by Juliette McGuire The easiest way that I can explain as to why I believe in Christian education is to give my testimony. I grew up on the East Coast of the U.S. in a little town about one hour outside of New York City. I went to college in Boston, Ma. In the late […]
Author Archive | Nordskog Publishing
What Education Ought to Be
by Ronald W. Kirk For anyone who cares about the Gospel, true education is critical. Not a luxury. Not merely a nice blessing. Not merely a meal ticket. A comprehensive and Biblically faithful education is a necessity for the very life of Christianity. Education and the Great Commission Jesus Christ commands us in the Great […]
Dear Higher Education, Pardon the Disruption
Consider if you will that Harvard was once a bastion for cultivating biblically-minded individuals. Burning with a passion to instill doctrinally-sound principles and practices, the first colleges of America made no qualms about their purpose. Where are Harvard and the whole of the higher education system now? Fueled by billions of secular humanist dollars, higher […]
The Character of George Washington
by Richard Brookhiser The following is adapted from a speech delivered at the dedication of a statue of George Washington on the Hillsdale College campus on May 9, 2003. The statue is the first in a series that will form the Hillsdale College Liberty Walk. I want to talk today about two qualities of George […]
The Life of General Washington
Edited by The Reverend C.W. Upham, 1851 The history of the world, in all its scenes, and at every period, impresses upon the thoughtful student of its records a solemn sense of the amount of good and ill that has flowed from the lives and actions of a few individual men. Much, indeed, has been […]
Bob Fu’s Remarks at Congressional Press Conference on ‘Human Rights in Hu Jintao’s China’
The following is the full text of ChinaAid founder and President Bob Fu’s remarks at a congressional press conference on Jan. 18, 2011 on “Human Rights in Hu Jintao’s China.” Thank you, Congressman Smith and Congressman Wolf. Thank you all for coming to share this moment. First of all, I commend the speech made by […]
The War Against Christians
by Clifford May Imagine if Muslims in Europe were being arrested for nothing more than peacefully practicing their religion. Imagine if Muslims in South America were being sentenced to death for “insulting” Jesus. Imagine if mosques were being bombed and burned by terrorists in a growing list of Christian-majority countries. Now here’s what you don’t […]
Fighting to Restore a Culture of Life
by Star Parker A black child has a 50-percent chance of being aborted and, if born, a 70-percent chance of living in a single parent home. A campaign launched in Los Angeles this week seeks to raise awareness to what is becoming known as “black genocide” — the devastation occurring in black America as result […]
Roe vs. Wade: Day of Infamy
by Rusty Lee Thomas January 22, 1973 is another day besides December 7, 1941, that shall live in infamy in American history. On this day, 38 years ago, the Supreme Court decriminalized the sin and crime of abortion. Tragically, they struck down every law in America that protected preborn children from those who would arbitrarily […]
The Creation or Evolution Debate: A Vital Issue for Today’s Church
by Anthony Dallison This important and vital issue regarding the Creation/Evolution debate is not only a vital one for the Church in the 21st Century but is coming increasingly to the fore even in scientific circles as more and more ‘honest’ scientists and evolutionists are being faced with the facts of evolution’s inadequacy to explain […]
The Christian Christmas Tree
by Mark R. Rushdoony Some Christians shun the Christmas tree as inappropriate or even ungodly because of its long association with pagan usage. This writer sees the Christmas tree as a Biblically sound tradition that represents a significant victory for Christendom over paganism. The origins of many of our traditions are often obscured by centuries […]
Let Not Your Hearts Be Troubled Joy, Joy, Joy
by Allan EricksonDecember 4, 2010 Even though 90% of Americans celebrate Christmas, a tradition going back many centuries on this continent, the only tradition some people wish to establish is an attack on Christmas. How strange that a celebration of joy, peace and love should be rejected by a tiny few. Then again, perhaps it […]
A Christmas Message in Scripture
The Early Promise And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life. And I will put enmity between thee and the […]
Proclamation 4883 – Thanksgiving Day, 1981
November 12, 1981 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation America has much for which to be thankful. The unequaled freedom enjoyed by our citizens has provided a harvest of plenty to this Nation throughout its history. In keeping with America’s heritage, one day each year is set aside for giving […]
A Remembrance: Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers
by Ronald W. Kirk The following poem “Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers” comes from a great volume of poetry for children, The Home Book of Verse for Young People. Thanks to my literary mentor Rosalie Slater of the Foundation for American Christian Education, this book formed the centerpiece of our poetry literature program for the […]