Creation Revolution

Category: American History

• Understanding Separation of Church and State, Part 1

  *by Wes Moore “Separation of church and state!” Not a day goes by in modern America where this now famous (or infamous, depending on how you look at it) phrase by Thomas Jefferson is not used by some anti-Christian group … Continue reading →

  

• Abraham Lincoln on the Constitution & Men Who Pervert the Constitution

  Don’t interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties. And not to Democrats alone do I make this appeal, but to all who love these great and true principles. … Continue reading →

  

• Noah Webster on the Necessity of Private Morality in Public Officials and the Presidency:

  [A]ll history is a witness of the truth of the principle that good morals are essential to the faithful and upright discharge of public functions. The moral character of a man is an entire and indivisible thing—it cannot be pure … Continue reading →

  

• More ‘Monkey Business’ in Tennessee?

  In 1925, a hot July courtroom in Dayton, Tennessee, USA, was the site of America’s famous Scopes trial. But nearly 90 years later, it seems another battle is brewing in the Volunteer State. The Tennessee General Assembly has recently passed a … Continue reading →

  

• Secularism with the Gloves Off: Vanderbilt University’s Assault on Religious Organizations

  Like most of America’s historic private universities, Vanderbilt University was founded by Christian believers for the purpose of inculcating Christian beliefs in its students. Vanderbilt was founded in the 1870s by Methodists and later funded largely by New York’s Vanderbilt … Continue reading →

  

• Samuel Adams on Vices and Virtue for America

  Therefore “Wise and able Politicians will guard against other Vices,” and be attentive to promote every Virtue. He who is void of virtuous Attachments in private Life, is, or very soon will be void of all Regard for his Country. … Continue reading →

  

• Kirk Cameron’s Monumental a Review

    When’s the last time you saw a Christian film that really breaks the mold of a Christian film? When’s the last time you saw a truly Gospel centered film that left you educated and encouraged in the work of … Continue reading →

  

• The Bible Meets the Modern Age: A Conversation with Former President Jimmy Carter

  Today’s Thinking in Public program features my interview with former President Jimmy Carter. The conversation was remarkable, and I was honored to have this interview with the 39th President of the United States. The focus of the interview was on the Bible, … Continue reading →

  

• Philemon and Slavery

  American abolitionist, editor, orator, author, statesman, and reformer, Frederick Douglass, himself a former slave, was invited to deliver a speech in 1852 (eight years before the Civil War) to a women’s anti-slavery society in Rochester, New York. His assigned subject? … Continue reading →

  

• Abigail Adams on a Patriot Without Religion

  A patriot without religion in my estimation is as great a paradox as an honest Man without the fear of God. Is it possible that he whom no moral obligations bind, can have any real Good Will towards Men?  Can … Continue reading →

  

• Daniel Webster on America’s Destruction

  “I apprehend no danger to our country from a foreign foe . . . Our destruction, should it come at all, will be from another quarter. From the inattention of the people to the concerns of their government, from their … Continue reading →

  

• Wisdom from Ronald Reagan: 101 Years Old Today

  The following is taken from the “American Minute with Bill Federer.” On this day in 1911, Ronald Reagan was born. At age sixty-nine, he was the oldest person elected U.S. President, and sixty-nine days after his inauguration, he survived an … Continue reading →

  

• Samuel Adams on Filling the Seats of Government

  If men of wisdom and knowledge, of moderation and temperance, of patience, fortitude and perseverance, of sobriety and true republican simplicity of manners, of zeal for the honor of the Supreme Being and the welfare of the commonwealth; if men … Continue reading →

  

• Atheism and Liberal, Missouri

  In the summer of 1880, George H. Walser founded the town of Liberal in southwest Missouri. Named after the Liberal League in Lamar, Missouri (to which the town’s organizer belonged), Walser’s objective was “to found a town without a church, … Continue reading →

  

• The First National Thanksgiving Proclamation

  In 1775, war broke out between Great Britain and the American colonies.  On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress signed the Declaration of Independence, claiming to be a free nation, no longer subject to British tyranny. During these years, times … Continue reading →