Ever wonder why most folks take off from work on Labor Day? Doesn’t it seem like Labor Day would be the one day in the year that people would labor? According to the U.S. Department of Labor, “[t]he first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City, in accordance with the plans of the Central Labor Union. [...]

We rejoice in the Lord for every marriage knowing that each one is a gift and blessing of grace from the Lord. With this blessing comes a sacred duty. Whenever Christians enter into a wedding, they enter into a sacred responsibility to present to all gathered the Gospel message of Christ and His Church.

This weekend I delighted to join with many in the celebration of another pair of friends: Bradley Pierce and Cindy Sarratt. In every way, the composition of their wedding, the words that were pronounced, the testimonies that were given, the wedding was a presentation of honor to the sanctity of marriage. [...]

In February 1942, C.S. Lewis published his apologetic novel “The Screwtape Letters,” a story that takes the form of a series of letters from a senior demon, Screwtape, to his nephew, a junior tempter named Wormwood, so as to advise him on methods of securing the damnation of a man, known in the book as “the Patient.” The book demonstrates the ways that can test a man to show whether he will persevere in the faith and be found true.

I was reminded of this book this weekend when I began corresponding with an old friend I had not seen in years. He was a person I had once considered one of my closest companions. My friend, however, no longer claims to be a Christian. In fact, he now calls himself an “atheists” or, he admits more accurately, an “agnostic, because like all rational men I realize that I do not know everything.” He has, thus, rejected the authority of God’s Word. [...]

After the recent reposting of “George Washington, the Christian,” a young man sent me this thoughtful inquiry:

“Dear Nathaniel, . . . I have been troubled by the apparent inconsistencies in the lives of MANY Christian leaders who are often propped up as role models. . . . Would you be open to reconciling the opposing professions / lifestyles of Christian heroes of history . . . ?”

What do we do when the Knight in Shining Armor we once adored now seems like an empty panoply?

When we speak of the Christianity of George Washington, we should clarify both what we mean and what we do not mean. We do not mean that George Washington was a modern-day evangelical. He did not shop at Family Christian Bookstores. He did not attend Wednesday evening church. He did not listen to Steve Green or Michael W. Smith. He did not have fifty Bible translations to read. He did not listen to Christian talk radio. [...]

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe. She had so many children she did not know what to do. With a sigh and a wipe she departed from thence. To Texas she went for The Baby Conference.
In actuality, this conference was filled with mothers and fathers who absolutely thrive with as many [...]

We remember 1776 as the year the Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence. We remember the ideals embodied in that eloquent document. But few of us realize the sacrifice the soldiers of the colonial army endured to birth those eloquent ideals into reality. Few of us realize how close we came to losing again and again.

In that year Washington often had to fight to keep his army over one thousand members, while being hounded by a British army with tens of thousands of soldiers. They lacked sufficient weapons. They lacked proper training. They lacked basic supplies. Disease plagued the soldiers frequently. Washington himself was plagued by traitors and arrogant assisting generals who sought to displace him. [...]

If there’s one demographic you can count on to be pro-life, it’s the Catholics, right?

Tell that to John Rock, Christened at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Marlborough, Massachusetts, and married by Cardinal William O’Connell, of Boston. Faithful attender of the 7:00 a.m. Mass at St. Mary’s in Brookline for most of his life. A crucifix hung above his desk. Oh, and also one of the inventors of the birth-control pill.

John Rock not only created the Pill; he [...]

About a week ago, I hopped inside a fifteen passenger van and trekked from San Antonio, Texas all the way up into the Yankee land of Swedesboro, New Jersey. The occasion for this trek was none other than my dear fellow “First Brigade” comrade Tim’s wedding to Lauren. Tim is now the second of the [...]

This week I had the delight of editing through the fantastic footage Steven Bowman of Conquest Productions shot on the European Faith & Freedom Tour. While digging through the gigabytes of spectacular cinematography, I discovered footage that had not yet been seen from the trip, and heard stories of faith and valor that convicted, encouraged, [...]