Topic: The Price of Religious Freedom. America was founded for the most part by those seeking religious freedom as they fled religious persecution. In those day, many times, the persecutors were the established state-churches. A forerunner to the Protestant Reformation was John Hus, who was cruelly executed by the church for preaching the plain message […]

Here’s a trivia question…Who christened the Titanic? I’ll answer that question later. Interest in the Titanic never seems to abate. My wife and I got to visit an interactive, high-tech exhibit on the Titanic, which included a few artifacts brought up from the bottom of the sea, such as Captain Smith’s binoculars. The website for […]

Topic: Education in Colonial America. Author Stephen McDowell is the president and co-founder of the Providence Foundation, and he often leads tours on our nation’s Christian roots, including in the D.C. area. I’m Jerry Newcome, executive director of Providence Forum (a division of Coral Ridge Ministries), and today we welcome back author and Christian tour […]

Topic: Update on the Battle for Life. The founding fathers acknowledged that our Creator has endowed us with the right to life. But that right to life in America has been greatly undermined by the abortion ethic. Recently, the Trump administration has engaged in some pro-life measures. To get an update on this, Nicole Hunt […]

Topic: The Common Defense and Iran. The Constitution of the United States explicitly says that one of the chief purposes of the federal government is to “provide for the common defense.” Well, for almost 50 years now, Iran has been the world’s largest exporter of terrorism. Week after week, thousands of Iranians would chant, “Death […]

Topic: George Washington’s Peace Through Strength and Iran. George Washington, the father of our country, operated on the philosophy of peace through strength. He said the best way to maintain the peace is to prepare for war. Fast forward to today, and we find that America is at a type of war with Iran. For […]

A Texas member of the state House of Representatives from the liberal district of Austin catapulted to national fame last week. Why? He beat outspoken Jasmine Crockett in the Democratic primary as a candidate for the U.S. Senate. After this victory, Congressman James Talarico, said, “We are not just trying to win an election, We […]

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: Karl Marx and Education. The battle over education is a critical one. Always has been. Always will be. Publius Communications writes, “Why are so many parents choosing homeschool? Because government schools have become laboratories for progressive education and Marxist ideology. [There is a new] exposé by Robert Bortins, CEO of Classical Conversations, and investigative […]

Topic: Natural Law Versus Critical Theory The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were based on natural law. For example, the Declaration refers to the laws of nature and of nature’s God. Ultimately, there was a Biblical view of gender and sexuality. But if we fast forward to today we see critical theory (which is […]