The Institute on the Constitution is a 12 lecture series about the history of the United States Constitution, as taught by Colonel John Eidesmoe. You can find out more by visiting their website: Institute on the Constitution.
These courses are offered at NO COST to participants, except for the cost of the student manual. All facilitators are volunteers who are committed to teaching the founding principles of our constitutional republic.
Classes available in the following areas –
BENTON COUNTY: facilitated by Mary Ruth Edwards, 2010 Constitution Party of Washington candidate for US House in the 4th District, instructor in the Prosser School District, Constitution Party of Washington Benton County Coordinator. She has been leading Institute on the Constitution groups in Benton County since 2009. Contact Mary Ruth at 1-509-832-0239.
Prosser Schedule: All classes are at Prosser branch, Mid-Columbia Library. This is a condensed six-week course.
Wednesday, February 2 (6:30 pm – 8:30 pm)
Wednesday, February 9 (6:30 pm – 8:00 pm)
Wednesday, February 16 (6:30 pm– 8:00 pm)
Wednesday, February 23 (6:30 pm – 8:00 pm)
Wednesday, March 2 (6:30 pm – 8:00 pm)
Wednesday, March 9 (6:30 – 8:00 pm)
Tri-Cities Schedule: All classes are at the Kennewick PUD Auditorium. This is a six-week condensed course.
Monday, February 7 (6:00 pm – 8:00 pm)
Monday, February 14 (6:00 pm– 8:00 pm)
Monday, February 21 (6:00 pm – 8:00 pm)
Monday, February 28 (6:00 pm– 8:00 pm)
Monday, March 7 (6:00 pm– 8:00 pm)
Monday, March 14 (6:00 pm– 8:00 pm)
Lecture Titles for the Initial IOTC Course are:
Lecture 1- A Biblical View of History, Law, and Government
Lecture 2- The Discovery, Settlement, and Evangelization of America
Lecture 3- The Religious Beliefs of the Founding Fathers
Lecture 4- The Founding Fathers’ Five Fold Formula
Lecture 5- 1776 – 1789: From Independence to the Constitution
Lecture 6- An Overview of the Constitution: Preamble, Article 1
Lecture 7- An Overview of the Constitution: Articles 2 & 3
Lecture 8- An Overview of the Constitution: Articles 4-7
Lecture 9- An Overview of the Constitution: The Bill of Rights, the First Amendment
Lecture 10- An Overview of the Constitution: Amendments 2-27
Lecture 11- The Crisis of the Constitution: From Biblical Absolutes to Evolutionary Humanism
Lecture 12- Reclaiming the Constitution: A Victory Plan for Restoring Our Constitutional Heritage
Lecture titles for the Advance Course are:
I. Justice in Genesis and the Ancient World
II. God’s law in the Ancient World
III. The Hebrew republic
IV. The Ten Commandments: the moral foundation of law
V. The Classical Period: success and failure
VI. The Rise of the Common Law I
VII. The Rise of the Common Law II
VIII. Natural Law
IX. States’ Rights and other checks on federal power
X. The Incorporation Doctrine: Toward a centralized judiciary
XI. Law and Postmodernism: a “living” constitution vs. an “enduring” constitution
XII. Restoring the Republic: making the third branch the “least dangerous” again
GRANT COUNTY: no courses are scheduled at this time. For more information, contact the Grant County facilitator at 1-509-787-5125, or grantcounty@constitutionpartyofwa.com.
SPOKANE COUNTY (Institute on the Constitution Northwest): facilitated by John Beal. John can be contacted at 1-509-326-0171, or silversurge@comcast.net.
Valley Fourth Memorial Church, 2303 South Bowdish Road, Spokane Valley.
Wednesday, February 16 (7 – 9 pm)Wednesday, February 23 (7 – 9 pm)
Wednesday, March 2 (7 – 9 pm)
Wednesday, March 9 (7 – 9 pm) Wednesday, March 16 (7 – 9 pm) Wednesday, March 23 (7 – 9 pm) Wednesday, March 30 (7 – 9 pm)
YAKIMA COUNTY: facilitated by Greg Olsen, small business owner and Yakima County Coordinator for the Constitution Party of Washington. He can be reached at: 1-509-969-8600, or golsen@geiger.com.
About John Eidsmoe:
Dr. Eidsmoe holds degrees in law, theology, and political science and is licensed to practice law in several States. Currently, John works for the Alabama Supreme Court as a constitutional attorney and consultant. A practicing attorney, he has successfully argued constitutional issues before several state Supreme Courts. In addition to speaking at seminars around the U.S., Dr. Eidsmoe serves as Lt. Colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve and on the national Board of the Plymouth Rock Foundation. In 1973 and again in 1988, Professor Eidsmoe received the George Washington Honor Medal presented by the Freedom Foundation at Valley Forge, PA. John is the author of twelve published books on historic constitutional and religious topics. Just for fun, John is a state champion karate master and rides horses every chance he gets.
About John Beal:
John, who converted to Christ in 1967, resides with his wife Margo of 41 yrs. in Spokane, Washington. They have two married daughters and four grandchildren. John is a retired design consultant and contractor specializing in exterior remodeling.
Christ, who is the head of His church, has trained John for ministry through Lutheran, Charismatic, Brethren, Presbyterian and Anabaptist influences. He is a 2007 graduate of Chuck Colson’s Centurion Program and Del Tackett’s Certification for Ministry of The Truth Project. This generous exposure to multiple streams of refreshing has enabled John to enjoy and appreciate the multifaceted wisdom of God manifest in Christ’s many membered body.
John has years of active service teaching the Bible, America’s Christian history, the nature and source of Law and Government and working for Biblical justice in the community. From defending the unborn to teaching incarcerated men the meaning of freedom, responsibility and the role of husbands and fathers from a Biblical perspective; from discipling converts of the Franklin Graham Crusade to advising Christian political candidates, John’s passion has been to see Jesus lifted up in family, church and state, thus restoring one nation under God earnestly contending for the crown rights of King Jesus.
In addition, John has served as Regional Director for the Plymouth Rock Foundation, a national ministry and it’s local expression, the Christian Committees of Correspondence, both of which are an educational effort to affirm God’s design for self and civil government. As John became more familiar with America’s early history and her Constitutional form of government, he became inspired to run for political office in 1998. John most recently served former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Roy Moore in his candidacy for Governor of Alabama.
John offers four study courses to enlighten, educate and equip others for this work of faith, labor of love and passion for the discipling of the nations in the whole counsel of God: FACS: Fundamentals for American Christians; Institutes on the Constitution, a 12 part video seminar taught by Lt. Col. John Eidsmoe; God and Government: A Biblical and Historical Account and The Truth Project, a world-view tour designed to direct the Christian’s thinking with regard to four fundamental issues: Truth, God, Man and the Social Order. It was through these three studies that John’s understanding of Christ’s Sovereign rule and His ultimate intention was profoundly enhanced and his appreciation for the authority of Scripture deeply enriched. It is John’s passion to obtain these two experiences in the lives of his students and to support the work of the local church in its calling to equip the saints for the work of the ministry.
“When principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day,then battle is your calling, and peace has become sin; you must, at the price of dearest peace, lay your convictions bare before friend and enemy with all the fire of your faith.”Abraham Kuyper – Dutch Theologian and Prime Minister (1879-1918)
