Absalom, 82–83
absolute truth, 108
accountability software, 135
accountability to God, 65
Acoustic Genesis, theory of, 63
actions
to bring change, 185
responsibility for, 157
Adams, John, 45
on potential impact of Bible, 47
adoption, 203n19
Africa, Christianity in, 183
Agness, Karin, 106–107
American Heart Association, on childhood obesity, 142
American Horror Story, 8
American Taliban (Moulitsas), 30
Amusing Ourselves to Death (Postman), 170
ancestors, 83
Andy Griffith, 8
Aramaic language, names, 202n3
Arellano, Diana, 59
Asia, Christianity in, 183
on college campuses, 107
in Russia, 51
authority given to Jesus, 189
The Awakening That Must Come (Drummond), 178
Baldwin, Chuck, 124
Barna, George, 123–124
Barna Group, 130
Beatles, 10–11
Benham, David, 77
Benham, Jason, 77
Benwell, Max, 128
Besen, Wayne, 29–30
Beyerlein, Kraig, 108
Beyond Scared Straight, 8
Bible. See also separate Scripture index
S. Adams on potential impact, 47
attacks on, 44
in colonial America, 13
founders’ perception of role, 43
God of Old Testament, 45
language of, 18
love of, 110–115
priority of, 120–121
purposes of, 67
reading banned from schools, 43
relevance, 42–54
role in American history, 20, 23
The Bible and Social Reform (Paris), 46
biblical literacy, 40
Big Bang, 62
bin Laden, Osama, 44
birth rate, 90
black churches, independent, 46
“Black Robed Regiment,” 126
Blackburn, Marsha, 59
Blackstone, William, 43
blame-shifting mentality, 160
blood, shedding of innocent, 74
Bob Hope Show, 9
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 86
Bonnke, Reinhard, 187
books in public schools, objections, 19
Boston University, 24–25
Brezhnev, Leonid, 51
Brinkley, David, 9
Brown University, 25
California, law on LGBT American history, 19–20
Campbell, W. Keith, The Narcissism Epidemic, 170
Carlson, Allan C., 89
Carlsson, Arvid, 168
Carmona, Richard, 142
Carter, Stephen L., 125–126
Case Western Reserve University, 106
change, 118–119
actions to bring, 185
Christianity and, 47
in environments, 85
chapel, compulsory attendance at Yale, 26
Chariots of Fire, 10
Charles, Joshua, 86
Chesterton, G. K., 52, 54, 183
children, 86
ability to read Bible, 18–19
dehumanizing mentality and, 60
education in America, 104–105
education materials indoctrinating, 107
gender identity, 57
Jewish people and, 94
joy of having, 92
and legacy in Israel, 82
and negative messaging, 100
obedience to parents, 97–99
obesity in, 142
parents’ nurturance of, 99–100
and pornography, 129
regaining appreciation of, 91–94
without fathers, 12
choice, 64–65
Christ-Janer, Arland F., 25
Christian ethic, and society, 27
Christian identity, of America, 38–39
Christian Manifesto (Schaeffer), 178
Christian schools, 111
accreditation, 112–113
Christianity
and change, 47
complacency, 178
growth in, 182–183
hypocrisy in, 188
opportunity for, 182
questioned examples, 119–120
chronic illness, and obesity, 141
church and state separation, 33
church attendance
need for prophetic zeal, 125
in Russia, 51
civil rights, for U.S. black Americans, 46
clergy
qualities, 124–125
as university presidents, 24, 25
Clinton, Bill, 133
Clinton, Hillary, 59
Cohen, Eliot, 8–9
Colbert, Stephen, 9
Cole, Nathan, 34
College of New Jersey, 24
colleges and universities, 103
Christian basis for, 23–25
diversity on, 107
ideological indoctrination, 103
Colonial Williamsburg, 33–36
colonies, charters of, 37
