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Biblical Principles Of Government & Criminal Justice, Kahlib Fischer Jan 2021

Biblical Principles Of Government & Criminal Justice, Kahlib Fischer

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The following is an overview of Biblical precepts related to government and criminal justice. Before moving onto specific points of application, it is necessary to establish a paradigm for what it means to have a Biblical worldview in general, and for what it means to know and understand the nature of truth. This paper is as much about pedagogy and hermeneutics as it is about content. But more than that, this paper is about living out the Gospel in all areas of life, of which matters of Church, State, Society, and Soul are all parts.


Biblical Principles Of History And Government, Kahlib Fischer Jan 2021

Biblical Principles Of History And Government, Kahlib Fischer

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No abstract provided.


Should Crime Scene Photos Ever Be Deleted?, Jonathan Pelletier Jan 2020

Should Crime Scene Photos Ever Be Deleted?, Jonathan Pelletier

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There are two general opposing positions regarding deleting photographs of a crime scene. In a recent laboratory update (internet based because of COVID-19), the Virginia Department of Forensic Science raised an issue that warrants discussion: “DFS position - Best (and most transparent) practice - any image captured in the course of processing a crime [scene] should be retained, no matter the quality or the intent (or lack thereof, such as an accidental shutter depress [sic])” [1]. With conventional film, this was never an issue. There was no option to delete an image. With digital images, however, the option exists and …


Francis Lieber: Anglican And Gallican Liberty Study Guide, C. 1999, Steven A. Samson Aug 2017

Francis Lieber: Anglican And Gallican Liberty Study Guide, C. 1999, Steven A. Samson

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No abstract provided.


Un Misionar Cultural Transatlantic. Exercitiu De Libera Circulatie Pe Urmele Lui Francis Lieber, Steven Samson Apr 2017

Un Misionar Cultural Transatlantic. Exercitiu De Libera Circulatie Pe Urmele Lui Francis Lieber, Steven Samson

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Tim Marshall: Prisoners Of Geography Study Guide, 2017, Steven A. Samson Jan 2017

Tim Marshall: Prisoners Of Geography Study Guide, 2017, Steven A. Samson

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Study Guide


Sebastian Gorka: Defeating Jihad: The Winnable War Study Guide, 2017, Steven A. Samson Jan 2017

Sebastian Gorka: Defeating Jihad: The Winnable War Study Guide, 2017, Steven A. Samson

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Study Guide


An Imperium Of Rights: Consequences Of Our Cultural Revolution, Steven Alan Samson Nov 2016

An Imperium Of Rights: Consequences Of Our Cultural Revolution, Steven Alan Samson

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The 'empowerment of rights', whether domestically or globally, presents itself in at least a double aspect: both as a cultural revolution and as a political strategy. The strategy pursued by cultural revolutionaries who equate liberalism with secularism is to turn the basic values of the West into weapons against it so that its inherent defense mechanisms will be rendered ineffective. This strategy is most apt to succeed by provoking crises of conscience through redefinitions of human rights that, in the end, lead to individual and institutional conversion. But, as Marcello Pera notes, political liberalism itself suffers from an 'ethical deficit'. …


Religious Liberty In The Early American Republic, Steven Samson Nov 2016

Religious Liberty In The Early American Republic, Steven Samson

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The early nineteenth century in America was a period in which the idea of religious liberty came to be worked out in practice in a setting of growing diversity. The immediate effect of the dissolution of state religious establishments was to strengthen the vitality and prestige of the churches themselves. Before the end of the century, the church historian Philip Schaff could regard as normal 'a free church in a free state, or a self-supporting and self-governing Christianity in independent but friendly relation to the civil government.'


Book Review: A Challenge To The Progressive Ascendancy, Steven Alan Samson Sep 2016

Book Review: A Challenge To The Progressive Ascendancy, Steven Alan Samson

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"Everybody talkin’ ‘bout heaven ain’t goin’ there.” The most popular vision of heaven these days is the prospect of some version of heaven on earth. The spirit of our times seems to embody so many possibilities. Todd Huizinga in The New Totalitarian Temptation (2016) scrutinizes the “soft utopia” of the European Union’s path to “global governance.” Mary Eberstadt in It’s Dangerous to Believe is equally critical in her analysis of the “neo-puritan” secularism that is directed at “marginalizing, silencing, and punishing its traditional competitors” via the sexual revolution. What seems to be heaven on earth is just the opposite for …


Disrupt, Deny, Dismantle: A Special Operations Forces (Sof) Model For Combatting New Terrorism, Will Gunzelman Apr 2016

Disrupt, Deny, Dismantle: A Special Operations Forces (Sof) Model For Combatting New Terrorism, Will Gunzelman

