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Christian Calendar, Christian History, Christian Living, March Articles

Like St. Nicholas, St. Patrick is more readily known through the lens of contrived folklore than through what may more accurately be determined concerning his life and ministry. Accompanying the expansion of Christianity was a desire to demonstrate the superiority of the Christian faith to an unbelieving world. Often nominal Christians developed stories about the heroes of Christianity...Read more... Read more...

American Christianity, March Articles

This post is part of the series: When Congress Asked America to Fast, Pray, and Give Thanks to God March 16, 1776: Second Congressional Fasting Proclamation March 7, 1778: Fourth Congressional Fasting Proclamation November 16, 1778: Congressional Chaplains Provide Thanksgiving Proclamation March 20, 1779: Fifth Congressional Fasting Proclamation March 11, 1780: Sixth Congressional...Read more... Read more...

American Christianity

This post is part of the series: When Congress Asked America to Fast, Pray, and Give Thanks to God March 16, 1776: Second Congressional Fasting Proclamation March 7, 1778: Fourth Congressional Fasting Proclamation November 16, 1778: Congressional Chaplains Provide Thanksgiving Proclamation March 20, 1779: Fifth Congressional Fasting Proclamation March 11, 1780: Sixth Congressional...Read more... Read more...

Christian History

For more than a century, irreligion in its various forms have falsely claimed that America was not founded as a Christian nation. Nothing, however, could be further from the facts of history, which clearly indicate the Christian origin of America. From the granting of the First Charter of Virginia by King James I on April 10, 1606, the charters of the Thirteen Colonies and subsequent...Read more... Read more...

American Christianity, Christian Beliefs, Christian History, Christian Living, Christian Worldview, Concepts of God, Other Than Christianity

One’s beliefs necessarily determine one’s behavior. Benjamin Franklin clearly understood this fact when he told Thomas Paine that atheism and agnosticism leads only to social anarchy: “If men are so wicked with religion, what would they be if without it.”[1] Paine, who consulted Franklin concerning political matters, had requested Franklin to review his Age of...Read more... Read more...

American Christianity, Christian History

March 10, 1791 Founding Father argues for use of Bible in schools On April 19, 1813, Dr. Benjamin Rush — one of America’s Founding Fathers — passed into eternity at the age of sixty-seven. Along with George Washington and Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Rush was regarded as one of the three most important Founding Fathers of America.[1] Though secularists incorrectly take advantage...Read more... Read more...