Columbia University, 24
communication, in marriage, 97
communism, 184
Connecticut, Fundamental Orders, 37
Conservapedia.com, 159
conservative movement, 30
controversy, 124
counterculture revolution, 184
covetousness, 148
creation, God’s first act of, 63
Cronin, Sheila, 92
Cronkite, Walter, 9
cultural change, 10
between 1960 and 2000, 11
culture, influence of, 76
culture wars, 182
DailyKos, 30
Damascus I (pope), 47
darkness and light, 76–77, 179–181
daughters, starvation in India, 60
Davis, Kim, 31
death penalty, 67
debt, 148–149
growth in, 141–142
Decalogue (Ten Commandments), 45, 83, 99
Declaration of Independence, 26
Delingpole, James, 70
laws in, 42
Dennis the Menace, 8
descendants, 83
determinism, 64–65
distractions, 169
diversity, on campuses, 107
dopamine, 168
Doritos commercial, 58
dowry, 60
Drummond, Louis, The Awakening That Must Come, 178
Drusilla (wife of Felix), 122
Dworkin, Andrea, 92
education
in America, threats from lack of preparedness, 105
Bible and, 49
Edwards, Jonathan, 183
elderly, respect and care for, 77–78
Elizabeth I (Queen of England), Bible’s effect during reign, 49
elves, 52
email, addiction to, 168–169
Eminem, 11
end-times, 87
entertainment, increase in availability, 169
entitlement, 176
undoing negative effects, 163
entitlement mentality, 159–160, 161
entry-level candidates, skills deficiencies, 105
environments, change, 85
equality, as entitlement, 27
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, 10
EvilBible.com, 44
excuses, 154–155
fad diets, 146
fairies, 52
faith
vs. fear, 181
living out, 188
faithfulness, 161–162
fall of man, 154
family
children’s obedience to parents, 97–99
importance, 89–90
nuclear, 92
parents’ nurturance of children, 99–100
regaining appreciation of, 91–94
Family and Civilization (Zimmerman), 89
fatherless children, 12
fear, 154
vs. faith, 181
Federal Transit Administration, 141
female infanticide, in Greco-Roman world, 48
Feminism and Geography: The limits of Geographical Knowledge, 104
feminism, radical, 92
fetuses, as humans, 58–59
financial issues, 146–152
Finney, Charles G., 116
Fisher, Dan, 126
Fisher, Eddie, 9
Flanders, Scott, 128
Flintstones, 9
Flood, world before, 74
focus, 172
food
gluttony and, 144–145
idolatry, 143
fornication, 210n16
Founding Fathers
references to other sources, 44
religious views, 43
Franklin, Benjamin, 34
freedom, 64–65
as entitlement, 27
God and, 44
and slave of God, 173
freedom of religion, 33
French, David, 131
Future Timeline website, 85
Gandhi, 10
garden of Eden, 154
Gatto, John Taylor, 109
gay activism, 29–30
hostility toward marriage, 93
gender identity, 57
Generation Me, question for, 172–173
Generation Me (Twenge), 166, 170
Generation Y, 160
generations, teaching next, about God, 83
get-rich-quick schemes, 147
ghosts, 51
gladiatorial combat, end of practice, 46
gluttony, 144–145
gnomes, 52
God
bodies belonging to, 143–144
as creator, 65
in Genesis, 61–62
judgment on Israel, 74
vs. money, 147–148
reverence for, 36
Gordon, Linda, 92
Gosnell, Kermit, 71
grace, 156
Graham, Billy, 29
Grand Theft Auto V (video game), 70
grateful attitude, 177
Great Commission, 186–188
Green, John, Looking for Alaska, 19
Green, John Richard, 49
guilt, 154
Haidt, Jonathan, 106
Hannibal, 8
Hard Way, 163
Harvard University, 24
healing, 49–50
heaven, treasure in, 149–151
Hebrew language, names, 202n3
Heidenreich, Walter, 181