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Terrorism in the new millennium has morphed drastically since the 1970s. The terrorist organizations of today are a hybrid between the insurgent group models of the 1960s and modern terrorist organizations such as Al Qaeda. This hybrid model has created what has become a transnational insurgency recruited, trained, and led by major terrorist networks such as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Even smaller regional groups such as Boko Haram have surpassed merely conducting terrorist attacks. These smaller groups are also focused on controlling territory. Tan (2008) refers to this change as “New Terrorism”. To combat New …


Mary Ann Glendon: The Forum And The Tower Study Guide, 2012-2015, Steven Alan Samson Jan 2016

Mary Ann Glendon: The Forum And The Tower Study Guide, 2012-2015, Steven Alan Samson

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Using A Forensic Light Source To Visualize Permanent Marker Ink After The Ink Has Been Removed, Jonathan Pelletier Jan 2016

Using A Forensic Light Source To Visualize Permanent Marker Ink After The Ink Has Been Removed, Jonathan Pelletier

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A forensic light source (FLS) was used to visually detect permanent marker ink that had been removed.


Michael Pillsbury: The Hundred-Year Marathon Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson Jan 2016

Michael Pillsbury: The Hundred-Year Marathon Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson

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No abstract provided.


Robert D. Kaplan: Monsoon Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson Jan 2016

Robert D. Kaplan: Monsoon Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson

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No abstract provided.


Robert D. Kaplan: Asia's Cauldron, Steven Alan Samson Jan 2016

Robert D. Kaplan: Asia's Cauldron, Steven Alan Samson

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Woodrow Wilson: A Failure Of Leadership - A Broken Middle East, Timothy P. O'Brien Jan 2016

Woodrow Wilson: A Failure Of Leadership - A Broken Middle East, Timothy P. O'Brien

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President Woodrow Wilson failed to engage and lead the Great Powers at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, thereby missing the opportunity to influence and shape the eventual outcomes of their far-reaching policy decisions. Had he been more effective there, many of the dysfunctions in the Middle East may well not exist today.


Joseph Nye, Jr.: Understanding Global Conflict And Cooperation, 10th Ed., Steven A. Samson Jan 2016

Joseph Nye, Jr.: Understanding Global Conflict And Cooperation, 10th Ed., Steven A. Samson

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Joseph Nye, Jr.: Understanding Global Conflict And Cooperation, 10th Ed., Steven Samson Jan 2016

Joseph Nye, Jr.: Understanding Global Conflict And Cooperation, 10th Ed., Steven Samson

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No abstract provided.


Michael Pillsbury: The Hundred-Year Marathon Study Guide, Steven Samson Jan 2016

Michael Pillsbury: The Hundred-Year Marathon Study Guide, Steven Samson

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This is a study guide for the courses of Dr. Steven Alan Samson.


Robert D. Kaplan: Monsoon Study Guide, Steven Samson Jan 2016

Robert D. Kaplan: Monsoon Study Guide, Steven Samson

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This is a study guide for the courses of Dr. Steven Alan Samson.


Erik Von Kuehnelt-Leddihn: The Problems Of A Successful American Foreign Policy Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson Sep 2015

Erik Von Kuehnelt-Leddihn: The Problems Of A Successful American Foreign Policy Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson

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No abstract provided.


Global Governance: The Ideological Kenosis Of The West, Steven Samson Sep 2015

Global Governance: The Ideological Kenosis Of The West, Steven Samson

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No abstract provided.


Aaron Wildavsky: The Rise Of Radical Egalitarianism Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson Aug 2015

Aaron Wildavsky: The Rise Of Radical Egalitarianism Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson

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No abstract provided.


Vishal Mangalwadi: The Book That Made Your World Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson Jan 2015

Vishal Mangalwadi: The Book That Made Your World Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson

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Friedrich A. Hayek: The Road To Serfdom Condensed Version Study Guide, 2009, Steven Alan Samson Aug 2014

Friedrich A. Hayek: The Road To Serfdom Condensed Version Study Guide, 2009, Steven Alan Samson

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James H. Billington: The Icon And The Axe Study Guide, 2013, Steven Alan Samson Jan 2014

James H. Billington: The Icon And The Axe Study Guide, 2013, Steven Alan Samson

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No abstract provided.


Ben Judah: Fragile Empire Study Guide, 2014, Steven Alan Samson Jan 2014

Ben Judah: Fragile Empire Study Guide, 2014, Steven Alan Samson

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No abstract provided.


Action Institute: The Birth Of Freedom Film Study Guide, 2010-14, Steven Alan Samson Jan 2014

Action Institute: The Birth Of Freedom Film Study Guide, 2010-14, Steven Alan Samson

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Angelo Codevilla: To Make And Keep Peace Among Ourselves And With All Nations Study Guide, 2014, Steven Alan Samson Jan 2014

Angelo Codevilla: To Make And Keep Peace Among Ourselves And With All Nations Study Guide, 2014, Steven Alan Samson

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No abstract provided.