Restoring Character in America

Restoring Character in America
Author: Michael J. Kerrigan
Publisher: Wheatmark, Inc.
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2017
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1627875255

What defines "good character" to the average American? Is it what one does when no one is looking? Is it moral certitude about one's actions? Is it courage? Is it compassion? Can it be taught? Restoring Character in America identifies the decline in character in our country, but then gives the reader hope for the future by showcasing leaders whose careers are successfully turning around this trend in our schools, communities, businesses, and the military.

Restoring Character in America

Restoring Character in America
Author: Michael J. Kerrigan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2017-06-29
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9781627875271

What defines "good character" to the average American? Is it what one does when no one is looking? Is it moral certitude about one's actions? Is it courage? Is it compassion? Can it be taught? Restoring Character in America identifies the decline in character in our country, but then gives the reader hope for the future by showcasing leaders whose careers are successfully turning around this trend in our schools, communities, businesses, and the military.

American Restoration

American Restoration
Author: Timothy S. Goeglein
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2019-07-02
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1621579123

THIS IS NO TIME TO RUN AND HIDE America seems to be crumbling from within. Having abandoned the Judeo-Christian values that are the foundation of its culture, our nation, in the eyes of many, is going the way of the great civilizations of the past. If our 250-year experiment in ordered liberty has really run its course, is it time to recognize the inevitable, pack up our families, and head for the hills, hunkering down through the dark days to come? Or is there hope for an American restoration? Tim Goeglein and Craig Osten, battle-hardened veterans of the culture wars, know as well as anyone that the decadence is undeniable. But they make the case that an American restoration is not only possible, but probable—if we act now. The key is for Christians to engage with the culture, not flee from it, to be the salt and light that will renew it from within. That engagement must take place especially at the local level, where real spiritual and cultural transformation occurs. If America returns to its spiritual foundations, the tumultuous times we live in will be nothing more than a bumpy detour in our nation’s history. This book is a roadmap for the way back. In this clear-eyed but hopeful guide to restoration, Goeglein and Osten explain how patriotic Americans, with God’s help, can renew fifteen critical components of our culture. Government will not provide the solutions we desperately need. The solutions lie in our churches, our communities, and our homes. The light for our path is faith. As that light pierces the darkness, America will experience a reawakening, regeneration, and renewal.

A Time to Build

A Time to Build
Author: Yuval Levin
Publisher: Basic Books
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2020-01-21
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1541699289

A leading conservative intellectual argues that to renew America we must recommit to our institutions Americans are living through a social crisis. Our politics is polarized and bitterly divided. Culture wars rage on campus, in the media, social media, and other arenas of our common life. And for too many Americans, alienation can descend into despair, weakening families and communities and even driving an explosion of opioid abuse. Left and right alike have responded with populist anger at our institutions, and use only metaphors of destruction to describe the path forward: cleaning house, draining swamps. But, as Yuval Levin argues, this is a misguided prescription, rooted in a defective diagnosis. The social crisis we confront is defined not by an oppressive presence but by a debilitating absence of the forces that unite us and militate against alienation. As Levin argues, now is not a time to tear down, but rather to build and rebuild by committing ourselves to the institutions around us. From the military to churches, from families to schools, these institutions provide the forms and structures we need to be free. By taking concrete steps to help them be more trustworthy, we can renew the ties that bind Americans to one another.

U-Turn

U-Turn
Author: David Barton
Publisher: Charisma Media
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2014-10-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1629980250

Combining current research with the authors’ trademark insight and analysis, U-Turn gives readers a unique view of the moral and spiritual condition of Americans and provides specific insights into how we can turn our nation around

Turn This Car Around

Turn This Car Around
Author: Robert Ehrlich
Publisher: BenBella Books, Inc.
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2011-12-27
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1936661810

Our nation has become one full of apologies and Politically Correct (PC) statements. It's time for the true right to make a political comeback. Former Governor Robert Ehrlich has written the roadmap – Turn This Car Around. He urges the American public to make a real change and address (with him) the issues of union strangleholds, Obamacare, a failed stimulus package, soaring energy costs and high unemployment, the race-card, the Living Wage war, bipartisanship and other heated topics. Ehrlich notes thatour education system is not meeting the needs of our children, race relations have been derailed and the family structure is crumbling. This needs to change. There is too much at stake for the country and our culture. Turn This Car Around is a call to action, and a blunt collection of dispatches from America's culture wars, retold by a former state legislator, congressman, and governor who fought on the front lines. Bob Ehrlich recounts the contentious battles he waged in the widely recognized liberal state of Maryland, and provides insightful suggestions to help resolve many of the issues in America.

Overcoming the Character Deficit

Overcoming the Character Deficit
Author: Michael Ross
Publisher: Tate Publishing & Enterprises
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-04
Genre:
ISBN: 9781629944920

More devastating than budget deficits and economic downturns, the Character Deficit has chipped away at our country, one individual at a time. Join Michael B. Ross as he explores the fascinating and frightening effects of the Character Deficit and empowers you to overcome the Character Deficit in your world. Ross discusses two main issues. First, he highlights America's societal decay due to individual neglects in moral character. Second, he provides practical wisdom on how we can overcome the Character Deficit by growing in character.

Character Still Counts

Character Still Counts
Author: James Merritt
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2020-02-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0736969454

“I don’t know of a more important topic now than this, and I don’t know anyone more qualified to speak on it than James Merritt.” —Rick Warren, New York Times bestselling author, The Purpose Driven Life Stop Protecting Your Reputation. Start Building Your Character. In a world of social media snapshots and cable news sound bites, we’re often more concerned with our outer image than we are with our inner make up. But in the end, integrity trumps image. You can look good on the outside without being good on the inside. If you long to commit yourself to what matters most—the content of your character—join bestselling author James Merritt as he explores 13 overlooked traits that form the bedrock of a godly life and a good society. Along the way, you’ll encounter surprising role models—flawed people who failed spectacularly, overcame adversity, and went on to live lives worth imitating. In a world that has abandoned the virtues and values that matter, this book offers a clarion call to return to a simple message: Character still counts. It always has, and it always will.

The U.S. Character Deficit and How to Restore It

The U.S. Character Deficit and How to Restore It
Author: Robert Wood
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 74
Release: 2014-01-22
Genre:
ISBN: 9781495275968

America is at a critical time in our nation's history when the American Character established by the Founding Fathers and whom countless Americans have fought and died to defend, is under attack from those who have a different set of principles and values. There is a loud minority of leadership in America today whose primary character traits are knowledge, power, control, social justice, interdependence, fairness and collective equality. This is a far contrast from the character of our Founders, and the framework of character they devised in our system of government, of the people, by the people, and for the people. And it is the breakdown of this framework of character that is threatening the existence of our country, as we have known it. This loud minority of leaders who oppose America Values, have been able to hijack the character of large groups of Americans whose individual character is not anchored in Truth and Wisdom of the God-centered, Judeo-Christian values the Founders drafted and the nation adopted in the Declaration of Independence and Constitution of the United States. America today is divided on values and principles (the American True North) and as a result the American Character is weakened, as is our force for good in the world. The good news is that we have the history and record as the most prosperous nation on earth, and the power and strength of individual character, to nullify the change of course attempted by leaders with a secular True North. We do this by reinforcing our personal True North in American Values promoting individual liberty and prosperity that will strengthen the American Character, and we can, once again, become the greatest force for good in the world. It happens one individual at a time through the power of Wisdom.