THE SACRED FIRE OF LIBERTY

Posted on 1st Jul 2026
Category: patriotism, leadership, faith
Author: Barney Barnes

"And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other, our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor."
---Declaration of Independence, July 4th, 1776

"Sacred" is a word which has almost disappeared out of our modern lexicon and public discourse and yet we find that it was an indispensable and valued precept during our founding period as detailed above. Webster's 1828 Dictionary defines sacred in this way: "Holy, separated from common secular uses and consecrated to God; Proceeding from God; Relating to religion or worship of God as sacred songs or sacred history.". Perhaps reviewing this definition will help you as much as it helped me to understand the essence and thrust of our founder's thinking during this critical time. As we approach the 250th celebration of Independence Day perhaps it would be of value to review some historical truths.

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Dinesh D'sousa with Yeonmi Park

Posted on 16th Feb 2022
Category: patriotism
Author: Steve Vail

This is an excerpt from the Dinesh D'Souza Podcast: "A NEW GENERATION? Dinesh D'Souza Podcast Ep518".

In this excerpt of that podcast, Dinesh interviews Yeonmi Park, author of the Books "While Time Remains" and "In Order To Live By". Yeonmi emigrated to the US after her escape from North Korea and Communist China where she had been sold as a sex slave. Her harrowing journey is both thought provoking and inspirational.

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Who Was Joshua Chamberlain?

Posted on 19th Mar 2022
Category: patriotism, leadership
Author: Barney Barnes

As Men, What Critical Lessons Can We Learn From His Life and Apply to Ours in 2022?

"I had deep within me the inability to do nothing. I knew I may die, but I also knew that I would not die with a bullet in my back." These were some of the thoughts expressed by Joshua Chamberlain in 1893 upon receiving the Medal of Honor from President Grover Cleveland.

Chamberlain had been commenting on his actions at the historic Battle of Gettysburg, July 1863, for which he was being so honored. His embattled and outnumbered unit was out of ammunition...

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The Declaration of Independence Preamble

Posted on 4th Jul 2021
Category: patriotism, leadership
Author: Barney Barns

These first 56 words of paragraph #2 of The Declaration of Independence, known as The Preamble Paragraph, must be clearly understood and indelibly stamped into the hearts of all who love America and value...

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Be Inspired! By the Word of God!

"For the word of God [is] quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and [is] a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart."
[Hebrews 4:12 KJV]