Opinion

Sometimes we are led to believe today that the founding fathers of America were men of the Enlightenment, meaning that, for the most part, they were not believers in Jesus. But that’s not true that they were mostly skeptics. There were a few, but they were the exception—not the rule. And besides, Enlightenment thinkers, like […]

Topic: God in the Declaration of Independence. This year we celebrate America at 250. We celebrate the 250th birthday of the adoption by voice vote of our nation’s birth certificate, the Declaration of Independence. God is mentioned four times in the Declaration: ▪the laws of nature and of nature’s God ▪endowed by their Creator with […]

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 […]