Accepting that Robert E. Lee possessed fine ideals and a sterling character, we should use his sad life as a warning, not a model.
Robert E. Lee and the Abuse of Principle
Principles
Act on Your Faith
You must be ready to fight, with confidence, with purpose, with all your heart. Resolve to act – even if it means you could lose everything.
Increase Your Faith
Knowing that God is real and that His word is reliable is hard amidst all the competing messages in the world. To live your life like you know it is even harder. Harder still is making the pursuit of that knowledge, with increasing faith, your life’s highest priority. This is the kind of radical faith we are being called to; a strong, unshakable, deliberate confidence in the character of God, even when you do not understand His ways and when the rest of the world says you are mad.
The Christian Soldier
George Washington knew that Christian character was essential for the men defending the rights and liberties of this country. Winston Churchill believed that the Christian soldier was the only hope of saving the world. The faith of the Christian soldier was recognized by Jesus and has been essential in securing and maintaining our freedom ever since.
Surrounded by Temptation
An 11-year veteran of the police department, a 20-year military vet who served in Iraq, was charged with Official Misconduct and Theft. A lost career and facing prison over an alleged $250 theft. How does someone who has spent so many years in the service of country and community lose it all and how can you be sure that it will never be you?
Courageous
As law enforcement officers, Adam Mitchell, Nathan Hayes, and their partners are confident and focused. They willingly stand up to the worst the world can offer. Yet at the end of the day, they face a challenge that none of them are truly prepared to tackle: fatherhood.
Staying the Path
You who would now raise your hand and take the oath to serve and protect on behalf of the masses will be faced with challenges of the conscience and the spirit that will test your mettle and will either serve to harden your resolve to stay the path of righteousness or bend you in ways large or small that will collectively diminish us as a professional body and tarnish our proverbial shield.
Aliens on the Beat
There are key differences between the local police and the federal government, those differences are the heart of the reason immigration enforcement should remain a federal responsibility.
Crossing the Border
A moral crisis exists if we are called upon to commit “a social and racial sin” in the performance of our duties. Is that the position that police officers in Arizona will find themselves? What are the principles that should help form our view?
X: Be Content With What You Have
There are two related problems, our unhappiness with our own circumstances that leads to an unhealthy eye for our neighbor’s stuff.