U.S. History

“Rather than seeing this film as something akin to the story of a third great awakening, it is better understood as a depiction of the origins of Smith’s Calvary Chapel movement, a national association of evangelical churches… a Bible college, and a network of Christian radio stations.” - Current

“While there were sharp political and theological differences between the Social Gospel and Christian right movements, their similarities are underappreciated and provide warnings about tying Christianity to a particular political platform.” - Providence

“Most of the lifeboats could not be deployed because of ice or because the ship listed so badly. The chaplains opened a storage locker and began distributing life jackets.

“John Randolph of Roanoke (1773–1833) had no confidence that America was, or ever had been, a Christian republic.” - Desiring God

“Just as Baptists disagreed on seemingly everything else, they did not view slavery in precisely the same way — even in South Carolina.” - London Lyceum

“Backus’s theological rationale of liberty is not that every person should do what he desires, but that every person must reckon with God as an individual.

“ ‘In God we trust’ was adopted without much controversy in the mid-twentieth century, as was the addition of ‘under God’ to the pledge of allegiance two years prior.” - Dale Chamberlain

“Even a global pandemic that induced politicians on both the right and left to usher in unprecedented levels of tyranny, including lockdowns of businesses, churches, and schools, did not raise unemployment and inflation to 1970s levels.” - IFWE

“Washington’s birthday was Feb. 22 and was a source of unofficial celebration throughout the 19th century. The celebration was eventually made into a federal holiday after the American Civil War.” - C.Post

“Some of these words were spoken at large civil rights gatherings, while others were given within the sanctuaries of churches.” - CPost