Introducing the “Christians Confronting the Culture Initiative”

The Christians Confronting the Culture Initiative is sponsored by the National Eagle Forum and the Blackstone Institute.  The Initiative is a multi-purpose, multi-functional Initiative designed to serve audiences running the gamut from heavily academic to heavily activist, and to all groups in between.  But all CCC materials, services, and activities revolve around a unifying theme – the goal of arming American patriots with the power of knowledge necessary to confront the culture with the Judeo-Christian worldview in America’s current life-threatening Culture War.

CCC studies combine in a uniquely powerful way, the elements of stability and flexibility.  Stability results from Blackstone’s always teaching basic, immutable truth in any study.  Flexibility results from CCC’s extraordinary ability and commitment to adapt rapidly and efficiently with additional new studies needed to address sudden crises in our law and culture when they erupt.

Additional CCC services/activities are listed below in two groups.

“Christians Confronting the Culture” Curriculum 

  1. Publication of “A Judeo-Christian Manifesto” providing Americans with their basic blueprint of principles and policies for arming themselves with knowledge and converting that knowledge into action.
  2. The continuation and expanded presentation of the two-part (1’/part) study incorporating and greatly elaborating upon, the “Manifesto” and advancing its purposes.  These studies are entitled “Constitutional Conversations: America in the Twilight of Truth”
  3. A videotaped version of these “Constitutional Conversations” is scheduled for release shortly.
  4. CCC’s unique and popular “PAL” (“Professor Accessible Online”) program offers Judeo-Christian Americans the opportunity for live streaming, video interaction with Dr. Armstrong and other leaders
  5. Publication of CCC’s “Trumpet of Truth” premier series of short-printed studies (typically 2-4 pp. /issue) uniquely analyzes the hottest fronts in America’s Culture War.
  6. The launching of CCC’s podcast service will appear soon, also under the banner “Trumpet of Truth,” and will feature subjects which parallel the issues addressed in the “Trumpet of Truth,” printed version

Blackstone’s Basic Curriculum               

The CCC Initiative will also utilize the components of Blackstone’s existing Basic Curriculum, a multi-faceted body of materials which has been built over a lengthy period of time and is excellent for use by individuals or groups, and if by groups, groups of virtually any size from small groups to conventions/conferences.  These components are described elsewhere on the Blackstone website.   These other components include the following:        

  1. Blackstone’s “Reviving the Constitution” course, which is a flagship of Blackstone’s work.  This semester-long course may be taken for credit at various levels – high school, collegiate (undergraduate), and collegiate (graduate), or taken for non-credit by laymen.
  2. Blackstone’s unique, premier action event, the Truth Triathlon Team, of which the Blackstone Moot Court is the centerpiece Supporting activities include the Constitution Bowl (a T.V. game show-style competition) and Vocabulary Bee (which emphasizes the meanings, not just spelling,  of words and phrases).
  3. Blackstone’s Constitution Camp, conducted in a beautiful natural setting, has thus far focused on a high school level audience.  But the Camp is amenable to a variety of audiences in the most complete learning environment possible.
  4. Blackstone’s Core Curriculum, which consists of a wide variety of materials that are complementary to one another, yet different as to topic, format (printed, audio, audio-visual), etc.   Any of these is a valuable study in itself; but various studies can also be grouped in an almost limitless manner to produce a longer customized class, program, etc.
  5. Blackstone’s “PIT” program (“Partners In Training”), which “teaches teachers, coaches coaches, and leads leaders.”  Through this service, future leaders are recruited and molded in the various roles to which each of them is called and which are vital to the CCC and to Blackstone and Eagle Forum in general.