I am reading the trilogy by O’Reilly of Killing Lincoln, which I enjoyed very much, Killing Kennedy, which I finally enjoyed at the end, and, later this year, Killing Jesus, which I am in doubt about. Kennedy was a unique American President, of which there is no doubt. He was the first Catholic president coming from a well-to-do […]
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The Cross in the Shadow of the Crescent
The alarming growth of Islam around the world and especially in the United States is a subject of interest to all Christians. Lutzer does his usual good job of documenting the rise of Islam with its government of Shariah Law, the Muslim Brotherhood, and its goal of eventual takeover of the whole world in the […]
Pilgrims and Strangers
As believers in a country that is fast becoming ungodly, we are at that point where we are wondering what freedom will actually look like in the near future. It is difficult to follow all the details in the news about how the government works and what the issues are that affect us. What seems […]
The Reformation In England
The English Reformation isn’t as popular as the German, Swiss, or even the Scottish Reformations. There you have singularly interesting figures like Luther, Calvin, and Knox. In England you have characters like Henry VIII and Bloody Mary, but you also have Cranmer, Ridley, and Latimer and others who lost their lives in the reformation process. […]
How Christians Should Relate to Governme...
I read the Kindle version of this book. I find that when I do that, my reading can get interrupted by several days or even weeks (because I’m also reading one or two other books on the same device). For the most part I enjoyed Grudem’s thoughts and points on Christian involvement in government. I […]
The Question of Freemasonry and the Foun...
I’ve only recently found a few of David Burton’s books recommended to me by a friend. I learned a lot from this short book on the Freemasons. Burton’s premise is that America’s founding fathers were not as involved in Freemasonry as many would have us believe, and that those who were, were not involved very […]
Roger Williams and the Creation of the A...
Although you may not know John Barry (a free lance writer and historian), every American ought to know Roger Williams. Williams (1603-1683) established the Providence Plantation, later to become Providence, Rhode Island, under democratic governance with the only true separation of church and state in the world. Williams is also regarded as the cofounder of […]
The Roots of Obama’s Rage
This is the book on which the movie 2014 is based. What an eye-opener this is! D’Souza is Indian born and a student of Obama’s life and what makes the man tick. After thinking he had Obama figured out, he finally came to the conclusion that Obama is living out the life of his activist […]
Why Christians Vote
Good Christian publications abound at this time with good advice for believers during a national election time. It is generally (and rightly) believed that Christians in a free society should vote, speak their point of view, and even become involved in the political process where possible. None of these is wrong for the Christian living […]
The Intolerance of Tolerance
The topic of tolerance is a significant issue in today’s world. Carson here provides a very helpful introduction into the discussion, a helpful critique of the “new tolerance,” and a Christian way forward. The basic idea is that what used to be tolerance was simply acknowledging someone else’s right to different beliefs or practices. The […]