He comes? Isn’t it surreal that while we want to focus on our Faith, Family, Food and Fun, we are warring for the very heart, soul and future of our nation?

Two other Christmas seasons come to mind that were critical to the destiny of our nation.

One was 1913, when the 16th and 17th Amendments were passed. Then on December 22, 1913, when “Congress was preoccupied with departure for the Christmas recess and in no mood for debate,” the Federal Reserve Act “quickly passed by a vote of 282 to 60 in the House and 43 to 23 in the Senate. The president signed it into law the next day.”* We all now know that the Federal Reserve “is not Federal and has no reserves!” This act, with the 16th and 17th Amendments, made the year of 1913 a year of severe loss of liberty for America.

Where was the Church?

Another Christmas time compares and contrasts drastically in how America responded to a threat to her Liberty. It was during the American Revolution, right before Christmas.

“With the arrival of Sullivan’s troops, Washington decided to make one last strike against the British before the year’s end. Most of his six thousand men were due to go home at the end of December, barely a week away, and Washington wanted to utilize them one more time. General Howe, assuming that Washington would sit out the winter now that he was safely across the Delaware, retired to New York, leaving a series of posts to hold New Jersey. One of those posts became Washington’s target: the Hessian stronghold at Trenton. It would be a dangerous move—the entire American army would be at risk, and if they failed in the venture, retreat would be virtually impossible. But ‘necessity, dire necessity, will nay must, justify an attack,’ Washington said.”**

As the Americans prepared themselves for war, the Hessians partied heavily on Christmas eve. The stormy weather was so heavy and cold, that muskets froze, yet Washington ordered, “Use the bayonet. I am resolved to take Trenton.”

“The men stood stoically on the river banks, waiting their turn to cross. The sleet mixed with snow pelted their faces, dripped under their collars. Some had covered the firelocks of their muskets with rags, attempting to keep them dry for the battle. Others, having no rags—or no foresight—watched miserably as their muskets became useless burdens.”

The storm was so intense that Washington lost 2 out of three troops of his army and two soldiers froze literally to death.

“Jagged ice on the road cut through worn-out shoes and threadbare stockings. The next day, Major James Wilkinson, coming behind, could follow their route by the bloodstains in the snow.”

Yet 1/3 of the Americans stayed the course…

“Shortly after daybreak, about eight o’clock, the two columns converged on the town. Shocked Hessians had no time to prepare. Rall hurriedly dressed and formed a regiment on King Street. Another regiment, wearing scarlet uniforms, formed on the parallel Queen Street. The American artillery was waiting for them. Both armies hesitated, and time seemed to stand still. Then the gunners, under a slender young American officer named Alexander Hamilton, lit the touchholes of the cannon. Grapeshot roared from the cannons’ mouths and the screaming Hessians fell back.”

“It was a glorious and almost unbelievable victory for the beleaguered American commander and his troops. Nearly 1,000 Hessians were taken captive; another 115 were killed or wounded. Four Americans had been wounded, but not a single one was lost in battle—although in the fierce night before, two had tragically frozen to death.

“The enemy have fled before us in the greatest panic that ever was known,” one of the patriot soldiers wrote after the victory. “Never were men in higher spirits than our whole army is.”

Father, help us to recognize the scope of the battle that we find ourselves in presently. Help us to honor Your Son by not only by celebrating our Faith with Family, Food and Fun but enable us to press into what You are doing, to stay steadfast in prayer and actively defend our Faith and the Liberty of our Nation.

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Today, as our president has vetoed one major bill and is threatening to veto this other one: Stay alert! Stay in prayer. Ask your representatives to STAND for Truth, for the Constitution, and for righteousness. May we be vigilant and virtuous as our founders were and not be accused decades in the future by our grandchildren.

As we close this year of 2020, I praise God for your love for Jesus and for your commaraderie in fighting for our nation and everything that we hold dear. You remind me of the scripture in Nehemiah 4:14, ““Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, great and awesome, and fight for your brethren, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses.”

And again in Nehemiah 4:17, “Those who built on the wall, and those who carried burdens, loaded themselves so that with one hand they worked at construction, and with the other held a weapon.”

I pray blessings upon you, that you can enjoy this Holy Day AND be a Warrior for Christ, as in the days of Nehemiah!

In His Name we Hope!

Bren

I’ll be starting a Bible study for next year. It’ll be a weekly blog that focuses on Biblical Worldview Education and how to learn and teach using the Bible for curriculum and methodology. I’ll share Historical references and specific scriptures to aid us in getting started and in developing our Biblical Worldview as it pertains to Education. (More on this next week!)

This will be great for home schoolers, teachers (in all schools), parents and grandparents, patriots and pastors.

