The Seven Principles
of Liberty
God’s Principle
of Individuality
Christian Form
of Government
PRINCIPLES
Christian
Self-Government
RESOLUTION
OF LAW
TO LIBERTY
Seeding Local
Self-Government
Christian
Character
The Seven Principles
of Liberty are built
on and rooted in God
and His Word.
Unity
to Union
Conscience is
Sacred Property
once they lose their virtue, they will be ready to surrender
their liberties to the first external or internal invader … if
virtue and knowledge are diffused among the people, they
will never be enslaved. This will be their great security.” 4
PRINCIPLE SEVEN: “THE PRINCIPLE
OF AMERICAN POLITICAL UNION”
This key principle teaches us that internal unity is essential
to an external union in any form—friendship, marriage,
church, family, community, and nation. The American
founding exemplifies the power of ideas capturing the moral
imagination to unify people and override the disadvantages
of great distances and hardships before seemingly certain
defeat. This principle is the answer to the divisive spirit of
this age. Without unity, there can be no lasting union. Our
children learn that “where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is
liberty” (see 2 Cor 3:17).
The Principle Approach method produces the fruit
of right thinking: thoughtful people capable of judging
matters of importance with confidence, knowledge, a bank
of wisdom from a knowledge of the past, and the courage
to boldly address issues of the moment from a consistent-
ly biblical worldview. The formation of a biblical worldview
based in rock-solid, all-encompassing truth is essential as
the cry for righteous leadership in families, churches, and
the nation is heard throughout the land—principled teach-
ing and learning answers that call.
Envision a world where Christian pastors oppose and
reverse the unbiblical, immoral education of Christian chil-
dren by calling parents to pull their children out of secular,
pagan schools to provide them with an authentic Christian
education in line with Deuteronomy 6:6-7.
Let’s move from alarm to action! A great awakening could
be set in motion reviving the nation to righteousness and
securing the future for our children, grandchildren, and
their children. ■
Dr. Carole Adams serves as president of the Foundation for American Christian Education,
is the editor of its Noah Plan K-12 curriculum, and author of Classic Grammar, a litera-
ture-based K-8 English program. The Adamses founded StoneBridge School in Chesapeake,
VA and have a son, two daughters, and seven grandchildren.
ENDNOTES
1. See face.net for more about the Principle Approach.
2. Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (Chesapeake, VA: FACE,
1964).
3. R.J. Slater, Teaching and Learning America’s Christian History: The Principle Approach
(Chesapeake, VA: FACE, 1964) 251.
4. Ibid., 251.
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