unPHILtered: The Way I See It by Robertson (English) Hardcover Book

Description: unPHILtered: The Way I See It by Robertson Synopsis coming soon....... FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The beloved patriarch of A&Es(R) Duck Dynasty(R) series, Phil Robertson, shares his thoughtful--and opinionated--philosophy on life. In Phil Robertsons #1 New York Times bestseller, Happy, Happy, Happy, we learned about Phils colorful past and the wild road to becoming the beloved patriarch of A&Es smash hit show, Duck Dynasty. Now, he returns to share his philosophy on life, which can be summed up in five short words. Love God, love your neighbor. In this inspirational and entertaining book, you will learn what makes Phil Robertson tick. Robertson shares his views on faith--and how it has totally changed his way of life and how he treats others; family--how he raised his kids and is raising grandkids while teaching them the life principles he lives by; ducks--and the business principles that started the Duck Commander empire; marriage--including what hes learned from his own marriage; and of course, his opinions on controversial topics like gun control, taxes, prayer in school, and the government. UnPHILtered is the ultimate guide to everything Phil Robertson believes in. Balancing his sometimes off-the-wall comments with his strong focus on home and family life, it is sure to spark discussion, laughs, and a sincere appreciation for Phils unique approach to life. Author Biography Phil Robertson was born and raised in a small town near Shreveport, Louisiana. After college he spent several years teaching but soon decided to devote his talents elsewhere: he began to experiment with making a call that would produce the exact sound of a duck, and thus Duck Commander was born. Duck Commander became a successful family business, and featured on the hit A&E TV series Duck Dynasty. Mark Schlabach is the coauthor of the New York Times bestselling books, Happy, Happy, Happy, Si-cology 1, and The Duck Commander Family. He is one of the most respected and popular college football columnists in the country. He and his wife live in Madison, Georgia, with their three children. Excerpt from Book unPHILtered 1 BIBLICAL CORRECTNESS Fix No. 1: Replace Political Correctness with Biblical Correctness It will probably come as no surprise that there are a few people out there who wouldnt exactly describe me as "politically correct." My Websters Dictionary, which was first developed by one of our founding fathers in the early nineteenth century--Noah Webster--defines being politically correct as "agreeing with the idea that people should be careful to not use language or behave in a way that could offend a particular group of people." Hey, if what comes out of my mouth sometimes offends the people who dont believe what is written in the Bible, Im guilty as charged. But understand this: Im not trying to hurt anyones feelings, and I dont dislike people simply because their opinions are different from mine. I dont hate anyone. In truth, I love everybody on this green earth. I dont believe in stereotypes, and I do believe in respecting everyone, regardless of whether they agree with my beliefs or not. All people, whether theyre white, black, yellow, red, or green, are of great worth in Gods eyes, and His desire for us all is that we share in His kingdom. Jesus actually commanded us to love. John 13:34-35 says, "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another." I simply believe that what is written in the Scripture is the ultimate truth and that its the blueprint for my life. Im certainly not the first person to believe it. In the very first edition of The American Dictionary of the English Language, published in 1828, Webster wrote the following in the preface: "The moral principles and precepts contained in the Scriptures ought to form the basis of all our civil constitutions and laws. All the miseries and evils which men suffer from, vice, crime, ambition, injustice, oppression, slavery, and war, proceed from their despising or neglecting the precepts contained in the Bible." It doesnt get much clearer than that, folks. Webster, who has been called the "father of American scholarship and education" and whose blue-backed speller books educated five generations of our countrys children, spelled it out for us nearly two hundred years ago. Webster believed evil occurred because men and women neglected the Bible and didnt follow Gods Word. Were still using Websters dictionary today, so I guess he knew what he was doing. I imagine Mr. Webster is rolling in his grave now that words like sexting, twerking, and selfie are officially part of the English language. Hey, only in America, Jack! Somewhere along the way, political correctness trumped biblical correctness in America, and in my opinion its the cause of many of our countrys problems today. Political correctness tries to dictate what is right and wrong, instead of our country having a moral system of righteous laws. Our society is overly sensitive, and we seem to be fixated on building up peoples self-esteem and confidence. Hey, everybody needs constructive criticism once in a while. The way things are going, its okay to have an opinion in America, as long as you dont offend anyone and dont quote the Bible. Many people today are eager to share the "positive" bits and pieces of the Bible in order to be politically correct but ignore the parts of the Scripture that might offend others. In 2 Timothy 4:2-4, Paul the Apostle warned us of the consequences of being ashamed to preach the gospel, saying, "Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage--with great patience and careful instruction. For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths." I hate to tell you this, folks, but the times that Paul warned us about are here. Everywhere you look across our once-great