Some of history’s most iconic stories, those that have pervaded and impacted culture, come from the Christian Bible. And perhaps no other characters, apart from Christ Himself, have left such a broad and lasting legacy on so many institutions of human culture than those of Adam and Eve. The first humans encountered during many a
Back to school time is here again and it feels as though it comes earlier every year. And in honor of this momentous occasion, I thought it might be interesting to learn a bit about the history of American public education. In doing so, I think we will find a rich legacy of the myriad
“There ought to be a law!” Perhaps more than any other modern era, Americans today are obsessed with the proper role of law. Some citizens, old and young, lament the loss of a long ago time of some unified, less partisan, less divided polity. Whether that has ever been the case in our past (it
Prevalent in conservative politics today is a common theme of animosity towards the “welfare state.” Programs that go by a number of names like “the government dole”, or simply stated, “welfare programs.” At best, this nomenclature includes any number of subsets of agencies and programs depending on how informed and how principled the objector claims
There is an old adage that gets repeated from time to time in church circles regarding the merits of a “child-like” faith. It tends to go something like this: “We ought to trust in God with the faith of a child, a faith that resembles a child’s faith in the nature of their parents.” The
For almost one hundred years now, the focal point for so much international chaos has been the Middle East. And one of the underlying hubs that ties together many disparate events there has been the existence of and various relationships with the modern state of Israel. The land that it occupies has been actively contested
It is no surprise that the Constitution is a document that is greatly revered within the United States. All of the chips are stacked in its favor. Given the typical extent of education offered on the history of the colonial period, the era of the Articles of Confederation, and Constitutional ratification, and the rather limited
In a previous post, we discussed some of the central tenets of Dispensationalism as a theological framework in the modern era. As a short review, those tenets are, primarily, a literal interpretation of scripture and a hard delineation between Israel and the church. So what exactly is wrong with a Dispensational theological view?
Last week, we reviewed some of the history behind US-Iran relations and the nature of Iran itself as a nation or a people. But I promised that I had more! This week, we have more juicy information, much of it within my lifetime (and probably yours). And much of it should be of immediate use