Results for: "Christian History"

American Christianity, Christian Biography, Christian History, Post Series Category, System

Robert Charles Winthrop (May 12, 1809 to November 16, 1894) was an American lawyer, politician, and philanthropist who at one point in his political career rose to the office of Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. Like most who lived during the Founding Era of the United States, Winthrop was concerned about the moral character of America’s development. As was...Read more... Read more...

American Christianity, Christian Biography, Christian History, Post Series Category, System

Many American Founding Fathers have been villainized and ridiculed by secularists and the irreligious who have been attempting to erase the facts concerning America’s Christian origin. Because nearly all of America’s Founding Fathers were Christian—at least in a nominal sense—it is difficult for secularists to provide evidence to sustain their un-American and non-historical...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...

Anglican Churches, Christian History, Christian Living, Denominations & Sects of the Church, History of Hymns, Music

March 19, 1711 Bishop Thomas Ken passes away Each time the Doxology is sung, Christians should deeply sense the reverence and gratitude its words evoke for a holy God, but they should also hear its accompanying invitation to fidelity to the Word and will of God. In contemporary America, the clergy are less ready to stand against social, moral, and political decadence than were previous...Read more... Read more...

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...