Eric Metaxas speech at the 2013 CPAC Conference

 Eric Metaxas, author of a handful of children's books, two biographies one on William Wilberforce and one on Dietrich Bonhoeffer, former Veggie Tales writer and writer for Chuck Colson, seems to be on a one man crusade to wake American Christians from their slumber. He's not the only person sounding the alarm. Ben Carson is also. Dear reader, look for their speeches on the web and watch them.

This blog is devoted to the very principles Eric Metaxas addresses in his speech before CPAC. That is, freedom of religion that doesn't impact our every day lives, how we conduct our business affairs and our political views isn't much of a freedom and isn't much of a religion either. As Metaxas points out in his speech, China has freedom of religion! There the concept is keep that religion stuff inside the four walls of the building or in your prayer closet, once you enter the outside world you come under the auspices of the State and it is your god--obey or be punished. This brings home his idea, which he attributes to Os Guinness, that without freedom of religion you don't have freedom.

Those of us who do not have the sorts of platforms where men like Eric Metaxas and Ben Carson speak may think that we can't do much, but that doesn't mean our efforts don't matter. Think on these things, share them with your friends, have debates and discussions--get people thinking, wake up your neighbors! Our nation is a nation governed by "we the people" let's take it back from "we the elite."