American Government Week 1

1. What is Government? govern = government =

2. What is Government? govern = to control, direct or strongly influence the actions & conduct of someone or something government = a system by which a state or people are governed or controlled by the use of force

4. What is anarchy?

7. What's the problem with this?

11. politic = prudent, whatever is expedient

13. politic = prudent, whatever is expedient

14. “Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.” – Ernest Benn

16. Why are people so upset about govt in America today?

17. If something is legal, does that make it right?

18. What do you think is the root cause of America's legal problems?

19. Are you proud to be an American?

20. Have you or your parents lived in another country? Do you/they prefer America or not?

22. Deut. 16:18-20

23. Deut. 19: 14-19

25. Ten Commandments, incl. Thou shalt not murder, steal, or bear false witness

26. Deut. 16:18-20

27. Deut. 19: 14-19

29. Ten Commandments, incl. Thou shalt not murder, steal, or bear false witness

30. Deut. 16:18-20

31. Judges should seek justice & not take bribes or show partiality

32. Deut. 19: 14-19

34. Ten Commandments, incl. Thou shalt not murder, steal, or bear false witness

35. Deut. 16:18-20

36. Judges should seek justice & not take bribes or show partiality

37. Deut. 19: 14-19

38. Forbids perjury (lying under oath) & requires testimony of 2 or 3 witnesses to convict someone

40. Matthew 22:15-21

41. John 19:10-11

43. Three branches of law: legal, executive & judicial

44. Matthew 22:15-21

45. John 19:10-11

47. Three branches of law: legal, executive & judicial

48. Matthew 22:15-21

49. Pay your taxes & understand difference between earthly & heavenly duties

50. John 19:10-11

52. Three branches of law: legal, executive & judicial

53. Matthew 22:15-21

54. Pay your taxes & understand difference between earthly & heavenly duties

55. John 19:10-11

56. Government's power comes from God

58. Romans 13:1-7 & I Peter 2:13-17

59. I Timothy 2:1-3

61. Our ultimate allegiance is to God b/c we are citizens of heaven

62. Romans 13:1-7 & I Peter 2:13-17

63. I Timothy 2:1-3

65. Our ultimate allegiance is to God b/c we are citizens of heaven

66. Romans 13:1-7 & I Peter 2:13-17

67. Submit to govt authorities b/c God put them there. Do what is right b/c govt is set up by God to punish wrongdoing

68. I Timothy 2:1-3

70. Our ultimate allegiance is to God b/c we are citizens of heaven

71. Romans 13:1-7 & I Peter 2:13-17

72. Submit to govt authorities b/c God put them there. Do what is right b/c govt is set up by God to punish wrongdoing

73. I Timothy 2:1-3

74. Pray for your govt leaders so that you can enjoy a quiet, peaceful life

76. What kind of govt existed in the Garden of Eden?

77. What type of govt did God set up in ancient Israel?

78. Do you think God prefers one type of govt over another? If so, which one?

79. What does God think of freedom? Is it important to Him?

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83. But can morality be legislated?

84. Should it be?

85. If so, whose morality? How do we define it?

87. What about Sharia law?

88. Is it OK for Christians to vote? Run for office? Participate in a protest? A revolution?

89. Do we have a duty to oppose any of the above? How do we decide?

90. When is civil disobedience OK?

91. Spheres of Authority

93. Natural Law ( Laws of Nature) =

94. Municipal or Political Law =

95. Case Law =

96. Common Law =

98. Natural Law ( Laws of Nature) =

99. Municipal or Political Law =

100. Case Law =

101. Common Law =

103. Natural Law ( Laws of Nature) = revealed by God to us through our conscience & reason; an objective source of what is true as observed in the world around us. See Romans 1

104. Municipal or Political Law =

106. Natural Law ( Laws of Nature) = revealed by God to us through our conscience & reason; an objective source of what is true as observed in the world around us. See Romans 1

107. Municipal or Political Law = man-made law developed through legislation & enacted by govt; valid only as it conforms to revealed & natural law

109. Common Law = the body of precedents based on Natural and Revealed Law set by judges over many years in England (and other places); began in the church and developed largely independently of govt although much of it has been incorporated into civil law over time.

111. Lived 1801-1850 when he died of tuberculosis

112. Most of his writing done just before & after the failed Revolution of 1848 in France

113. He opposed the growing socialist movement but was mostly ignored by his countrymen

114. Besides writing The Law , he made great contributions in the field of economics, such as debunking the Broken Window theory