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THE ROOTS OF ORDER AND THE RETURN OF SPIRITUAL SLOTH |
The spiritual voices which became the underpinnings of the signing of our Declaration of Independence 250 years ago have softened over the centuries.
The vibrant (and fiery) Presbyterian pulpits which King George blamed as the sole instigators of the War for Independence are now muted in comparison.
America’s drift toward socialism is the unwelcome harvest of a decadent culture with no prophet who, like Jeremiah of old, would speak to the nation with divine authority of its divine heritage. |
In recent months, I have emphasized the role of academia and the American university in eviscerating Christianity and the Western tradition it helped shape from the affairs of American society. It has so undermined the Western roots of order that now 39% of Americans think they prefer socialism to capitalism. Most (66%) members of the Democrat party prefer socialism.
Yesterday morning (Sunday, June 28, 2026), New York City Mayor, Zohran Mamdani stated in an ABC News interview that America was ripe for socialism. Socialism is the antithesis of a Christian society as Karl Marx made clear in 1848. It is an atheistic ideology focused on materialism and political power. |
The impact of the great spiritual awakenings of earlier generations, the fuel of our nation’s founding, waned as America entered the next (nineteenth) century.
America’s great political philosopher Russell Kirk (1918–1994) described the nineteenth-century decline in The Roots of American Order:
Nineteenth-century America, eager for material gain, often neglected the roots of order in class, family, church, and community; and despite the zeal of evangelical preachers, the common man of nineteenth-century America sought less earnestly after the salvation of his soul than had Bunyan’s Christian.
The idea that democracies decay into socialism is generally agreed upon. The danger of democracy was addressed by Alexis de Tocqueville as he toured America seeking the secrets of its greatness. He found that “secret” in its Christian moral order.
However, he saw trouble lurking and knew American democracy could wilt into a weak citizenry and find government to be its caretaker.
In Democracy in America, published in 1835, Tocqueville warned that democracies could weaken family, community, and religion while inviting a new form of centralized dependence. |
In Democracy in America, Tocqueville writes:
Having thus taken each citizen in turn in its powerful grasp and shaped him to its will, government then extends its embrace to include the whole of society . . . It hinders, restrains, enervates, stifles, and stultifies so much that in the end each nation is no more than a flock of timid and hardworking animals with the government as its shepherd.
What separated the American Revolution from the French Revolution was that the American Revolution was not a revolt against the Christian foundations that shaped England, Ireland, Scotland, and Europe more broadly. The French Revolution, by contrast, rejected Europe’s Christian order and was advanced by figures such extreme secularists as Rousseau and Paine.
Dutch prime minister and prolific author Abraham Kuyper (1837–1920) recognized that a slothful church can contribute to the cultural ruination of a nation tempted by the materialism and secularism of the French Revolution. In Pro Rege, he wrote:
The most firmly laid foundations are being battered, our deepest and dearest principles uprooted. It is almost as if the shrieks of the French Revolution in 1793 were but the prelude to the mighty battle now being played in our hearing. The honeymoon of spiritual impassivity is over. |
Christians cannot afford spiritual sloth if they hope to restore the greatness of the nation our founders gifted to us 250 years ago.
As Dr. Everett Piper demonstrates in the article that follows, even the pulpits of the world have consumed the Kool Aide of socialism. |
DR EVERETT PIPER Sunday, JUNE 28, 2026
POPE LEO IS WRONG. SOCIALISM IS NOT CHRSITIAN. |
Here’s this weekend’s quiz: Who recently said the following? Hundreds of millions of people throughout the world are immersed in extreme poverty. Yet, disproportionate wealth remains in the hands of a few.
It is an unjust scenario, in the face of which we cannot fail to question ourselves and commit to change things.
There is no lack of resources at the root of disparities, but the need to address solvable problems related to more equitable distribution of wealth, to be achieved with moral sense and honesty. |
If you’re thinking this must be a quote from Vermont’s liberal Senator Bernie Sanders, or the Bronx barmaid Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, or New York City’s new neo-Marxist-Muslim mayor, Zohran Mamdani, you’d be wrong.
Nope, this ode to Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels does not hail from any of these in vogue champions of the up-and-coming Democratic Socialists Party of America. The correct answer is - wait for it - Pope Leo XIV. |
Yes, that’s right, the author of this overt homage to socialism is the Holy See’s current pontiff, who proudly posted these comments on X just a handful of weeks ago in April of 2026.
How should the faithful (and even those who aren’t) respond to what surely appears to be papal support for the soft communism of what is otherwise known as liberation theology and the communal control of all economic resources?
Is Pope Leo’s affinity for the Marcusean “redistribution of wealth” what the Church actually teaches? Is this even what the Pope’s own predecessors have advocated historically? Are Christians, or even socially sensitive non-Christians for that matter, obligated to embrace this soft Marxism (or perhaps even the full monty?) over capitalism, free enterprise, and constitutional liberty?
