In the United States Capitol rotunda hangs a 12’ by 18’ oil-on-canvas painting by the American artist John Trumbull. This beautiful and priceless painting recreates the spirit of the historic meeting in which our forefathers presented a draft of the Declaration of Independence to Congress. Trumbull first painted a much smaller version of the same scene, which is now displayed at the Yale University
One Hundred forty-three years ago Friedrich Nietzsche famously wrote “God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him.” Some have embraced that philosophical comment as a statement of fact. Others would argue that even the author was making the point that the way people think can cause them to ignore the obvious. A case could be made that too much religion, too much humanistic
The world is full of cynics and critics. Some people still believe the world is flat. There are others who do not believe man has been to the moon. Some do not believe Bible Characters like Noah, Moses and Jesus were real people. But the record stands. History is full of accounts in which believers experienced the supernatural, were saved and were healed. We
Imagine a well-dressed man with a fist full of money arguing with a general store owner. The man is simply wanting to by a loaf a bread. He has thousands of dollars in his hand. But the store owner will not sell him the bread – even for thousands of dollars. Here’s the problem: it is 1965 and the man is holding Confederate bills.