"Probably at the time of the adoption of the Constitution, and of the First Amendment to it, the general, if not universal sentiment in America was that Christianity ought to receive encouragement from the state.” Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution, 1833,...
Discerning Moment
Columbus Advanced the Gospel Westward
By Dr. Max Lyons, Director of Teaching Services at FACE One man or woman, in obedience to God, can do great things, and make a profound difference in the world. Annually we honor such a man, Christopher Columbus. October 12th is Columbus Day because on...
The Idea of America Rests upon a Sovereign God
"No human society has ever been able to maintain both order and freedom, both cohesiveness and liberty apart from the moral precepts of the Christian Religion. Should our Republic ever forget this fundamental precept of governance, we will then, be surely doomed.”...
Church and State, Separate or One? Part II
“When once a republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil."Thomas Jefferson For decades, Americans have...
Church and State, Separate or One?
“Of all the dispositions and habits that lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports.” George Washington’s Farewell Address to the nation in 1796 For decades, Christians have believed that the phrase “separation of church and state”...
The Christian Principle of American Political Union (Part II)
Christianity produces civil or political union differently than does the world: it produces union based on spiritual unity. When the Boston Port Bill was enforced against Massachusetts (1774) cutting off their foreign and domestic trade (EXTERNAL), the flow of...
The Christian Principle of American Political Union
Til we come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God… Ephesians 4:13 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. Galatians 5:1 Christianity produces civil or...
The Purging of Liberty
"The liberty of one depends not so much on the removal of all restraint from him, as on the due restraint upon the liberty of others.” William Ames, theologian of the American Republic Noah Webster defined liberty as our founders knew it to be,...
Truth vs. the Mining of History
“Those who mine history for sins are not searching for truth but for opportunities to denigrate their own society, or for grievances that can be cashed in today, at the expense of people who were not even born when the sins of the past were committed. -- Thomas...






