Revival Starts Smaller Than You Think
Abraham Lincoln once confessed half-jokingly, “When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees!” Raised by Baptists in the rural Midwest during the Second Great Awakening, Lincoln was no stranger to passionate preaching. Now, 170 years later, this is still how many Americans conceive of revival: an […]
The Romans Road: How the Book of Romans Changed the World
Throughout church history, sinners have come to faith in nearly every conceivable way and through the most unlikely people. Justin Martyr, one of the earliest Christian apologists, was evangelized by an elderly man on a beach. A young John Owen found Christ through listening to a substitute preacher. And the light of salvation has shone […]
The Beechers: America’s Most Influential Family
Beginning nine months before American Independence and ending nine days after the Emancipation Proclamation, the life of Lyman Beecher is, quite arguably, the story of American evangelicalism in the early republic. However, due to their common cause in reforming America, it is difficult to tell one Beecher’s story without telling them all. Just as Lyman […]
State-by-State Religious Liberty Report Cards
Since 1791, the First Amendment to the Constitution has laid the foundation for religious liberty in America with two simple clauses: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” However, while these restrictions proscribe the existence of a state church at the federal level, they do not, […]