The Foundation of American Liberty film series by Dr. Jerry Newcombe, executive director of the Providence Forum. Newsflash: an episode in the Foundation series has won another award. The series celebrates America’s Judeo-Christian heritage in helping to create the United States of America….beginning with the Pilgrims. Guests in the series include Dennis Prager, Os Guinness, […]

Topic: America at 250. America at 250—-July 4th next year will be our nation’s 250th birthday. Are Americans celebrating or are they despairing? I guess it boils down to who you ask. Bill Martinez is a nationally syndicated radio host heard on more than 300 stations nationwide. Bill Martinez joins Jerry Newcombe to discuss the […]

Topic: Same-Sex Marriage. Our founders were concerned that the people would be virtuous. And our system won’t work if it’s immoral. John Adams put it this way, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” Fast forward to today. Here we are […]

Topic: The Creator and the Scopes Trial. America’s national birth certificate is the Declaration of Independence, which states that our rights come not from government but rather from God. We are endowed by our Creator with our inalienable rights. But what happens if we somehow erase belief in the Creator? That has happened in America […]

Topic: Jewish Views on Abortion. The founders declared in the Declaration of Independence, that our rights come from God. The first right listed is the right to life. But abortion is at war with that right to life. Question. What is the Jewish position on abortion? Just like among professing Christians, there are differing opinions […]

It’s no news flash that younger Americans today generally tend to be less patriotic than previous generations. But the “patriotism gap” is growing rapidly—and perhaps most concerning is the fact that the gap is most drastic among younger Americans. Writing for HotAir.com, Ed Morrissey notes: “Pride in America has sunk to its lowest standing ever, […]

Did the founders of America intend for God to be banished from the public arena? The idea occurs so regularly in modern times that we tend to think it’s what the founders wanted. For example, recently, a law allowing the posting of the Ten Commandments in Louisiana schools has been blocked as unconstitutional (for the […]

Topic: “Our Civilizational Moment.” How are we to properly understand and to navigate through “this civilizational moment”? These days, we see a great unraveling in our society of the values that made America exceptionable. In fact, use the phrase “American exceptionalism” these days, and you might get a fight on your hands. One of the […]

Topic: Update on the Persecution of Christians. The first freedom listed in the American Constitution is freedom of religion That’s not surprising when we consider how many of those who settled and founded this country came so they could worship God freely in their particular tradition. Today, anti-Christian persecution is rampant in many places around […]

Topic: Colonial Williamsburg. For anyone willing to look at the facts, we see that America has a rich Christian heritage. For example, we can see that in Colonial Williamsburg, which is not far from Jamestown. Jamestown was the first permanent British settlement in North America. That was in 1607. The first thing they did was […]