Conservative Polylogism

Economics: Lesson 160 Is free trade across a county border economically different from free trade across a national border? When it comes to town borders, county borders, and state borders, nobody cares about them and they are simply invisible lines. Conservatives defend free trade across these domestic borders with no tariffs or sales taxes because …

Ezra Institute: 2021

My review and experience at the Ezra Institute's Worldview Leadership Camp This summer I had the wonderful opportunity to attend the Worldview Leadership Camp at the Ezra Institute in Grimsby Ontario. https://www.ezrainstitute.ca/eicc-study-centre/worldview-leadership-camp/ This week-long camp is meant to teach young people how to think Christianly and understand what it means to be a Christian in …

Raised a Christian | My Testimony and Baptism

My name is Louisa. I have been blessed to be born into a Christian family and have grown up being read to and taught from the Bible. I have always known from a very young age that I believed in God and am meant to follow Him. Probably to my parent's delight, I do not …

The Targets of George Whitefield & Jonathan Edwards

English: Lesson 45 "If you had heard these two sermons, would you have assumed that you were the target?" George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards were masters at writing and delivering sermons, but were especially good at conveying emotion to sway a crowd. Both men are at the top of the list of the most famous …

The Puritan Faith

English: Lesson 30 The views of Cotton, Winthrop, and Rowlandson regarding the Puritans' errand in the wilderness. The Puritan faith amongst Cotton, Winthrop, and Rowlandson is one that is so strong that even through one horrible episode after the other, that would have broken most people; their faith made them stronger and more sure in …

Emigrating people’s connection with the Old Testament

English: Lesson 25 "How did Cotton and Winthrop view the emigrating people's connection with the Old Testament?" Cotton and Winthrop were pastors in 1630 and had the difficult task of giving the farewell sermons to their congregations, the Separatists, who were bound for America. They had little to no idea of what they would face …

A Morality Tale: Why they had left

English: Lesson 20 "Was Bradford's account a morality tale for future generations?" William Bradford was an English Puritan Separatist who wrote an account of his and his fellow separatists' journey from England to the Netherlands, then onto America. The journal is called Of Plymouth Plantation and documents the time from 1620 to 1646. It has been one …

Cabeza de Vaca vs. Las Casas

English: Lesson 10 "Which book was more memorable, Cabeza de Vaca's or Las Casas's?" Reading these two accounts of the New World was an exciting and incredible read. Not only do the books describe an interesting time in history, but both are filled with adventure and thrilling tales. However, looking back on them I have …