Alfred the Great: Defender of Christendom

From spoiled, drunken teenager, to humble defender of Christian civilization against the heathen Viking invaders. The greatest king in English history.

Jim Elliot: Martyr to the Indians

The legendary 20th-century American missionary, who took the gospel into the jungles where it had never been carried.

The Great Revivals During the War between the States

How America’s greatest tragedy also berthed one of its greatest spiritual awakenings, in a most unexpected place.

Paul Schneider: Apostle to the Nazis

The Christian pastor Hitler feared as he feared no other man, from the beginning of Nazi rule.

Stonewall Jackson: Standing Like a Stone Wall

As a boy, he lost his mother, father, brother, and sister. As a man, he lost a wife and two babies. As a soldier, he led one of America’s greatest spiritual awakenings.

Reconstruction or Deconstruction?

Did the U.S. government's program for the South following the War Between the States constitute an attempt at "Reconstruction or Deconstruction?

Stand Watie and the Confederate Indians

The saga of Cherokee Chief Stand Watie - the only American Indian to attain the rank of general during the War Between the States - and his people from before the Trail of Tears through the post-war Reconstruction.

America and the Christian Theory of Just War

John examines the principles of just war, and where America has--and has not--followed them.

The Christian Character of Robert E. Lee

Most people know of Lee's military exploits, but few know that his greatest legacy is that of a peacemaker.