America’s Founding

The Moment I, an Arab, Became American

While no easy thing to leave Iraq and become American, I recognize God’s providence in granting me the opportunity to live in peace in a free land and to honor my adoptive country

The World Needs a Strong America, and a Strong America Needs Allies

The US, like the British Empire at its height, needs allies to counter threats from around the world

Public Christianity & Pluralism in America at 250

Politics is indeed downstream from culture, but culture is influenced by politics as well

Creed & Covenant: In Search of an American Mythos

To restore America’s creed and covenant, we must recover the American mythos, the canon of stories that has defined the American people for centuries

Ep. 110 | Should Government Promote Christianity as the Only True Religion?

Editor James Diddams is joined by PCA pastor James Baird, author of “King of Kings: A Reformed Guide to Christian Government” to discuss the big question: should government promote Christianity as the only true religion?

Athens Needs Jerusalem—and America Needs Both

A return to America’s spiritual founding is the West’s best hope against both woke utopianism on the left and a revival of religious chauvinism on the right

Re-Americanizing America: The American Heritage with Subcultures

The United States has long been able to absorb a wide variety of immigrants and subcultures, but only on the condition that there is a normative Christian culture to hold the plurality together. But today, there is less of a normative default culture than ever.

Re-Americanizing America: The Bond of Creed and Covenant

Machiavelli was correct that all republics must be renewed by returning to their founding principles. This is true of today’s America, which can be renewed only by returning to our foundational creed and covenant.

How Religious Toleration for the Irish Helped America Win Independence

Religious tolerance is good not only for ethical reasons, but also because it enables multiconfessional armies to function effectively, as with Irish Catholics and Presbyterians fighting for the Americans against the British

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