Opinion

Passing on the Christian faith to the next generation is an extremely high priority. Providence Forum is dedicated to that proposition. In June 2026, a new study involving 60,000 people found that PARENTS play the most important role in the lives of their children in terms of passing on the faith. This is very encouraging […]

Ministers and the church should have nothing to do with politics. Or so we hear all the time. Thankfully, during the settling and founding eras of America, that was not the dominant opinion. In fact, ministers often helped lead the way to American independence. Christian educator Travis Witt of Virginia once remarked: “Every single one […]

Topic: Did God have anything to do with the founding of America? 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 Hampton Cook is doing her part to help […]

Topic: The Faith of George Washington. Was George Washington, the father of our country, a Christian? And why does it matter, either way? As America is about to celebrate its 250th anniversary, a new book has come out. It’s the abridged version of what had become a national best-seller, George Washington’s Sacred Fire by Dr. […]

Topic: What Really Matters. Jesus once asked, What does it matter if you gain the whole world and lose your soul? It seems that in modern America, despite the all the opportunities we have at our fingertips, many fellow Americans have the wrong priorities. Author Tim Goeglein, vice president of Focus on the Family, recently […]