This Renewing the Mind course is online every Thursday from September 7 – November 9, 2023 from 6:00 – 7:30 EST. Renewing the Mind for Teaching and Learning is a study in the Principle Approach, a new way of thinking that views all life and learning through a Biblical lens. A Biblical philosophy of education begets a … Continue reading "Renewing the Mind for Teaching and Learning Online Course"

The Seven Principles of Christian Liberty have been central to an understanding of America’s Christian history since 1965 when Rosalie Slater first explained them in Teaching and Learning America’s Christian History, the Principle Approach. Various presenters have turned to the Principles as a standard to illuminate America’s founding period. To what extent does the structure … Continue reading "The U.S. Constitution and Principles of Liberty"

The United States Constitution was the very first written constitution drafted by representatives of the people. How did the idea of a written constitution germinate and take root? Even more fundamental, where did the idea of law originate, and how did Christianity influence the development of the law? To what extent did the Hebrew Republic … Continue reading "The Biblical Foundations of Law and the Constitution"

Shortly before the Constitutional Convention began, George Washington, soon to be elected convention president, explained his conviction that God’s providential hand must guide the event. Was the U.S. Constitution indeed inspired of God, i.e., did its framers believe God played any role in its formation or ratification? How did the framers rely upon Biblical principles … Continue reading "“The Event is in the Hand of God.”"

In addition to teaching their flocks the principles of salvation, brotherly love, and Christian citizenship, colonial pastors played a key role in preparing their congregations for first independence and then, Christian self-government. Who were these brave pastors? What was the focus of their annual “Election Sermons?”

This Renewing the Mind course is online every Thursday from January 11 - March 14, 2024 from 6:00 – 7:30 EST. Renewing the Mind for Teaching and Learning is a study in the Principle Approach, a new way of thinking that views all life and learning through a Biblical lens. A Biblical philosophy of education begets a … Continue reading "Renewing the Mind Live Online Course"

The Puritan concept of Eupraxia or “Living to God” was taught in the colleges of New England during the founding period using the theology textbook The Marrow of Sacred Divinity by William Ames. Is there a “chain of custody” between this teaching and the men who drafted the Constitution?

The Hebrew Republic demonstrated the success of republican principles (until the people clamored for a king). Which republican principles found their way into the U.S. Constitution? Will those Biblical republican principles survive modernity?

This Renewing the Mind course is online every Thursday from March 21 - May 23, 2024 from 6:00 – 7:30 EST. Renewing the Mind for Teaching and Learning is a study in the Principle Approach, a new way of thinking that views all life and learning through a Biblical lens. A Biblical philosophy of education begets a … Continue reading "Renewing the Mind Live Online Course"