John Foxe entered Oxford still a boy. He was eventually elected a fellow of Magdalen College, and from 1539 to 1545 he studied church history. He converted to Protestantism and was forced to resign his academic position as a result. … Continue reading Book of Martyrs
How did America’s great Christian colleges come to abandon their faith and become the secular institutions they are today? When Harvard College was founded by the Puritans in 1636, they knew well what they wanted from their school. “Let every … Continue reading Harvard Chair Went in Wrong Direction?
When the Royal Society was chartered by Charles II on this day July 15, 1662, it was the first scientific society in history. Not surprisingly, active Christians, with their interest in God’s creation, brought it into existence. In fact, its membership was … Continue reading Scientists of Faith Found Royal Society
Another of many important abolitionist Quakers was Lucretia Mott, who worked on the Underground Railroad in the 19th century… Continue reading First Quakers Ashore In America
“Good Queen Bess” used fines, gallows, gibbets… Continue reading Little John
The mixing of politics and spirituality can be explosive for a head of state or the head of a church—and especially when both heads occupy one set of shoulders. The English Reformation occurred when divorce-prone King Henry VIII declared himself … Continue reading Charles I
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