"Do not let anyone claim to be a true American if they ever attempt to remove religion from politics. Anyone who does this cannot be called American."George Washington New York judge, John Jay, later to become the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court under...
Discerning Moment
The Biblical Foundations of Law and the Constitution: A Hebrew Republic We Didn’t Keep
The secular models studied by some of the founders were not the critical path traveled by America’s founding generations as they built our Constitutional Republic. It was the Bible and the biblical constitutional pattern derived from the Torah that gave structure to...
The Constitution and the Seven Principles of Liberty
"Now I will avow, that I then believe, and now believe, that those general Principles of Christianity, are as eternal and immutable, as the Existence and Attributes of God; and that those Principles of Liberty, are as unalterable as human Nature and our terrestrial,...
The Bible as Political Textbook
“Biblical principles and themes contributed in significant ways to the founders’ bold experiment in republican self-government and liberty under law. The Bible informed the way many eighteenth-century Americans thought about human nature, civic virtue, social order,...
The Bible and Classic Literature—The Best Models of Language
Grammar is poor food for the soul if it be not flavored with grace.Charles Spurgeon Imagination is a gift of God for our delight and use. For children, classic literature provides fertile ground to establish their imaginations. The Bible, with its rich array of...
Regeneration in Classic Literature
"He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit." Titus 3:15 ESV Themes of regeneration appear throughout classic literature. The word “regeneration” means “to...
What Can We Learn from Treasure Island?
Good people obtain favor from the Lord, but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes. No one can be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted. Proverbs 12:2-3 NIV Our great wealth of classic literature is rooted in Biblical principles and...
An Independent People are Wholly Dependent upon God
I will walk at liberty, for I seek Your precepts. Psalm 119:45 The Pennsylvania State House was hot, humid, and charged with emotion in June and July of 1776, when representatives for the thirteen colonies came together for a second time to redress their grievances...
Learn America’s Heritage of Christian Character this Summer: The Pilgrim Model, Part II
"Now the Lord is that Spirit and where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.” 2 Corinthians 2:17 America’s heritage of Christian character is beautifully detailed in William Bradford’s History of Plimoth Plantation. He records the Pilgrim’s trials and...