higher education. See colleges and universities
Hilarion, 48
Hillarp, Nils-Ake, 168
Hitler, Adolph, 52
Holloway, Carson, 40
Holmes, Tamiko, 71
holy countercultural movement, 40
Holy Spirit, 120
body as temple of, 143
homeschooling, 109, 111, 113–114
hospitals, origins, 50
House of Cards, 9
huldufolk (hidden people), 52
human beings
vs. animals, 64
behavior as rebellion against God, 66
creation in image of God, 63–64
human life, sacredness of, 67
Hurst, Erik, 106
husbands
love for wives, 95–97
wives respect for, 97
hyper-distraction, 106
hyper-sensitivity, 106
hypocrisy in the church, 188
I Love Lucy, 8
Iceland, 51–52
idolatry
food and money, 143
secular academics, 111–112
illness, and sin, 215n4
image of God, 57–68
immorality, 10
incarnation, 67
independent black churches, 46
India
arranged marriage, 98
freedom and nationhood in, 64
starvation of daughters in, 60
individualism, 89
infanticide
end of practice, 46
female, in Greco-Roman world, 48
instant gratification, 169
Institute for Family Studies, 138
International Planned Parenthood Federation, 59
ISIS, Christians compared to, 31–32
Islam, growth in, 204n31
Israel, God’s judgment on, 74
James, Samuel D., 106
Jehovah’s Witnesses, 187
Jeremiah, 117
Jerusalem. See New Jerusalem
Jesus, 53
as advocate, 157
authority given to, 189
as bread of life, 73
and excuses, 155
today’s view of, 117–118
Jesus Revolution, 185
Jewish people, 45–46
categories, 93–94
and children, 94
John, on Jesus, 75
Johnson, Jeremiah, 158
Jonsen, Albert R., 50
Josh McDowell Ministry, 130
judging, 120
judgment, 157
by God, 178
justice, 65
Juvenal, 140
Kansas Teachers’ Union, 23
Kant, Immanuel, 46
Kierkegaard, Søren, 47
Kimball, Roger, 103–104
kindness, 123
King, Martin Luther Jr., 125
King’s College, 24
language, of Bible, 18
Lassie, 8
Late Great Planet Earth (Lindsey), 87
Lawrence Welk, 8
Lazarus, 179–180
laziness, 146
leisure time, 106
Lenski, R.C.H., 210n16
Lewinsky, Monica, 133
Lewis, C.S., 66
LGBT American history, California law on teaching, 19–20
Liberty Bell, 43
Liberty University, 114
life, 72–73
valuing, 79
light and darkness, 76–77, 179–181
Lindsey, Hal, Late Great Planet Earth, 87
Locke, John, 43
love of money, 148
Lukianoff, Greg, 106
Luna, Aletheia, 159
Lutz, Donald, 43–44
luxury, 140
MacArthur, John, 158
Madison (Bishop in Virginia), 183
Mangalwadi, Vishal, 60, 65, 67
marriage, 12
arranged, 98
biblical principles, 90–100
communication in, 97
hostility of gay activism toward, 93
husbands love for wives, 95–97
North Carolina vote on definition, 29–30
regaining appreciation of, 91–94
sacredness of vows, 94–95
same-sex, 93
sexual relations in, 137
wives respect for husbands, 97
Marshall, John, 183
Massachusetts
First Charter, 37
Old Deluder Act, 17–18
Matthews, Chris, 30–31
McCovey, Norma, 77
McGuffey Reader, 23
me-centered mind-set, 164
media fast, 170
medicine, Christian leaders in, 49–50
mental telepathy, 51
Meyers, Wayne, 151
microaggression, 164–166
Midnight Cowboy, 10
Milwaukee, 71
miscarriage, 59
missionaries, and schools and hospitals, 50
money
vs. God, 147–148
idolatry, 143
love of, 148
Monighan, James, 85
Montesquieu, Baron de, 43
morality, safeguard of, 39
Mormons, in mission field, 187
Motley Fool, 142
Motown music, 11
Moulitsas, Markos, American Taliban, 30
MTV Music Awards, 8
Muehlenberg, Bill, 129–130
Müller, George, 173
multigenerational mentality, 81–102
