Patrick Henry objected that Treaties with foreign powers superseded the law of the land

Patrick Henry’s ancestors had settled in Western Virginia as part of the Scotch-Irish migration.

The Constitution is a revolution more radical than that which separated us from Great Britain.

The Constitution’s social contract is no different than the Bible’s covenant model.

Henry objected to creation of a confederation as opposed to a vibrant, consolidated government.

Madison’s call for a Constitutional Convention was illegal under the Articles of Confederation.

Henry fretted that the undefined court system would be dominated by the other branches

Henry was frustrated at the ease with which the Constitution might be amended

Henry objected that the Constitution’s limited powers would hinder the growth of empire.

Patrick Henry was James Madison’s principle opponent at the Virginia Ratifying Convention.

Lock’s logical, English pen was a powerful tool against the left-wing of the Enlightenment

Reid’s “An Inquiry into the Human Mind” won immediate acclaim with the Scottish public

Acceptance of Thomas Reid’s philosophy is a good example of the error of the excluded middle

Madison and Jefferson did incalculable damage to America’s national covenant with God

Reid’s religious background made him acutely aware of the effect of the Fall on the mind

By common sense, Reid meant an innate sense of right and wrong inherent in the human mind

Reid shared with his adversaries a common rejection of revelation as the starting point for truth

Reid saw no reason to pit idealism against empiricism since they came from the same source

Reid is often pictured wearing the green beret in keeping with his revolutionary spirit

Thomas Reid’s ancestors were clergymen and scientists

We the People” replaces God as the source of governing authority under the Constitution

Madison’s Constitution was last in a long line of colonial, covenant documents

Scottish Common Sense Realism of the left wing Enlightenment governed the Founders

Madison fought for a secular republic, because he believed religion is a source of faction.

According to I Samuel 8 a government that takes more than 10% of income is a tyranny.

The Biblical ideal is pluralism, in which law is flexible due to competing belief systems

The Biblical ideal is pluralism, in which law is flexible due to competing belief systems

By forsaking the Bible as the highest law of the land America broke covenant with God

Benedict Arnold won the War for the colonies in the Battle of Saratoga

Madison was adamant that the Articles be modified only in accordance with law

Educated by the Jesuits, Voltaire hoped they would provide the vehicle for his revolution

In spite of his disdain for the Christian religion, Voltaire respected Christ as a good Teacher.

Human suffering is the inevitable result of mankind’s rebellion from the Creator.

Voltaire admired Britain’s Bloodless Revolution, but his skepticism could not duplicate it.

Voltaire had a well thought out plan for revolution, which he outlined in the Encyclopedia

Like all humanists Voltaire sought the brotherhood of man apart from the Fatherhood of God.

Dr. Pangloss persistently attacks Candide’s spirit of unquenchable optimism

Voltaire’s attacks on Christianity sprang from his staunch commitment to atheism

Voltaire typically issued attacks from the Swiss border to provide an escape route if needed.

Voltaire’s sarcasm made Christianity appear childish and unbelief fashionable

The Persian Letters light-heartedly mocked church, Trinity, and a providential view of history.

Republican virtue springs from a Roman, Stoic life of frugality, independence and self-denial

The Catholic Religion is most agreeable to a Republic, and the Protestant to a Monarchy.

Montesquieu rejected the thesis that law arises from “the nature of things” apart from revelation

Montesquieu valued Christianity for its social stability, but ignored specifics of Biblical law

The title Spirit of Laws implies a form of sociological law, that may morph based on circumstance.

The Spirit of Laws limited the people to choice of representatives, but no decision-making power.

Montesquieu’s unique contribution was the federal form, which united independent states.

There is a motivating trait in each form, Democracy (greed), Republic (honor), monarchy (virtue). (

Rousseau & Voltaire led the way to the French Revolution in the first wave of the Enlightenment

The stage is set with a parody of Job’s heavenly council and God betting on Faustian striving.

In the end, God and Faust are pictured in heaven the winners and the Devil the loser.

Faust follows a 3-part outline: intellectual growth, emotional trauma, & cultural achievement.

Faust turns Eve’s temptation – Thou shalt be as God – into the path of salvation

Blackstone’s Commentaries stood aloof from the corrupting influence of Goethe’s naturalism.

Bing Crosby’s “I Did It My Way” might well serve as Faust’s theme song. (

As told by Goethe, Faust is the tale of a man who sold his soul to the Devil for earthly delights.

Goethe was a life-long rationalist, a product of the 18^th Century Enlightenment.

Goethe’s work is unusual given his strict upbringing in the Lutheran, Reformed faith.

Goethe was Germany’s response in literature to England’s Shakespeare

If Christ is less than God He is unqualified to die for the sins of the entire human race.

Statist bias shows in nostalgia for the old Roman Empire as man’s great political hope

The view that Christ is like-nature with God, leads kings naturally to make Him their Lord.

God subduing all nations under Christ’s kingdom is the ultimate interpretative principle

Gibbon let the facts speak for themselves and kept his personal opinion out of it

Gibbon believed history can’t be explained only by social institutions in which it is contained

Gibbon’s early Christian training gave him a fresh perspective on Roman history.

History cannot be interpreted apart from God’s Decree in Psalm Two.

Gibbon blamed Christianity for the fall of the Roman Empire

Philosophical empiricism leads ultimately to historical optimism

Edwards neglect of Biblical law, led to the covenant-breaking Constitution of 1787.

Thanks to Edwards preaching, the Enlightenment never gained a foothold in America.

If the culture is not challenged, new converts tend to lapse into old, familiar habits.

A distinguishing feature of the Holy Commonwealth was commitment to Biblical economics.

Edwards shortcomings as an evangelist, necessitated inviting Whitfield in for backup

Thomas Hooker’s granting voting rights to unbelievers destroyed the Holy Commonwealth.

Edwards refusal to permit paedo-communion was a major factor in the declension.

Theologians advising in court (Dt. 17:9) could have averted the witch trial debacle

Edwards attention to cultural applications of Biblical law make him our greatest theologian

Neo-Puritans retain soteriological distinctives of Calvinism, but neglect cultural applications

By 1700 the third generation of Puritans in America was well-established in the faith