Charles G. Finney, the famous 19th century evangelist and revival preacher, had some unique insights into the changing spiritual conditions of Boston in his day. The “Flapjack Turning” at Harvard was the result of an emerging philosophy of Unitarianism. Today,…
Read moreLong before becoming the governor of Massachusetts, John Winthrop had a deep understanding of God’s divine purposes for the colony. “We shall be a city set on a hill,” he said of Boston – where the church was the center…
Read more“The day after I gave my life to Jesus Christ, I realized that I had just put out a contract on a man to have his legs broken, and now I had to do something to stop this from happening!”…
Read moreBorn in 1753 in Africa, Phillis Wheatley was kidnapped and sold at a slave auction at age seven to a prosperous Boston family who educated her and treated her as a family member. Rescued from an otherwise hopeless situation by…
Read more“There shall come a time in later ages, When Ocean shall relax his chains And a vast continent shall appear, And a pilot shall find new worlds.“1 - Lucius Annaeus Seneca Roman statesman and philosopher 4 B.C. – 65…
Read moreThe power of the Gospel to change nations has been seen throughout the course of history. Beginning in an upper room in Jerusalem in 33 A.D., an infant Church began to move westward, spreading the Gospel throughout the whole world.…
Read moreIslam has been called the most Christian-like, yet most anti-Christian religion in the world. Muslims believe in one, true God, they acknowledge many truths about Jesus Christ; they accept the Bible as a divinely inspired book; they respect the Hebrew…
Read moreIn the early days of America, newspapers often printed sermons preached from the pulpits of the local churches in the colonies. The pastors and Christian leaders of that day knew that it was important to be continually getting the printed…
Read moreHow many people today are aware of the extent to which the printed word affects the destiny of a nation? There was a group of writers in London around the turn of the century called the Fabian socialists. These were…
Read moreAn analysis of Bill Clinton’s acceptance speech “The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turns it wherever he pleases” (Proverbs 21:1). Watching the Democratic convention last month, I was surprised to…
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Just what is Calvinism? Featuring many of the finest Reformed thinkers and pastors of our time.
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The Model of Christian Liberty. This DVD includes “Dawn’s Early Light: A Brief History of America’s Christian Foundations” and bonus features.
