"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,...
“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,...
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...
"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...
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...
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...
"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...
“And that you study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands.” I Thessalonians 4:11 One way to teach character to children is by reading aloud together a classic biography. A biography is the story of a person’s life told by another...
“Since the civil ruler has the authority to wield armed might, a unity of civil powers in one body tends to corrupt it toward tyranny. God has also created man to be self-governing, that is, to diffuse authority among men, to maximize the extent of man’s...
