The narrative arc of Christianity is complex, but the most amazing thing is that even though it is highly symbolic and archetypal, God accomplishes such…
Feminism has developed in waves that have now been characterized. Below is a list of the some of the great female writers of each wave,…
Augustine lived through what became obvious was the end of the millennium-long Roman empire. It would seem hard to fathom that such a kingdom could…
Augustine’s work Confessions is one of his major works, and includes not only timeless wisdom comparing this world to the kingdom that is coming, it…
1. Thagaste: The Childhood of Augustine One of the most important influences on any human being is the character and quality of their parents and…
I get tired of the atheist canard that religion has killed more people in history than any other ideology. First, they are willing to attribute…
This past weekend, I was surprised to enjoy the narrated and re-enacted historical movie KJB: The Book That Changed the World. The story starred King James…
With the upcoming Sesquicentennial (150 years) of the Civil War, a lot of discussion is occurring around racism in America, as well as the role…
Atheists and secularists are fond of quoting the articulate Thomas Paine, author of the free-thinkers creed Age of Reason. Few know, however, that a founding…
Evangel, the evangelical blog at First Things has a nice series of posts entitled Augustine on Christians and Civil Government. Enjoy these goodies: 1. Introduction:…
The awesome podcast from Probe Ministries has an interesting 13 minute podcast this week on George Washington and Religion. Enjoy.
Islam Watch has a good article entitled Europe’s Dark Age and Islam’s Golden Age: Two Facets of The Same Fiction?, which discusses the content of…
American Vision offers this excellent 30 page PDF entitled America’s 200-Year-War With Islamic Terrorism (PDF). In it, author Gary DeMar discusses the conflict of the…
Dr. Alvin Schmidt was interviewed in a series on the excellent Lutheran Issues Etc regarding his new book, How Christianity Changed the World. I am blogging…
Alvin Schmidt has written what may be one of the definitive books on the positive influence of Christianity in history, entitled How Christianity Changed the…
This past July 4, Jesse Alexander Helms, Jr. died. Helms is another conservative icon whom liberals love to hate and ridicule, not only for his…
This post is part of a series. The Religion and the Open Society Symposium, sponsored by The Council on Foreign Relations, covered the positive impact of Protestant Christianity…
Here’s some good stuff I got in a religious ‘spam’ letter on the feasibility of the Red Sea crossing by Moses and the people…
I was watching the Christmas special Miracles: Fact, Fictions and Faith (a Fox News special, check your local listing, it will repeat tomorrow, Christmas day), and as…
In a nice article in First Things, Michael Fragoso responds to a NYT article which attacked the idea of public marriage by taking on these…
American Thinker has a nice post entitled Judeo-Christian Values, in which they examine America’s Founding Fathers’ view of religion and state, and they make some…
American Vision has just brought back into print another great book, The Christian Life and Character of the Civil Institutions of the United States. Originally…
George Washington’s Sacred Fire aims to set the record straight about Washington’s faith, with 15 years of historical research and a clear explanation of what…
It has often been said, "History is written by the victors," which is to say that, no written history is without the biases of its…