land, politicians, special-interest groups, and people under the control of the Evil One are erasing any visible signs of Christianity. Theyre muzzling the people who speak the truth. If you speak out about sins like adultery, drunkenness, or sexual impurity, youre labeled as ignorant, insensitive, bigoted, or even hateful. The "PC police" constantly preach tolerance and acceptance, but theyre intolerant of beliefs that arent in line with their own. Certain Americans condemn businesses like Chick-fil-A for speaking out against same-sex marriages, but then were told to celebrate companies like Ben & Jerrys ice cream and Starbucks because they embrace them. Is it not a two-way street? Isnt there supposed to be freedom of speech on both sides of the issue? The amazing thing to me is that biblical correctness has never changed. Its written on the pages of the Bible and the words have remained the same through the ages. The sins are listed and are there for everyone to see. Each of us has the ability to read them, study them, and then decide whether were going to sin or follow Gods commands. Conversely, political correctness is constantly changing and evolving. What might have been "PC" yesterday isnt "PC" today, even if its only the smallest of things. Now, Im all for being kind and thoughtful in the way we refer to people, but good grief! We get a bit ridiculous at times. Manholes have been renamed utility holes so as not to offend women, and blackboards are now called chalkboards so as not to offend African Americans. People who cant hear are no longer deaf; theyre hearing impaired. People who cant see are no longer blind; theyre visually impaired. People arent even short anymore; theyre vertically challenged. So do we call a bald man follically impaired? Political correctness is constantly morphing into a dark maze of nonsense. It keeps getting more and more nonsensical. Yet, there has been a constant erosion of biblical correctness in our country. Look at the evidence in recent years: * A large cross that was prominently displayed outside a chapel at an isolated military base in northern Afghanistan was removed in 2011 because it didnt adhere to U.S. Army regulations. The army chaplain manual now prohibits permanent displays of religious symbols. I didnt serve in the military, but it would seem to me that the cross might be a source of comfort and relief to the troops who are risking their lives in battles in foreign lands. But, hey, thats just me. * In La Jolla, California, the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups are demanding that a twenty-nine-foot-tall cross that stands on government-owned land on Mount Soledad be dismantled. Crosses have been erected on the land since 1913, and the present cross is the centerpiece of a Korean War Memorial. The ACLU contends the cross violates the separation of church and state because it demonstrates preference to a specific religion. In December 2013, a federal judge ordered the cross to be removed, but the case is being appealed. * At Camp Pendleton in California, U.S. Marines are fighting to keep two thirteen-foot crosses erected on a remote hill on the base. The memorial was first erected in 2003 by seven marines who were grieving for fallen soldiers lost in the war on terror. After the original cross was destroyed by a wildfire, a group of marines and widows carried two new ones up the hill. At the base of the crosses are several rocks, which were carried and left by the friends, widows, and children of fallen soldiers. A group called the Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers is demanding that the crosses be removed. So far the marines havent buckled, although a moratorium on the placement of religious symbols on bases has been put in place. * In 2012, the U.S. Forest Service denied an atheist groups request to have a Jesus statue removed from government-owned land on a Montana mountain. The statue was installed in 1955 by the local chapter of the Knights of Columbus as a memorial to local veterans of World War II. Fortunately, the Forest Service extended the special-use permit for another ten years because the local community revered the statue and wanted it to stay. The atheists and the other special-interest groups who are opposed to having crosses, statues of Jesus, and other religious symbols on public grounds say its a matter of separation of church and state. But if you go back and read what our founding fathers said and wrote while they were building the greatest republic in the world, you would never conclude that they wanted to separate God from the fabric of political life in America. In fact, its the last thing you would probably conclude. But now the thought police are trying to rewrite U.S. history. The men who signed the Declaration of Independence, like Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Adams, Benjamin Rush, and John Adams, were godly men. They were men who governed according to the principles of God and their conscience. But now we have men in power who have renounced the Bible, which is the only accurate map of the human heart that has ever been published. Theres evidence throughout American history that our government and its officials have often acknowledged God as the cornerstone of our laws and liberties. Dont believe me? Pull a Details ISBN1476766231 Language English ISBN-10 1476766231 ISBN-13 9781476766232 Media Book Format Hardcover Short Title UNPHILTERED Year 2014 Subtitle The Way I See It Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Imprint Simon & Schuster Childrens Publishing DEWEY B Publication Date 2014-09-02 NZ Release Date 2014-09-02 US Release Date 2014-09-02 UK Release Date 2014-09-02 Author Robertson Pages 224 Publisher Simon & Schuster Audience General AU Release Date 2014-09-30 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:137992259;

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