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Rick Joyner has authored more than fifty books, including The Final Quest Trilogy, There Were Two Trees in the Garden, The Path, and Army of the Dawn. He is also the Founder and Executive Director of MorningStar Ministries, a multi-faceted mission organization which includes Heritage International Ministries, MorningStar University, MorningStar Fellowship of Churches and Ministries. Click here to take a look at Rick's latest Rant #ricksrants |
Nearly two centuries after the term “American exceptionalism” was coined by the French nobleman, diplomat, and historian Alexis de Tocqueville, there is still much debate about what it means. De Tocqueville wrote the classic two-volume set, Democracy in America, after a long tour of America in the early 1800s. This work is still considered perhaps the most defining analysis of the American Republic ever written. Is this most famous description of America still accurate? Are we still exceptional?
Sometimes the best policy for everyone can seem to be selfish by the one implementing it. For example, if an airplane loses pressurization, idealism would have us think that every parent should think of their children first, helping them get their oxygen masks on before their own. However, in the preflight safety briefing parents are told to put their oxygen masks on before helping their children get theirs on. Why?
