Endowed By Our Creator By John G. West

ENDOWED BY OUR CREATOR

The Bible, Science, and the Battle for America's Soul

By John G. West

"John West reminds us that the Founding Fathers meant that our rights come from our Creator. Our current crisis of culture and spirit will only be healed by the return to those Creator-endowed rights."

--Newt Gingrich, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives

The Declaration of Independence proclaims that "all men are created equal" and "are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights." For generations, those hallowed words inspired not only Americans, but millions around the globe. Yet today many Americans are skeptical or confused about the Declaration's key claims.

In Endowed by Our Creator, political scientist John G. West explores the original meaning of the Declaration and shows how its propositions drew support from both the Bible and early modern science. He then documents how science was later misused to overturn the Declaration's teaching on equality, subvert its understanding of liberty, and justify the creation of a technocratic state that regulates us from cradle to grave. Finally, he reveals new scientific discoveries that are pointing us back to the truths expressed in the Declaration - and he explains why it is urgent that our culture recover them.

In Endowed by Our Creator, John answers these critical questions that every American and future American should know:

·    Why is the Declaration of Independence so crucial to America?

·    What battle is raging right now over the Declaration on both the left and right?

·    What are the Declaration's most important ideas?

·    Were America's Founders lying or stupid when they claimed that "all men are created equal?" Didn't they know that humans are unequal in all sorts of ways?

·    Were America's Founders hypocrites when they claimed that "all men are created equal?" After all, didn't they own slaves?

·    How did the Founders draw on the science of their day to make one of the Declaration's biggest claims?

·    Why did the Founders think it so important that our rights come from God? Why is this idea controversial in today's world?

·    What did the Founders mean by claiming that we have "unalienable" rights?

·    How did new ideas from science challenge the authority of the Declaration before the Civil War?

·    How did the rise of Darwinian biology lead to the repudiation of the principles of the Declaration after the Civil War and the creation of a big government run by unaccountable experts?

·    Do Americans today still believe in the ideas proclaimed by the Declaration of Independence?

·    How are the latest findings of science now pointing back to the key truths proclaimed by the Declaration?

Endowed by Our Creator will make you want to revisit Frank Capra's "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" and relive every thrilling moment as James Stewart, himself a hero, visits the Declaration at the Library of Congress and later reads from the Declaration during his filibuster on the Senate floor. American patriots and future Americans alike will be reinvigorated by the passion with which our heroes lived and died for the truths that makes the U.S. the greatest country on Earth.

"An important and wide-ranging book... It couldn't be timelier as we approach America's 250th anniversary celebration."

--David Limbaugh, New York Times Bestselling Author

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: John G. West is Vice President of Discovery Institute and the Distinguished Scholar of American Government and Christian Civic Engagement at Cornerstone University. He formerly chaired the Department of Political Science at Seattle Pacific University, and he holds a PhD in Government from Claremont Graduate University. His previous books include Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, Darwin Day in America, The C.S. Lewis Readers' Encyclopedia, The Politics of Revelation and Reason, and The Magician's Twin: C. S. Lewis on Science, Scientism, and Society.

America's Great Parking Scam By Kerry Lutz

America's Great Parking Scam: You've Been Robbed

by Kerry Lutz

You're Not Bad at Parking. The System is Rigged.

Every day, millions of Americans park legally - and still get fined. Not because they ignored a sign, not because they overstayed a meter... but because parking enforcement quietly transformed into an app-driven extraction system that no one voted for, no regulators oversee, and no agency wants to claim responsibility for. Every year, millions of Americans pay billions in parking tickets, booting fees, and towing charges - often without realizing they've been set up.

In America's Great Parking Scam: You've Been Robbed, recovering attorney and veteran media host Kerry Lutz pulls back the curtain on how cities outsourced parking enforcement to private tech companies - replacing lawful notice with QR codes, coercing drivers into digital contracts, harvesting data, and enforcing penalties through confusion instead of compliance.

What started as simple coin meters, back in the day, has become a sophisticated revenue system built on confusing signage, forced app contracts, hidden fees, and outsourced enforcement - all operating in a constitutional "gray zone."

In America's Great Parking Scam, you'll discover:

·    How parking apps turned "convenience" into mandatory digital contracts;

·    Why many parking signs violate federal MUTCD (Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices) standards - and why that matters;

·    The hidden incentives driving ticket quotas and aggressive enforcement;

·    How cities quietly eliminated cash and kiosk options to force app use;

·    The privacy risks, data harvesting, and forced waivers of your rights; and

·    Real strategies to fight back and protect yourself.

This isn't just another complaint about parking tickets; it's an investigation into one of the most profitable - and least accountable - grifts in modern America. Kerry Lutz documents how regulatory parking signs disappeared, apps replaced due process, drivers - including minors - were forced into private terms and arbitration, state agencies quietly stepped aside and cities kept enforcing anyway. The result is a nationwide system where no one is minding the store - and the inmates are running the asylum.

From the courthouse steps to Singer Island to downtown Palm Beach, Florida, Lutz documents the system with photos, public records, and hard evidence. He shows how a simple act of parking now forces you into private contracts you never negotiated, with terms most people never read.

This book isn't about how to beat a ticket. It's about how a mundane civic function became a constitutional "gray zone," why regulators refused to touch it, and what happens when technology becomes de facto law enforcement without accountability. If you've ever:

·    Scanned a QR code just to avoid a ticket;

·    Gotten a ticket in a spot you thought was legal;

·    Been forced to download an app just to park;

·    Wondered why the signs are so confusing; or

·    Felt like the rules changed without notice...

…then this book was written for you. You're not imagining this forced dilemma. You've been robbed. This isn't about beating one ticket. It's about exposing the entire machine - and giving you the tools to push back. Read it... share it... use it. The system only wins if you stay silent.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Kerry Lutz is a recovering New York attorney, veteran financial broadcaster, systems expert, and bestselling author who's spent over a decade interviewing the world's top economic minds. As the host of the Financial Survival Network, he's published over 10,000 episodes - uncensored, unfiltered, and unapologetically red-pilled. His latest works bring together hard-earned insights from Wall Street to Bangkok, offering readers raw, fearless truth in a world of noise.