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The Great Commission, Love, and Science
“Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation.” I have written a previous post about the Great Commission, as recorded in the Gospel of Mark, which is the basis for Christian missionary activity for the … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Biography, Christianity, Great Commission
Tagged Daniel Little, god, Great Commission, Missionaries
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Rescuing the Dead
One of my favorite authors is Captain John Smith. Smith, the founder of Jamestown, of Pocahontas fame, was a contemporary of John Donne, William Shakespeare, and Francis Bacon. Smith did not write poetry like Donne, sonnets and plays like Shakespeare, … Continue reading
Captain John Smith: Conqueror, Colonizer, Commissioner
The Sea Mark: Captain John Smith’s Voyage to New England, published by University Press of New England (http://www.upne.com/1611685169.html), juxtaposes three different mentalities and activities: the conqueror, colonizer, and commissioner. Smith the conqueror was a soldier who believed that whoever was … Continue reading
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Tagged Anglican, Biography, books, Great Commission, history, John Smith, The Sea Mark
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College Students, College Thinkers
Students… Why are you at college? What brought you to college? What motivated you to come to a college rather than to stay where you were, to continue what you were doing? There are many possibilities…a degree program in criminal … Continue reading
The History of Bacone College Symbolized by a Single Work of Art
The Indian Christ in Gethsemane, a painting by Cheyenne artist Dick West, tells the story of the history of Bacone College. It portrays a young Plains Indian as Christ in western Oklahoma kneeling before God the Father, praying, “Thy Will … Continue reading
Love and the Constitution
Love and the Constitution Is our society founded on Christian virtues and teachings? What is the greatest Christian teaching? What is the essence of Christianity? What is the one truth above all others that sums Christianity, Christian teachings, Jesus’s life? … Continue reading
The Constitution and Religion
The framers of the Constitution developed their conceptions of religion and government based on a variety of sources: classical political theory, such as Aristotle; European political theory, such as Machiavelli; English political theory, such as Locke and Hobbes; but also … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Biography, books, Christianity, Government
Tagged American Revolution, books, Constitution, Ebenezer Hazard, history, Jeremy Belknap, Love
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The Pious Scientist Jeremy Belknap
Jeremy Belknap, who is featured in three of my books: Ebenezer Hazard, Jeremy Belknap, and the American Revolution, Passaconaway’s Realm, and the American Plutarch, was a pious scientist. He believed that piety is the most important response of the scientist to … Continue reading
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Tagged Biography, books, Great Commission, history, Jeremy Belknap, Piety, Pious Science
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Pious Scientists
Oftentimes, missionaries in America were people of exceptional learning. Almon Bacone, for example, the founder of Bacone College, as a faculty member in the 1880s and 1890s taught an incredible number of subjects: Greek, Latin, rhetoric, English literature, logic, natural … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Biography, books, Christianity, Great Commission
Tagged Almon Bacone, Cotton Mather, Jeremy Belknap, missioanries
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Missionaries and Love
Missionaries and Love: There were many missionaries of many denominations who brought the Gospel to American Indians in the United States and Canada: Anglicans, Catholics, Methodists, Lutherans, Moravians, Presybterians, and Baptists. They shared a similar interpretation of the compelling call … Continue reading
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Tagged Daniel Little, Great Commission, Jesus, Love, Missionaries
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The American Plutarch 