Results for: "American Christianity"

American Christianity, Calendar Articles, June, Social Theology

Listen In contemporary America, Christians must look beyond superficial popular presentations recounting national holidays and history to discern the influence Christianity has had upon the conception and construction of America. By considering a series of developments related to the use of the American flag, Christians will arrive at a deeper appreciation for the overwhelming...Read more... Read more...

American Christianity, Calendar Articles, Christian Living, Default Category

Listen Many of the influences that the Christian faith has exercised over America have been forgotten by the nation as the twentieth century waned and the twenty-first century has begun. Arising out of a deep desire to advocate the Christian faith, many denominations initiated camp meetings in the nineteenth century that convened during the summer. These were places where the truth of...Read more... Read more...

American Christianity, Calendar Articles, Default Category, The Bible

Listen This post is part of the series: House Speaker Robert Winthrop–Christianizing Culture House Speaker Robert Winthrop Stands for Christ House Speaker Robert Winthrop Defends the Bible View all our post series Robert Charles Winthrop was an American lawyer, politician, and philanthropist who at one point in his political career rose to the office of Speaker of the United...Read more... Read more...

American Christianity, Calendar Articles, May Articles, Signers of Declaration of Independence

Listen Josiah Bartlett (November 21, 1729 – May 19, 1795) was an American physician and statesman, delegate to the Continental Congress for New Hampshire and signatory of the Declaration of Independence. He was later Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court of Judicature and Governor of the...Read more... Read more...

American Christianity, Calendar Articles, Default Category

Listen May 12, 1779 George Washington commends Christianity to Delaware chiefs That America was founded upon Christian principles is a matter of historical record, but for most of the last century, secularists[1] have been attempting to rewrite American history to exclude the facts that relate the Christian influence behind the origin and development of the United States. One of the...Read more... Read more...

American Christianity, Calendar Articles, May Articles, Signers of Declaration of Independence

Listen Robert Treat Paine (March 11, 1731 – May 11, 1814) was a Massachusetts lawyer and politician, best known as a signer of the Declaration of Independence as a representative of Massachusetts. He served as the state’s first attorney general, and served as an associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the state’s highest...Read more... Read more...