It is Difficult to be Free Alone

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

BOOK REVIEW by Carol Rae Moon :The Christian Life and Character of the United States By Benjamin Morris Compared to other nations we have had a remarkable chapter in modern history. Christianity shaped the destiny of ...

Early History of a Christian America: Ideas and Ideals Preceding the Declaration of Independence & the Revolt of the Lesser Magistrate

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

Christian America: Compromise or Principle Sometimes a generation such as ours cannot understand the principles which motivated an earlier generation. It becomes easy to mistake a principled stand with arrogance. Arrogance is often misunderstood as a refusal to negotiate (“compromise”: give a little, take a little). Actually, the real arrogance is ...

Early History of a Christian America: The Declaration of Independence: Revolt of the Lesser Magistrate

Saturday, June 27th, 2009

Part I in a series on the early history of Christian America Legacy of a Christian America: Lexington and the Revolt of the Lesser Magistrate Many Christians are confused by the fact that our forefathers somehow felt “authorized by God” to take up arms and resist oppression. Such action was taken before ...

The Early Christian Pulpit vs. the Modern Pulpit

Saturday, June 20th, 2009

In the next couple of days we will be pursuing a mini serious on this blog which will compare and contrast the strengths and weaknesses of both of these eras in American history. Early Christian America was heavily influenced by the pulpits. As you can imagine, not all the pulpits ...