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These days I am writing about Christian nationalism, history, and religion. Most of my content is still at wthrockmorton.com. That includes articles about Mars Hill Church, Gospel for Asia, David Barton, Uganda, psychology and much more.
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Al Mohler and Real Christianity (opens the original)
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On his daily broadcast, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Al Mohler separated the sheep from the goats on Tuesday, September 29. Looking at Democratic candidates in three different states, Mohler judged their religion as non-Christian. Because they don’t see the Bible and Jesus as he does, Mohler declines to call their religion “liberal Christianity.” Rather he says it is a different religion. Mohler explains:Now, before we go any further, let me make very clear that when we’re tal
Three Helpful History Books (opens the original)
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On September 19, Randall Balmer gave a speech in Fort Wayne, Indiana about separation of church and state. In it he recommended The Christian Past That Wasn’t, along with John Fea’s new book In God We Trust and his book <a href="https://www.amazo
Tim Barton Promotes Information His Own Organization Says Is False (opens the original)
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Sometimes I just can’t believe it. Here’s a summary of the situation I want to write about today. The following quote is often attributed to James Madison, but he didn’t write or say it. We have staked the whole future of our new nation, not upon the power of government, far from it. We have staked the future of our political constitutions upon the capacity of each of ourselves to govern ourselves according to the moral principles of the Ten Commandments.Even David Barton’s organization Wallbuil
What Inspired the Founding of America? (opens the original)
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The topic of what inspired America’s founding has been active throughout this year of the nation’s 250th birthday. Those who believe America had an exclusively Christian founding have a steep hill to climb to make that case. Because that’s true they often take the elevator of selective quotation to get there. This post presents a case in point, but first I need to give a little background. Social media was buzzing this week over this post on X.com. Note that it has almost 53 million views. Bo Fr
Happy Constitution Day (opens the original)
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1787 Constitutional Convention SeriesDuring the summer of 2017, I read through the entire minutes of the Constitutional Convention. Beginning May and ending on September 17, read the minutes of the proceedings as recorded by James Madison and then wrote a blog post about it. To read that series examining the proceedings of the Constitution Convention, click here. I did this project to test David Barton’s claim that “every clause” of the Constitution is based on biblical principles. In fact, I ha
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