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America’s Way, Truth and Life

Question 1 – What is America’s way forward? Question 2 – What is the truth about America? Question 3 – What is life to America? These are all questions that present themselves as fundamental to any nation that desires to long endure. In fact, a nation’s culture is comprised of the values, beliefs, principles, systems [...]

Benjamin Franklin’s America

Benjamin Franklin is one of the most prominent founding fathers of America. He is well known as an inventor, scientist, publisher and political theorist. His life was regarded as displaying Puritan values while espousing the ideas of Enlightenment. So his first thoughts upon the completion of the American framework of government likely provided a profound [...]

The Cinco de Mayo Prophesy

This article is my personal opinion and in no way reflects the ideas or endorsement of any candidate by the Oak Initiative nor does it necessarily reflect the views of any other member of the Oak Initiative of Arizona. This article is solely intended to share my perspective on a political phenomenon that is unfolding [...]

Our Spiritual Choice for President of the United States

This article considers the spiritual orientation of the 2012 presidential candidates and its potential to shape their public policy decisions. This article in no way is intended to be disrespectful or critical of anyone’s religious philosophy, rather it is an attempt to analyze the spiritual worldview of the presidential candidates as compared to traditional Judeo-Christian [...]

America – Getting Hammered

Once upon a time, a man was traveling the byways of heaven. You see, in this place the troubles of our reality seem like nothing more than the everyday happenings of life. As the man traveled through a small briar, he came upon a most perplexing sight. The hand of God was before him working [...]

America’s Way, Truth and Life

May 19th, 2012

Charlie Wakefield

Question 1 – What is America’s way forward?

Question 2 – What is the truth about America?

Question 3 – What is life to America?

These are all questions that present themselves as fundamental to any nation that desires to long endure. In fact, a nation’s culture is comprised of the values, beliefs, principles, systems and laws that define its people and its approach to dealing with issues.

As it relates to choosing political leaders, how they view the pathway America must travel – the truth as an absolute standard – and the value of life more abundant is very important. Public policy makers at all levels are impacted in their worldview by Read more »

Benjamin Franklin’s America

May 12th, 2012

Charlie Wakefield

Benjamin Franklin is one of the most prominent founding fathers of America. He is well known as an inventor, scientist, publisher and political theorist. His life was regarded as displaying Puritan values while espousing the ideas of Enlightenment. So his first thoughts upon the completion of the American framework of government likely provided a profound insight that must be preserved.

The famous exchange outside of Independence Hall when the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ended gives us an idea of Franklin’s first Read more »

The Cinco de Mayo Prophesy

May 5th, 2012

Charlie Wakefield

This article is my personal opinion and in no way reflects the ideas or endorsement of any candidate by the Oak Initiative nor does it necessarily reflect the views of any other member of the Oak Initiative of Arizona. This article is solely intended to share my perspective on a political phenomenon that is unfolding in southern Arizona’s Congressional District #7.

I have been watching with keen interest as Gabriela Saucedo Mercer has made her way onto the political landscape as a real Republican contender for Congress. She is attempting to unseat Raul Grijalva who has Read more »

Our Spiritual Choice for President of the United States

April 28th, 2012

Charlie Wakefield

This article considers the spiritual orientation of the 2012 presidential candidates and its potential to shape their public policy decisions. This article in no way is intended to be disrespectful or critical of anyone’s religious philosophy, rather it is an attempt to analyze the spiritual worldview of the presidential candidates as compared to traditional Judeo-Christian thought. This article is offered to stimulate thought and discussion about the ramifications of spiritual mindsets on human decision making.

With that said, let’s engage in a useful process of learning, respecting, loving and honoring God’s truth.

So, how does the spiritual belief system of an individual Read more »

America – Getting Hammered

April 21st, 2012

Charlie Wakefield

Once upon a time, a man was traveling the byways of heaven. You see, in this place the troubles of our reality seem like nothing more than the everyday happenings of life. As the man traveled through a small briar, he came upon a most perplexing sight. The hand of God was before him working on a silver object that was moved from fire to anvil and back again.

The Lord was focused with a fearful intensity – working on fashioning this curious art – made of silver. With great skill the object was moved from the fire to anvil and struck repeatedly with a hammer and then moved back to the fire. The man was astonished at the sight of Read more »

The Fabric of our God

April 14th, 2012

Charlie Wakefield

Have you ever wondered why certain nations prosper while others suffer poverty? In a larger sense, what is it that holds the earth in a human life supporting habitable zone? For that matter, what is it that holds the entire universe together with its countless number of galaxies?

Physicists theorize that the universe has an invisible field composed of foundational particles that gather around matter creating variable weight in gravity. This particle, aptly named “the God Particle,” is theorized to be the primary building block of the universe. The distribution and infinite combination of clustering of the God particle Read more »

A Perspective on the American Dream

April 7th, 2012

Charlie Wakefield

Whether in good times or bad, Americans have always felt free to dream. In fact, the sense that we could dream and act on those dreams has been a dearly held American principle. This basic value which has been engrained into laws, institutional paradigms and the collective psyche of the nation is truly unique. In fact, it may be the major thing that distinguishes America from the other nations of the world. My hypothesis for this article is that the American dream is aligned with God’s dream for all of mankind and is one of the primary reasons America is extraordinary – despite its errors and shortcomings.

First, and with obvious simple-mindedness, consider what God’s dream for human beings might entail.

Father God dreams of having children He can Read more »

America’s Economic Identity Crisis

March 30th, 2012

Charlie Wakefield

The world only has so much money in circulation. Central banks can print more money and manipulate interest rates, as they have historically done, to temporarily stimulate certain areas of the economy, but there is no real substitute for dynamic markets driving wealth creation. The worldwide economic experiment to pit government planned economies against individual free economies has generally ended badly for the planned economies.

America has been on the frontier of free markets and has grown in economic power to represent approximate 25% of the world’s gross domestic product. Because of this success, Read more »

The Sword of the Lord and Public Policy

March 24th, 2012

Charlie Wakefield

As Christians interested in the redemption and restoration of all things, how do we wield Godly authority? Do we have a responsibility to protect the ideal of American governance as set forth by past generations? Can we fight for what we believe makes a nation great and still behave as Jesus would have us behave? Can we use the sword to fight for our point of view?

These questions seem to immobilize many Christians; the result being the relinquishing of territory previously won in exchange for not having to answer these hard questions. However, in my humble opinion, the recent course of human events Read more »

Nation Building the Old Fashioned Way

March 17th, 2012

Charlie Wakefield

American foreign policy seems to be a rather fluid animal – reluctant at times – and over eager at other times. Our nation’s most recent attempts at nation building have been in Iraq and Afghanistan, but these nations are just the latest in a progression of “nation-building” projects since the aftermath of World War II.

Foreign policy is a hot topic for any Presidential debate and political pundits range in opinion from Read more »