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We have now come in the current calendar year to the nation’s annual observance of Memorial Day, where we honor the memory of our fellow Americans who have given the “last full measure of devotion” by sacrificing their lives on the altar of freedom. I thank God that whenever America has needed them, men and women have answered the call to defend America’s freedom by serving in our nation’s armed services. (Photo: The Christian Post/Katherine T. Phan) My father and several uncles served in WW II in the Pacific.  In my generation, I have several childhood friends and...

Arguably the most radical and beneficial concepts spawned by the American Revolution are enshrined in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. In fact, it is often argued, I believe accurately, that James Madison assured John Leland, the most prominent Baptist leader of the early Federal era, that if the Baptists voted for ratification of the Constitution, Madison would guarantee the first Congress under that new government would pass what came to be known as the First Amendment. Without that guarantee, Leland could not have persuaded his fellow Baptists to vote overwhelmingly for ratifi...

Yesterday was the 69th observance of the National Day of Prayer, which was made an official federal government event on the first Thursday of every May by President Truman’s official act in 1952. The movement for the National Day of Prayer was led by a young Billy Graham as a response to the crises produced by the dawn of the Atomic Age and the Korean War.  (Photo: The Christian Post/Katherine T. Phan) This coming Sunday, we observe “Mother’s Day,” the day we set aside in America each year to honor and appreciate our mothers. What better time to discuss the declining status of the A...

Yesterday was the 69th observance of the National Day of Prayer, which was made an official federal government event on the first Thursday of every May by President Truman’s official act in 1952.  The movement for the National Day of Prayer was led by a young Billy Graham as a response to the crises produced by the dawn of the Atomic Age and the Korean War.  (Photo: The Christian Post/Katherine T. Phan) This coming Sunday, we observe “Mother’s Day,” the day we set aside in America each year to honor and appreciate our mothers. What better time to discuss the declinin...

An eloquent voice bears witness JavaScript in your web browser. Please An eloquent voice bears witness An eloquent voice bears witness (Photo: The Christian Post/Katherine T. Phan) In doing so, Scott bore eloquent witness to the inspiring hope that suffused Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s civil rights ministry that transformed our nation in the 1950s and 1960s. As I listened to Scott, I found myself profoundly moved as I thought, “this is what Dr. King had in mind when he spoke of America living up to the promises of our founding documents and a nation where people are judged by the...