Opinion

Dr. Peter Lillback, founding president of ProvidenceForum.org, and Jerry Newcombe, executive director of same, co-wrote the best-seller, “George Washington’s Sacred Fire.” (2006). Here are a series of many of their discussions on the faith of the founders, including Washington (listed as GW). Note: Providence Forum is now a part of Coral Ridge Ministries. Christianity and […]

Topic: Paganism Threatens America as Founded. America was founded as one nation under God. The essence of the American experiment is self-rule under God. For example, in the Declaration of Independence, the framers said our rights come from the Creator and we have our government by “the consent of the governed.” But lately, we have […]

Topic: Celebrating America at 250. We are less than a year away from the big celebration of America at 250. On July 4th, 2026, the nation will celebrate the 250th birthday of the Declaration of Independence, our nation’s birth certificate. Some secularists either downplay our history or worse, only highlight the bad stuff. Historian Jane […]

Is the U.S. Constitution worth preserving? Of course it is. Is it worth defending, even at the cost of life and limb? Of course it is. Is it worth distributing to young and old, including in our schools? Of course it is. Well, actually, not everybody agrees with that last part. Here is a two-year-old […]

Topic: Christopher Columbus Revisited. “In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” And the world has never been the same. For a few centuries, the man who opened up the New World to the Old World through his death-defying voyage was a hero. But in the last 40 years or so, somehow Christopher Columbus has been […]