THE ANSWER IS NO! Any quick review of history shows that even Pope Leo’s namesake, Pope Leo XIII, admitted as much. In 1891 this Bishop of Rome flatly rejected socialism in his encyclical Rerum Novarum, and he didn’t mince words:
Hence, it is clear that the main tenet of socialism, community of goods, must be utterly rejected, since it only injures those whom it would seem meant to benefit, is directly contrary to the natural rights of mankind, and would introduce confusion and disorder into the commonweal. |
Pope Pius XI was equally outspoken. In 1937, he issued his encyclical, Divini Redemptoris, which condemned Marxist socialism as incompatible with the Catholic Faith, saying that such systems are based on a materialistic worldview that undermines human dignity and the rights of God.
He then went further to reject the atheistic principles underlying all this, asserting that a socialistic worldview poses a significant threat to the Christian social order and human dignity. |
In 1949, the Catholic Church, under the auspices of the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, and approved by Pope Pius XII, issued a similar document that declared all Catholics who professed Marxist-socialist doctrine should be excommunicated as apostates from the Christian faith.
Finally, as we leave the last couple of decades of the 20th century and enter the first few years of the 21st, papal condemnations of socialism's inhumanity continued. Both John Paul II and Benedict XVI (who each had firsthand experience with the evils of overreaching governments and totalitarian regimes) explicitly condemned economic collectivism, particularly in its current Marxist form.
John Paul described socialism as a "simple and radical solution" that dehumanizes individuals by subordinating them to the economic machine, and Benedict warned against a leviathan state that controls everything. |
From the beginning, the Church has condemned neo-Marxist socialism and, rightly, recognized it as the cause of extreme poverty, not the solution. Before the ink even dried on Das Kapital, Christian leaders were sounding the alarm.
WHY?
Because they understood that the very premise of this evil worldview was diametrically opposed to the basics of Christian morality, personal responsibility, and the Church’s concurrent respect for individual dignity and human rights.
At its core, socialism stands against all this, as it is rooted in at least three of the seven deadly sins and, at a minimum, two of the Ten Commandments.
All of the popes cited above, as well as thousands of other Christian scholars, both Catholic and Protestant, have understood that the foundational assumptions of neo-Marxist socialism stoke envy, reward sloth, encourage covetousness, fan the fires of tribal animus, and enable the theft of private property. |
So once again, the answer is no: Christians are not obligated to heed Pope Leo’s call for the “equitable redistribution” of someone else’s private wealth. Faithful adherents throughout the ages have understood that poverty is never solved by governments preying on the worst instincts of the people. Poverty is solved by people following God. |
Find more Everett Piper here: Everett Piper (dreverettpiper.com, @dreverettpiper), a columnist for The Washington Times, is a former university president and radio host.
He is the author of “Not a Day Care: The Devastating Consequences of Abandoning Truth” (Regnery).
He can be reached at epiper@dreverettpiper.com.
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TY ENGLAND LEADS IN SINGING GOD BLESS AMERICA |
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TY ENGLAND & GRACE REFORMED BAPTIST HOMESCHOOL SINGS GOD BLESS AMERICA |
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APRIL 1, 2026 MEETING: ALEX GRAY |
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NOTES FROM MARCH: TEENPACT |
THIRTY YOUTH Home Schoolers from Elgin, Oklahoma TPUSA Students |
Grace Reformed Baptist Church Homeschoolers from Elgin, Oklahoma led the Pledge of Allegiance |
KENDRA WESSON JOINS RYAN WALTERS AND TEACHER FREEDOM ALLIANCE |
Kendra Wesson is stepping aside from other responsibilities to work full time with Ryan Walters and the Teacher Freedom Alliance (TFA) with a goal of providing teachers a pro-America Christian environment within which to work.
Thus far, the effort has been massively successful as thousands of teachers are fleeing the pro-Marxist teacher unions including the National Teachers Association (NEA).
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DECEMBER 3 MEETING: SAMANTHA FULNECKY INTERVIEW With OCPAC Foundation President Bob Linn and Senator Shane Jett |
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Senator Shane Jett was pointed in his query and his followup remarks.
Shane Jett's first question begins at: 9:38 mark. Shane's blistering salvo to the University begins at the 11:21 mark.
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LEGISLATIVE COMMENDATION GABE WOOLEY |
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WES LANE, PRESIDENT SALT & LIGHT LEADERSHIP TRAINING SALLT |
Wes Lane was the keynote speaker and once he finished, it was clear why he has had so much success challenging the church to step forward in boldness.
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We anticipated the professionalism of Jen Nicole's voice, but her moving presentation of the Christmas season was breathtaking. She opened the meeting by leading us in "O Come All Ye Faithful" and brought tears to our eyes as she followed Wes Lane singing "O Holy Night."
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SHANE JETT MESSAGE TO POLITICAL CLASS |
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BOB LINN PRESIDENT OF OCPAC FOUNDATION |
Our Spring finally will also feature a July 4 celebration as well as the gubernatorial panel.
The fall season begins Wednesday, September 16 with Dr. James Lindsay.
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