When The Cheering Stopped

Gene Smith, a noted American historian, wrote the book, “When The Cheering Stopped.” The book was the story of President Woodrow Wilson and the events leading up to and following WWI. When that war was over, Wilson was an international hero. There was a great spirit of optimism abroad, and people actually believed that the […]

A Freedom The World Can’t Touch

With all the headlines—lawsuits, debates, and public battles over free speech and personal rights—freedom is once again front and center in America’s conversation. Freedom of expression. Freedom of religion. Freedom of thought. These are deeply important, and we rightly value them. But Scripture reminds us that there’s a freedom even deeper, more eternal, and untouched […]

Seeing the Future

In 1981, a rather prophetic lecture was given at the University of Notre Dame that predicted the collapse of the Soviet Union. The lecturer called Communism “a sad, bizarre chapter in human history whose last pages are even now being written.” A year later the same speaker told the British House of Commons that the […]