thinking in conservative political circles, 86–89
music, 8
Motown, 11
My Fair Lady, 9
Myers, David G., 11
narcissism, 170
The Narcissism Epidemic (Twenge and Campbell), 170
narcissistic addiction, 169
National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL), 58
National Education Association, 108
Native Americans, treatment of, 27
naturalism, 61
Nazism, 52–53
Near Eastern peoples, cosmologies, 61
negative messaging, and children, 100
Nelson, Patrick, 167–168
Network of Enlightened Women, 106
Networld.com, 167–168
New Age medicine, 51
New England Primer (1690), 20–22
New Haven Code of 1655, 18
New Jerusalem, 72
streets of gold, 150
New York City, sex education curriculum, 19
New York Times, 117
Nichols, Jack, 93
Nigatu, Heben, 164–166
Noah, 73–74
nuclear family, 92
obedience of children, 97–99
obesity, 140
in children, 142
and chronic illness, 141
occult beliefs, in U.S., 52
occult healers, in Russia, 51
One Happy Family, 9
optimism, 179
Ozzie and Harriet, 9
Paglia, Camille, 71–72
Paine, Thomas, 102
Paris, Peter J., The Bible and Social Reform, 46
Passover, 83
pastors
qualities, 124–125
as university presidents, 24, 25
Paul
instructions to Timothy, 118
message to Felix, 122
penicillin, 10
Pennsylvania, Great Law, 37
Penzias, Arno, 62
perception, vs. reality, 109
permissiveness, 10
personal technology, 167
pessimism, 179
Peterson, Jesse, 11
Pew Research Center, 183
Phillips, John McCandlish, 30
Pierce, Chester, 165
Pierson, A.T., 186
The Pill, 10
Playboy, 127–128
Pollock, John, 34–36
polygamy, 48
poor
caring for, 149–150
involvement in, 79
money to help, 175
and children, 129
negative effects, 131
pressure on women from, 132
Postman, Neil, Amusing Ourselves to Death, 170
prayer, 177
for church revival, 186
preaching, 116–126
on controversial issues, 123
impact, 119
presidential election of 2016, xiii
Princeton University, 24
pro-life movement, 77
Prodigal Pursued (Smith), 129
professors, religious faith, 107
Profiles in Courage, 9
Puritans, escape from religious persecution, 18
Queen’s College, 25
radical change, prescription for, xiv
radical feminism, 92
RAND Corporation, 141
rap songs, 11
rapture, 87
reality, vs. perception, 109
reincarnation, 51
Reist, Melinda Tankard, 11
relative truth, 108
relevance of Bible, 42–54
religious foundation for secular government, 40
religious liberties, 185
repentance, 119
redefined, 122
Republican Party, 30
resistance, churches as centers of, 125–126
responsibility
and morality, 43
reverence for God, 36
revival, call for, 178
Rhode Island, Charter, 37
Rhode Island College, 25
Rich, Frank, 30
Roberts, Evan, 186
Roe vs. Wade, 77
Rosenberg, Charles E., 50
Rourke, Kate S., 160
Rush, Benjamin, 43
Russia, atheism in, 51
Russian Academy of Sciences, 51
Rutgers University, 25
Ryan, Paul, 31
Sabbath (Sunday)
laws, 37
media fast, 170
safe space, 106–107
St. Louis Community College, Workforce Solutions Group, 105
same-sex marriage, 93
Samsung, report by, 85
Sanders, Bernie, 176
Schaeffer, Francis, Christian Manifesto, 178
schools, 103–115
risk of violence, 22–23
Schroeder, Gerald, 62
science, harmony with Genesis, 62
Scientific American, 62
The Second American Revolution (Whitehead), 178
secular college, 112
segregation in 1960s, 7
Selective Investigative Panel on Infant Lives, 59
self-centeredness, 164–177
self-control, 140–152
practicing, 145
