Sword And Salt
Truth Claims
1. CHRIST IS KING — OVER NATIONS, NOT JUST HEARTS “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.” — Matthew 28:18 We reject the idea that Jesus’ rule is only spiritual or private. Christ’s lordship extends over governments, cultures, and nations. A society that does not submit to His moral order collapses into chaos. “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious People. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” — John Adams
2. TRUTH IS OBJECTIVE, NOT CONSTRUCTED “Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.” — John 17:17 Truth does not bend to emotion, politics, or public opinion. Reality is defined by God, not by man. The collapse of civilizations from Rome to modern America began when truth was replaced by comfort and relativism.
6. FREEDOM EXISTS ONLY WHERE GOD IS REVERED “Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” — 2 Corinthians 3:17 Liberty without morality becomes lawlessness. The closer a nation draws to God, the freer its people become. “It is when people forget God that tyrants forge their chains.” — Patrick Henry
7. MEN AND WOMEN WERE CREATED FOR DISTINCT STRENGTHS “The head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband.” — 1 Corinthians 11:3 Equality before God does not mean sameness of purpose. Men and women were created with divine order, complementing each other in strength, leadership, and nurture. Every thriving civilization honored gender roles as sacred — until modernity blurred them, bringing confusion and collapse.
3. GOODNESS REQUIRES STRENGTH “Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” — James 4:7 A good man who refuses to fight evil is not good — he is complicit. Righteousness demands courage. Christ was meek, not weak. The Founding Fathers declared independence under threat of death, believing freedom was worth fighting for.
8. MORAL LAW IS ETERNAL “Do not think I have come to abolish the Law… but to fulfill it.” — Matthew 5:17 God’s moral standards do not expire. The commands to honor, protect, and preserve life are timeless — transcending culture, century, and empire. “If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they shall be governed by the ten thousand commandments of men.” — G.K. Chesterton
4. THE FAMILY IS THE FOUNDATION OF CIVILIZATION “He who created them from the beginning made them male and female.” — Matthew 19:4 Marriage, fatherhood, and motherhood are divine institutions — not social constructs. Destroy the family, and the nation crumbles. “The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.” — Confucius
5. FAITH MUST SHAPE CULTURE — NOT HIDE FROM IT “You are the salt of the earth… the light of the world.” — Matthew 5:13–14 Christianity is not a private retreat from society but a transforming force within it. To withdraw from culture is to surrender it to darkness. The early church transformed Rome not by retreat, but by living publicly as citizens of Heaven on earth.
9. NATIONS HAVE DIVINE PURPOSE “He made from one man every nation… having determined their appointed times and boundaries.” — Acts 17:26 God created nations and borders, not global homogeny. Diversity without unity in Christ breeds division, but nations under God bring order and peace. Ancient Israel, America’s founding, and the Christian kingdoms of Europe all prospered when national identity aligned with divine mission.
10. EVIL TRIUMPHS WHEN CHRISTIANS ARE SILENT “Cry aloud, do not hold back; lift up your voice like a trumpet.” — Isaiah 58:1 Silence in the face of sin is betrayal. The church must speak truth, not for applause, but to warn, awaken, and restore. “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” — Edmund Burke