Editor’s Note: We previously published a review of Daniel Dreisbach’s new book, Reading the Bible with the Founding Fathers, which examines how the Bible informed the thinking of...
Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow. — Isaiah 1:17 According to a...
For the last twenty years, one of the most hotly contested fronts in American culture wars has been the faith of the founding fathers. At one extreme, some...
To our Founding Fathers it was obvious, or “self-evident,” that self-government, or a democratic republic, could only be perpetuated by the self-governed…To this end, the Founders fundamentally believed...
Editor’s Note: Today we’re revisiting one of our best posts on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to honor him and the holiday that bears his name. The holiday...
We will not be publishing tomorrow in honor of the holiday. From everyone at IFWE, Happy Thanksgiving! Thank you for your faithful readership. Almost everyone knows the story...
In his 2012 book Coming Apart, Charles Murray argues that the middle class, once seen as the “virtuous silent majority,” is alienated from the “founding virtues” of civic...
“Thou shalt not encroach upon the religious liberty of your fellow citizens” is not something you will find in the Bible. The First Amendment guarantees the free exercise...
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A Quick Look at the Role of the Bible in Presidential Inaugurations
Today, President-elect Donald Trump will place his hand on a Bible and take the oath of office to become the forty-fifth President of the United States. The inauguration...