restoring, 142–146
selfishness, 176
seminaries, 113
service, need for sacrificial, 118
Set the Trumpet to Thy Mouth (Wilkerson), 178
sex education curriculum, 23
in New York City, 19
sexual liberation movement, 10
sexual orientation, microaggressions against, 165–166
sexual purity, men vs. women, 48
sexual relations, in marriage, 137
sexual revolution reversal, 127–139
sexual sin, as temptation, 134
Shapiro, Ben, 132
“Shout Your Abortion” movement, 59
Shulevitz, Judith, 129
sickness, xiii
and sin, 179
Sigerist, H.E., 49–50
sin
and illness, 215n4
impact, 135–136
response to, 136
responsibility for, 157–158
and sickness, 179
toleration, 185
single mothers, 11
sinners, making Jesus acceptable to, 122
slave of God, and freedom, 173
slavery, 27
end in British Empire, 46
sluggard, 146
Smith, Michelle, Prodigal Pursued, 129
Smith, Oswald J., 188
social media, 167
socialism, 176
Solomon, 132
The Sound of Music, 9
Spalding, Matthew, 108
We Still Hold These Truths, 13, 43
spiritual change, possibility, xiv
spiritual growth, 158
spiritual leaders, and moral conditions, 116
spouse, 203n20
Spurgeon, Charles, 100
Stalker, 8
The Triumph of Faith, 50
Stephens, Holly DeNio, 51
Stewart, Jon, 9
Sue, Derald, 164
suicide, 12
supernatural forces, Russian beliefs in, 51
superstition
in Europe, 50
in Iceland, 51
Sweden, 50–51
talk radio interviews, 57
television shows
in 1960s, 7–8
violent act on, 69
Ten Commandments (Decalogue), 45, 83, 99
Teresa (Mother) on abortion, 72
texting, 168
thankfulness, 176
TheBlaze.com, 138
ISIS and, 32
rejection, 38
religious leaders’ laws, 42
thinking, 110–111
Thomas, Florence, 58
Time, 131
“Is God Dead?,” 184
Time.com, 105
Timothy Dwight Chapel (Yale), 25–26
Timothy, Paul’s instructions to, 118
Tocqueville, Alexis de, 38–39
Townsend, John, 163
“The Old Cross and the New,” 117
treasure in heaven, 149–151
trolls, 52
trust, 162
truth, 166
absolute vs. relative, 108
in love, 123
Turek, Frank, Stealing from God, 65
Twenge, Jean M.
The Narcissism Epidemic, 170
Two Boys Kissing, 19
Unger, Debi, 9
Unger, Irwin, 9
United Kingdom, Independent, 105
United States
Christian roots, 36–37
cultural change, 4–6
greatness, 39
universe
beginning of, 62
center of, 164
University of Pennsylvania, 25
Valentinian, 47
video games, 106
Vietnam, boat people crisis, 80
violence, culture of, 10
virginity, 138
virtue, loss of, 28
vision, xiii
war, impact, 185
Washington, George, Farewell Address, 39–40
Washington Post, 183
Washington Times, 113–114
Watts, Isaac, 20
wealth, recognizing deceitfulness of, 151–152
Webster, Noah, Blue Back Speller, 22
wedding, 91
Weinschenk, Susan, 168
West Side Story, 9
Western civilization, Bible and, 64
Whitefield, George, 33–36
Whitehead, John, The Second American Revolution, 178
Wilberforce, William, 46
Wilkerson, David, Set the Trumpet to Thy Mouth, 178
Williams, Montel, 32
Williamsburg, Colonial, 33–36
Wilson, Robert, 62
wisdom, of Word of God, 163
witches, Russian ads on, 51
Wittman, Carl, 93
wizards, Russian ads on, 51
Wolfinger, Nicholas, 138
women
in 1960s, 7
Christian vs. pagan, 47–48
husbands love for wives, 95–97
microaggressions and, 165
power and status in Christian churches, 48
pressure from pornography, 132
wives respect for husbands, 97
Word of God, wisdom of, 163
Yale University, 25–26
Zimmerman, Carle C., Family and Civilization, 89
Zmirak, John, 183–184
zoe (life), 73