This post was written by Dr. Max Lyons, Director of Teaching Services at the Foundation for American Christian Education (FACE). Dr. Lyons is a teacher, curriculum writer, and conference speaker, specializing in the areas of Bible, history, government, law, economics, and Biblical worldview. Max is also a member of the IPS Scholars Council. For more information, please visit the FACE website at www.face.net where you can access additional resources. As a Virginian and an American Christian, I am proud that on December 15, 1791, Virginia became the tenth state to ratify the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the … Read More
Columbus Advanced the Gospel Westward
First Landing of Columbus on the Shores of the New World; painting by Dióscoro Puebla (1862) This article was originally published on October 5, 2022 by Dr. Max Lyons, Director of Teaching Services at the Foundation for American Christian Education (FACE). Dr. Lyons is a teacher, curriculum writer, and conference speaker, specializing in the areas of Bible, history, government, law, economics, and Biblical worldview. Max is also a member of the IPS Scholars Council. For more information, please visit the FACE website at www.face.net where you can access additional resources. One man or woman, in obedience to God, can do great things, and … Read More
Why America is Exceptional
This article was originally published July 3, 2021 by Dr. Marshall Foster, Founder of the World History Institute. Dr. Foster is a renowned historian and a member of the IPS Scholars Council. For more information, please visit Marshall’s website at www.worldhistoryinstitute.com where you can access additional resources. The hope of lasting liberty unfolded in the wilderness of North America—3,000 miles from the power-hungry rulers of Europe. Heroes of liberty had come to the New World without an army, in search of religious and political freedom. For the first time in history since the days of ancient Israel, a nation was to be created following the bottom-up, … Read More
The Story of Patrick of Ireland
This article was originally published separately in two parts in February and March of 2018 by Dr. Marshall Foster, Founder of the World History Institute. Dr. Foster is a renowned historian and a member of the IPS Scholars Council. For more information, please visit Marshall’s website at www.worldhistoryinstitute.com where you can download this journal and access other resources. Patrick of Ireland. Every year on March 17th we celebrate his life. Countless sons have been named after him. Innumerable churches bear his name as well. Parades in his honor march through the streets of great cities. But do we really know … Read More
America’s Choice: Freedom or Tyranny
This article was originally published in December of 2020 by Dr. Marshall Foster, Founder of the World History Institute. Dr. Foster is also a member of the IPS Scholars Council. For more information, please visit www.worldhistoryinstitute.com where you can download this journal and access other resources. We, the American people, are facing a day of decision. Our choice as a people was stated well by President Ronald Reagan: “You and I are told we must choose between a left or right, but, I suggest there is no such thing as a left or right. There is only an up or down. Up to man’s age-old … Read More
The Christian Ethics Behind the Pilgrims’ Rejection of Communism
The Christian Ethics Behind the Pilgrims’ Rejection of Communism Originally posted on November 21, 2017 by Shawn Ritenour on the Mises Institute website. Historically, Thanksgiving has been a feast day during which Americans are called upon to thank the Lord for the many blessings he has bestowed upon us. Richard J. Maybury and Gary Galles both explain the economic lessons to glean from the experience of the Pilgrims and both note that the primary reason for God’s blessing them with relative prosperity after years of famine and hunger was a shift away from socialism and toward private property. In their essays, both authors draw … Read More