Results for: "Christian Witness"

American Christianity, Calendar Articles, October, Social Theology

Listen Christian explorer Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the Americas on October 12, 1492, is annually remembered on the second Monday of October. After a long voyage at sea, Columbus set foot on land in the Bahamas and subsequently established Spanish rule in Hispaniola. Columbus’ Journal of the First Voyage to America clearly demonstrates that the explorer saw his mission as...Read more... Read more...

Calendar Articles, Default Category, Social Theology

Listen September 26, 1897: After establishing the American Republic upon a strong political foundation, America’s Founding Fathers initiated two great means of perpetuating the Christian principles that gave life to America–Bible Societies and the American Sunday School Union. They had no way of knowing that one of those institutions–the American Sundays School...Read more... Read more...

American Christianity, Calendar Articles, Default Category, Social Theology

Listen Since the 1940s, Christians in America have been waging polemical warfare against usurpationists and their claims of a godless Constitution. In 1996, Cornell University professors Isaac Kramnick and R. Laurence Moore published a joint work titled, The Godless Constitution: The Case Against Religious Correctness (W. W. Horton). The title of the work was an apt description of...Read more... Read more...

American Christianity, Social Theology

Listen From the beginning of America’s federal government, the Founding Fathers practiced their faith in the halls of Congress, but also passed numerous proclamations asking the states to also observe Christian fasts, prayer, and times of thanksgiving to God. The first prayer in Congress was only the beginning of Congress’ willingness to practice its faith! Welcome, and...Read more... Read more...

American Christianity, Calendar Articles, Christian Calendar, September, Social Theology

Listen Unlike most holidays celebrated in America, Labor Day arose out of secular interests–though not directly related to Communism’s May Day celebrations. Generally, this day does not receive the attention and adulation given to May Day celebrations earlier in the year, but is commonly observed with picnics, barbeques, and similar activities with family and friends. Above...Read more... Read more...

Calendar Articles, Christian Living (Articles), September, Social Theology

Listen September offers many exciting opportunities for the expression of Christian living, some of which our readers may seek to employ in their homes, local churches, and where appropriate, in their businesses. Of all that may be anticipated in the expression of our Christian faith in the month of September, renewed interest in Christian education should be a prominent focus. For...Read more... Read more...