The Foundation of American Liberty Series: American History Documentary Series on Our Christian Roots “Who controls the past, controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.” —George Orwell, 1984 In our time, the history books have been rewritten, and our Judeo-Christian heritage has been erased. This has frightening implications as we continue […]

 Early North America was well-educated, and the Bible was the chief textbook in one way or another. Two Christian educators, Noah Webster and Rev. William McGuffey, profoundly impacted widespread literacy in America. Noah Webster created Webster’s Dictionary, and Rev. William McGuffey produced the McGuffey Readers.

 Early America was amazingly well-educated, especially in the places where Christianity had sway. Dr. Jerry Newcombe looks at why the settlers and founders believed an educated populace was required for the American experiment to succeed.

Not too long ago Mr. Potato Head was in trouble. In a day when even a sitting Supreme Court justice claims not to know how to define a woman, the hubris of calling any toy “Mr.” is just too much for our present culture. Even Piers Morgan was upset about this tempest-in-a-teapot because the “Mr.” […]

 The essence of America as the founders saw it is this: the consent of the governed, in other words, self-rule, under God. Take out the God part, and suddenly the question is: Where do our rights come from? In this short video, Dr. Os Guinness, a prolific author, speaker, and Christian thinker, answers the […]

Topic: St. Patrick. On March 17th, many Americans celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Alas, in some cases they celebrate by getting drunk that day. But the real St. Patrick was a strong Christian who brought the faith to Ireland. One historian, Thomas Cahill, wrote a classic book about the impact of St. Patrick and his movement, […]

Topic: The Bible and the Constitution. What role, if any, did the Bible play in the creation of the Constitution? Recently, author and professor at American University, Dr. Daniel Dreisbach, wrote an article recently about the Constitutional convention and how its story of what happened in that summer of 1787 is captured in a famous […]

Topic: Samuel Adams, Part 1. Sam Adams is without doubt one of the most important founding fathers. But he’s often overlooked. He is often called the lightning rod of the American Revolution. He certainly was one of the first to call on the American colonies to declare independence from Britain, while maintaining dependence upon God. […]

Topic: The Assault on Marriage. America’s founders empowered “we the people” through our legislature, our duly elected officials. We are not a democracy—we’re a republic. And our Congressmen and Senators are supposed to represent us. About 20 years ago, we the people got to vote in various state amendments on the subject of marriage. Should […]

Topic: The Bible and the Gettysburg Address. One of the top speeches in all of American history is Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, delivered to commemorate that battlefield in rural Pennsylvania. Dr. Daniel Dreisbach, professor at the school of public affairs at American University in Washington, DC, is the author of “Reading the Bible with the Founding […]