Posts Tagged ‘Founding Fathers’
“A Standing Miracle”: Washington’s Farewell to His Army on November 2, 1783
. …the singular interpositions of Providence in our feeble condition were such, as could scarcely escape the attention of the most unobserving, while the unparalleled perseverence of the Armies of…
Read MoreSeparation of Church and State? Not Originally!
Over the past 60 years, American culture has slowly abandoned it’s Judeo-Christian moorings and became more secular. But it wasn’t always that way. In fact, for nearly two centuries, America…
Read MoreJuly 8, 1835: The Day a Judge, the Liberty Bell and the Founding Era Ended
One night, a weary stranger sought refuge in a rural tavern. Exhausted and hungry, he longed for solitude but soon realized he had interrupted a heated debate on the “merits…
Read MoreAmerica the Republic: Why America Wasn’t Created as a Democracy
In recent years, there’s been a lot of chatter about our democracy or democratic form of government. Some political commentators use fear to suggest our “democracy is in peril” if…
Read MoreJohn Quincy Adams: The Hell Hound of Slavery
It’s one thing to be a “career politician.” It’s quite another to be so influential that your very presence commands respect, honor and adoration. But John Quincy Adams was a…
Read MoreAmerica the Secular? Flipping the Script on the Founding of a Nation
Since the 1980s, it’s been a popular refrain to refer to America’s founding as secular in nature. Proponents of secularism often use selective quotes to promote their nonreligious agendas (1).…
Read More“God Helps Those Who Helps Themselves”: The Christianity of Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin’s Christianity is complex, to say the least. According to modern historians, Franklin was a scientist, patriot, politician, diplomat… and deist. He once wrote that his skepticism of Christianity…
Read MoreJohn Locke: How a Great Philosopher Influenced the Founding of America
The Founding Fathers of the United States of America had many influences, but possibly none more than John Locke (1632-1704). Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton and John Madison revered Locke. John…
Read MoreThe Black Robe Regiment: How a Group of Patriots Founded America
They were called the “Black Robe Regiment.” A group of patriots who served in Congress, presided over influential American schools, led troops in the Revolutionary War, signed the Declaration of…
Read MoreThe Yale Man: How One American Preacher Lit the Fuse for the First Great Awakening Revivals
America’s first colleges were in the Ivy League. And they were created for a distinct purpose. The original 1636 purpose of a Harvard education was to “…advance learning and perpetuate…
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