Does this sound FUN? Sign up here!! Please share with friends that you know are interested. Let’s believe God for advancing His Kingdom in 2021!

Dr. Brenda MacMenamin

Do you have a Biblical Worldview? Find out HERE!

* G. Edward Griffin, The Creature from Jekyll Island, American Media, 1994, page 468.

** Buy the book and read the whole fascinating story here. Excerpts above are in italics.

Our Father’s Last Will & Testament

Found in front of Saint Lucie County’s Courthouse

One of the most impactful moments of my life was watching my husband’s siblings gather around their “Poppy’s” kitchen table after they had laid him to rest, to read his “Last Will & Testament” to carry out his stated wishes.

Jilly, the oldest and the “executrix” read through the legalese. They were in complete unity to fulfill his stated desires though the will did not affect them equally, nor equitably. It was truly inspiring to watch the love, the unity, and the submission of his five children as they spent several hours reading his will and the next several days carrying out every word and will of their beloved father.

I wonder if we can do the same with our Heavenly Father? Can we gather in unity to read His Last Will & Testament to us, His children?

Maybe God has given us different gifts, talents and callings. But we, as believers, are just as much family. No matter our differences in talents or calling or race or skin color or gender or wealth or denomination, certainly each one of us is a beloved Child in the family of God. Each one of us is just as blessed yet maybe assigned differently to fulfill God Almighty’s purpose. He has a unique destiny for each one of us and is orchestrating all seen and unseen for His glory and our good.

One of the questions that I get most in the Constitutional Conversations classes that I offer is, “What about ‘Separation of Church and State.’” (I’ll give you $100 if you can find those words in our Constitution! It is not in ours but is in the old Soviet Constitution, Article 124.) Most Americans have no idea that our first state Constitution was based on Exodus 18:21, or that Thomas Paine, in “Common Sense” challenged the “Divine Right of Kings” using Judges 8:22-23 and 1 Samuel 8. We, as a nation, are ignorant that the Three Branches of Government are Isaiah 33:22. I could go on, but I am sure you see where I am going with this. It is not that our Founders acted like Deists or were ignorant of the gospel or compromised in their faith, but we are. We need to not only read His Word, but diligently bring His principles into everything that we do- to bring Him glory in our lives, families, finances, businesses, churches, civil responsibilities and every thing that we do!

Do you want to come to Him, in preparation of the New Year and for this final day of Hanukkah with me to consecrate ourselves to Him, to purpose to read His Last Will & Testament this year?

Let’s create a 2021 Challenge!

To receive a schedule to pray through the Bible in 2021 click here.

Father, we come to You, God of the whole Earth, and we ask You to help us read Your Word this year. Enlighten the eyes of our understanding. Help us to hear Your voice and obey. Show us where we are falling short of Your glory and grant us repentance. Reveal the new places that You want us to conquer this year. Let Your glory arise in us, in this deep darkness. Flow through us to help others around us – to give them encouragement from Your Word. Help us to choose at least one person to do life with that we can stay accountable to and to help through all the distractions.

We give You glory and praise for all the wonderful things You do this year of 2021!

In Jesus’ Mighty, Glorious, Holy, Righteous, Conquering Name, AMEN!

For His glory and for our good, in 2021,

Dr. Brenda Mac

Do you have a Biblical Worldview? Find out HERE!

What’s New in Biblical Worldview?

Hello My Dear Biblical Worldview Friends,

I am delighted to share the work of Dan Smithwick who pioneered the PEERS Biblical Worldview assessment test through his organization Nehemiah Institute. You can learn more about his philosophy and the PEERS test here.

If you would like to take the PEERS Biblical Worldview assessment test, you may pay $15 here (The deadline to take and submit the PEERS test is 1/13/2021 at 5 PM IF you are joining us locally for the Kingdom Seminar.) I will send you your link to take this assessment online the same day that I receive your payment.

“Save the Dates”

1/13/2021 at 5 PM Last day to take the PEERS test online to receive results when Dan teaches at the Kingdom Seminar at GEC Sunday 1/17

1/17 The Kingdom Seminar will be at Grace Emmanuel Church in the afternoon at 707 Kitterman Road, PSL, FL 34952. Dan will bring your results and share how to interpret the PEERS results. Please RSVP below to Brenda MacMenamin before 1/10!

PLEASE, Let us know whether you will be joining us at 12:45 for a light lunch &/or

1:45 for The Kingdom Seminar

Looking forward to seeing you and to seeing what God Almighty does. Keep the Faith and keep praying for His Glory, to overcome evil with GOOD!

In Him & in your service,

Mrs. Brenda MacMenamin

TC CIT’s Mission: To equip believers to promote Biblical principles, values and responsibilities in our community, culture, and government.