Discerning Moment

God’s Providence in Our Modern Era

God’s Providence in Our Modern Era

[We are searching for the enemy] “with a fly swatter and a prayer.” The “Miracle at Midway,” the single naval battle that turned the tide of the war in the Pacific, was an amazing example of God’s providence in wartime. “It’s hard to keep a Bull Moose down”...

Samuel Adams: Father of the American Revolution

Samuel Adams: Father of the American Revolution

"The truth is, all might be free if they valued freedom and defended it as they ought." Sam Adams An intense love of liberty burned in the heart of Sam Adams, which was lighted by his father and stoked by his mother, who taught him the Bible. Both of his parents...

Marquis de Lafayette—Friend of Liberty

Marquis de Lafayette—Friend of Liberty

Who would have thought that a teenage French aristocrat would play a pivotal role in America’s fight for liberty?  Gilbert du Motier, better known as the Marquis de Lafayette, fought and was wounded in the Battle of Brandywine and played a crucial role in the...

The Providential Plan for Nation-Making

The Providential Plan for Nation-Making

"It has pleased the Almighty to bless our arms, both on the land, and on the water.…On Lake Erie, the squadron under the command of Captain Perry having met the British squadron of superior force, a sanguinary conflict ended in the capture of the whole.“ President...

The Providential Plan for Constitutional America

The Providential Plan for Constitutional America

The President of the Convention George Washington wrote that the “adoption of the proposed General Government” disposed him to be of the opinion “that miracles have not ceased.” For, he said, one could “trace the finger of Providence…into an adoption of the system...