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“JUSTUM ET TENACEM PROPSITI VIRUM”

First and foremost, I am a Christian. This is where my values come from and why I take some of the stances that I do. Beyond that I am a small town guy from a middle class family; born and raised in a small Texas town south of Houston. I was fortunate enough to gain admittance to West Point, where I graduated with a degree in engineering in 2001. I spent 6 years as an officer in the U.S. Army, including 2 deployments to Iraq.  Currently I am working as an engineer for a Chemical company a little closer to home.   Now to the Latin.

In John Quincy Adams’ letters to his son on the teachings of the Bible, he tells his son that Christians should not be like Dr. Paley’s definition of a Christian (a man who can never say no to anybody), but instead the true Christian should be the “Justum et tenacem propsiti virum” of Horace.  This Latin phrase he interpreted as “the man who is just and steady to his purpose”.  A man who is not moved from this purpose either by the misdirected rage of his fellow citizens, or by the threats of an imperious tyrant…if you were to continue reading in Horace’s work.

For the Christian we have the unchanging and infallible Bible as our foundation for maintaining this steady purpose of ideals.  These ideals that guide how we should lead our lives and also how we should govern.  It in fact gives us the very purpose of government and the rule of law that is the very foundation of our own country.  They are so intertwined that George Washington said “In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism who should labor to subvert these great Pillars of human happiness”.

In an effort to follow the advice of John Quincy Adams, this blog strives to stand steady on these conservative principles of our founding fathers and to the faith they promoted.  To defend them with fever, and to educate others as to why we believe what we do.  Hopefully this humble effort can play at least a small part in turning this country from the path it is on and give people a stronger foundation to stand on.  Thanks for stopping by…here’s hoping  you come back often.

- Chris

 

 

 

 

 

 

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