Before John Adams was president, he drafted the state constitution for Massachusetts. In it, he wrote that slavery was a violation of state law. A majority of his fellow delegates approved this provision, and that spelled the end of slavery in Massachusetts. The state could make this transition so easily because its slave population was […]
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Ephesians 3:20-21 “Now to Him who is able to do above and beyond all that we ask or think according to the power that works in us—to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.” CSB On May 9 1798, President John Adams called for a
A few years ago, I started working on a book about the first several presidents and their faith. As a professional historian and a Christian, the intersection of these two topics intrigued me. Many historians say the Founders were a bunch of Deists who were not that interested in Jesus. Many evangelicals say most of
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Here are some details on what should be my next book: It will probably be entitled Presidential Character: Washington through Quincy Adams, and it will cover the first six presidents’ views on faith, leadership, and race. The book started as a thesis for a Master’s degree in Applied Theology at Carson-Newman University. I looked at
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