Posts by Mark Tapscott
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Read MoreFAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: John Jay, First Supreme Court Chief Justice, on Simple Faith
(QUICK READ) — John Jay was America’s first Supreme Court Chief Justice, one of the trio of authors of The Federalist Papers, and he was a man who had no reservation about expressing his Christian faith and how he believed it shaped his life, as an individual and as an American patriot. One thing Jay…
Read MoreSUNDAY SONGS: ‘I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day’ by Casting Crowns
(4:42 VIEWING) — You know how a certain song you hear will get in your mind and you can’t get it out? This version by Casting Crowns of “I Heard the Bells of Christmas” is like that for me. I can listen to it over and over, and then the melody just keeps going on…
Read MoreFAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: Justice Joseph Story on the God Question for Free America
(QUICK READ) — Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story was and remains to this day among the most influential of the many wise men by whose presence the early American decades were blessed following adoption of the Constitution in 1789. Story was a long-time ally of Chief Justice John Marshall and he hoped to succeed Marshall…
Read MoreFAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: John Jay on the Truth of Christianity
(QUICK READ) — John Jay was the first Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court established by the Constitution that he, with James Madison and Alexander Hamilton, co-authored “The Federalist Papers” under the pseudonym of “Publius.” The three authors chose that name because the historical Publius — Publius Valerius Publicola — was one of…
Read MoreFAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: James Madison on the ‘Duty of Every Man’
(QUICK READ) — James Madison is known mainly as the “Father of the Constitution” for his crucial role at the Constitutional Convention and only secondarily as the nation’s fourth President, who presided over the nation during the War of 1812 with Great Britain. The specifics of Madison’s personal view of Christianity are not known, but…
Read MoreTHANKSGIVING FAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: James Madison’s 1815 Presidential Proclamation
(QUICK READ) — Today is Thanksgiving 2025 and, as with every one of the previous such days in this country, Americans, more than any other people ever on the face of this good Earth, have so much for which to be thankful. When President James Madison issued his Thanksgiving Day Proclamation in March 1815, it…
Read MoreHAPPY THANKSGIVING!
HillFaith is hosting a chaotic, happy, grateful bunch of nieces, nephews, cousins, neighbors and friends for a Thanksgiving feast.
Read MoreFAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: John Adams on Property Law as Sacred
(QUICK READ) — Two of the 10 Commandments — “Thou Shalt Not Covet” and “Thou Shalt Not Steal” — are in the mind of America’s second President as essential to the development and preservation of civilized societies. Protecting the security of the individual’s property against theft by other people and from theft by governments through…
Read MoreCULTURE: Gen Zers Spending Less Time With Others; Young Men Dropping Out of the Workplace
(QUICK READ) — New survey data analyzed by the Institute for Family Studies (IFS) finds a sharp decline in the amount of face-to-face time young GenZers spend with other people, but especially their friends, in conversation. There is also disturbing new data indicating young men are dropping out of the job market at unprecedented rates.…
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