Fire of Purification
Fire is associated with three major themes in the Bible: fire that indicates the presence of God, fire that God uses to consume evil, and fire that is used by God to refine and purify. Many have cited biblical language that suggests a connection between fire and...
Christianity & Patriotism
I recently had the pleasure of visiting one of my granddaughter’s schools for Grandparents’ Day. It is a Christian school. The experience was, by and large, encouraging and impressive in a positive way. I was unhappy, however, when and energetic choir culminated its...
Christian Nationalism
I’m sympathetic with podcaster, Doug Wilson, Christian Nationalist, in that he seems to love both the U.S. and the Christian God. He wants the U.S. to formally submit to Biblical law. He does seem to have some trouble navigating the difference between the theocratic...
Wealth from Slavery
“The economic record of slavery in general as a source of lasting economic development is unimpressive. Slavery was concentrated in the southern part of the United States and in the northern part of Brazil—and, in both cases, these remained the less prosperous and less technologically advanced regions of these countries.” – Thomas Sowell
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