‘Political Sermons’ Archives
Cap and Trade is War on Capitalism
By Phyllis Schlafly A legislative proposal called Cap and Trade passed the U.S. House of Representatives last year, but fortunately has not passed the Senate, so it is not law. It is very bad idea; in fact, it would a big attack on our private enterprise system and on our standard of living. The purpose of this cap and trade bill is to severely [...]
The Presence of God With His People — Samuel Dunbar
God and the Gavel, Volume I, No. 11, Dunbar Excerpt from Samuel Dunbar's election sermon, The Presence of God With His People, May 28, 1760 And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah, the son of Oded. And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin, The Lord is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye [...]
The Worthy General, The Generous Patriot, The Captain of Our Salvation — Samuel Davies
God and the Gavel, Volume I, No. 10, Davies Excerpt from Samuel Davies 1756 Sermon, "The Mediatorial Kingdom and the Glories of Christ." Other kingdoms are often founded in blood, and many lives are lost on both sides in acquiring them. The kingdom of Christ, too, was founded in blood; but it was the blood of his own heart: life was lost in [...]
Greater Light Yet to Come — John Robinson
God and the Gavel with Steve Farrell John Robinson (1575-1625) was the pastor of the "Pilgrim Fathers" before they left on the Mayflower, both in England and in exile in Holland. He was also one of the early leaders of the English Separatists, and is regarded (along with Robert Browne) as one of the founders of the Congregational Church. [...]
Liberty: Freedom to Do What is Right — Backus
God and the Gavel: Founding Era, No. 8 Excerpt from Isaac Backus' 1773 Boston sermon, "An Appeal to the Public for Religious Liberty." It is supposed by multitudes, that in submitting to government we give up some part of our liberty, because they imagine that there is something in their nature incompatible with each other. But the word of [...]
The Kingdoms of Man and The Kingdom of Christ: A Comparison
God and the Gavel: Founding Era, No. 7 Excerpt from Samuel Davies’ 1756 sermon, The Mediatorial Kingdom and Glories of Jesus Christ. The kingdoms of the world have their laws and ordinances, and so has the kingdom of Christ. Look into your Bibles, and there you will find the laws of this kingdom, from its first foundation immediately upon [...]
Bringing Down Recruits From Heaven
God and the Gavel: Founding Era, No. 6 Excerpt from Samuel Davies' 1756 sermon, The Mediatorial Kingdom and Glories of Jesus Christ. The subjects of his grace in particular are all so many soldiers; their life is a constant warfare; and they are incessantly engaged in hard conflict with temptations from without, and the insurrections of sin [...]
Chaunchy (1747): Civil Magistrates Must Be Just, Ruling in the Fear of God
by Charles Chauncy God and the Gavel: Liberty Sermons Volume I, American Founding Era BOSTON 1747 Charles Chauncy (1705–1787). The most influential clergyman in the Boston of his time and—apart from Jonathan Edwards the elder—in all New England, Chauncy was graduated from Harvard and served as pastor of the First Church in Boston for [...]
Whitefield: Britain’s Mercies, and Britain’s Duties
by George Whitefield God and the Gavel: Liberty Sermons Volume I, American Founding Era Whitefield, Boston 1746 George Whitefield (1714–1770). Although the Great Awakening was already in progress when Whitefield made his first journey to America in 1738, it owed more to him than to any other individual. He was truly the Great Awakener. [...]
Sewall: Nineveh’s Repentance and Deliverance
by Joseph Sewall The God of This Land: Christian Political Thought and Sermons, Founding Era to the Present, Volume I, No. 2 * BOSTON 1740 Joseph Sewall (1688–1769). A Harvard graduate of 1707, Sewall spent a long and generally serene ministry at Old South Church in Boston, where he preached beyond his eightieth year. He was a strong [...]
Colman: Government The Pillar of the Earth
by Benjamin Colman The God of This Land: Christian Political Thought and Sermons, Founding Era to the Present, Volume I, No. 2 Benjamin Colman (1673–1747). One of the prominent clergymen of his day, Colman became in 1699 the first pastor of Boston’s Brattle Street Church, where he found himself at odds with Increase and Cotton Mather [...]
Chauncy: Civil Magistrates Must Be Just, Ruling in the Fear of God
by Charles Chauncy * BOSTON 1747 Charles Chauncy (1705–1787). The most influential clergyman in the Boston of his time and—apart from Jonathan Edwards the elder—in all New England, Chauncy was graduated from Harvard and served as pastor of the First Church in Boston for sixty years. A thoroughly prosaic character who opposed enthusiasm and [...]
