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From God to Man: The Transformation of America’s View of Law

Today David explains how America transitioned from the biblical conception of law espoused by Bracton and Blackstone from the 13th through the 18th centuries to Jeremy Bentham’s positivistic, utilitarian conception of law embraced by Oliver Wendell Holmes who changed the conception of law held today by most Christian lawyers. The applicability in our day of quotes from Holmes over a century ago will be eye-opening. To paraphrase Dorothy’s comment to Toto, you don’t live in a Christian cosmos anymore.

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How Do You Picture Yourself and the World You Live in

May 25, 2023 by David Fowler

Last weekend I gave the commencement address for over 100 home-educated high school graduates in Chattanooga. I told them what I wished someone had told me when I was their age that has now revolutionized my life: How you can have the world by the ta...

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FACT is pleased to associate with the following national organizations in the course of its work on behalf of families in Tennessee: Alliance Defending Freedom, Family Research Council, and Focus on the Family.