Posts by Mark Tapscott
FAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: When Choosing Revolution is Justified for a Christian
(QUICK READ) — Among the rarely discussed aspects of the events that led to the opening of the American Revolution and the Declaration of Independence was the prevalence on colonial Sundays, particularly in New England Congregationalist churches, of the delivery of passionate sermons explaining when a Christian people are justified in throwing off the chains…
Read MoreFAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: George Mason’s Last Will and Testament
(QUICK READ) — Virginia’s George Mason was not among the signers of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, but he was very much present in the proceedings and thinking that produced it, thanks to his Virginia Declaration of Rights. But Mason’s greatest contribution to the founding era of America was his insistence to James Madison,…
Read MoreEXODUS EXPLORED (Part 2): The Israelites Leave Egypt and Conquer the Promised Land
(4:20 VIEWING) — Physical and written evidence is abundant that the Israelites actually did depart from 400 years of slavery in Egypt and, after a long stint in the Sinai wilderness, arrive in the Promised Land, which was then known as Canaan, between 14th and 12th centuries. In the following Part 2 (of 13) of…
Read MoreFAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: Alexander Hamilton’s Profession of Faith Upon Being Mortally Wounded in a Duel
(QUICK READ) — America’s first Secretary of the Treasury was Alexander Hamilton, a man without whom it is difficult to envision the success of the American Revolution and the creation of the Constitution that created the United States of America. Hamilton was a trusted aide to Gen. George Washington during the war, he and James…
Read MoreINTRODUCTION TO EXODUS EXPLORED: Is the Biblical Account of the Israelites’ Escape From Slavery in Egypt Myth or Fact?
(3:32 VIEWING) — It’s among the most widely known stories from the ancient world, but did the Israelite people become slaves in Egypt after Joseph’s passing and the ascension of a new Pharaoh who knew nothing of how the obscure tribe had come to the land of the pyramids, according to the Old Testament Book…
Read MoreFAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: Benjamin Rush on Christianity and the Republic
(QUICK READ) — Dr. Benjamin Rush was among the most interesting characters among the Founders of the United States of America, playing a key role in the Revolutionary War, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and was active in the constitutional era that began in 1789. Among much else, Rush was an early…
Read MoreMERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!
HILLFAITH RETURNS IN THE NEW YEAR. GOD BLESS!
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…
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