by joshuarivers | Jul 5, 2013 | Family
In the United States, July 4th is the day we celebrate Independence Day. I am posting this on the 5th, but I want to wish you a Happy Independence Day! I was able to spend the evening with my wife, watching our kids play at a park in the evening. Then we met with a...
by joshuarivers | May 15, 2010 | Education, Misc.
Now that we are on the fourth and last part of this Separation of Church and State, some may be wondering, “What does this have to do with education?” First of all, a look at some of my other blog posts would be helpful, but I will summarize here. The...
by joshuarivers | May 11, 2010 | Education, Misc.
Anytime you hear the concept of the separation of church and state being talked about these days, it is never in regard to maintaining the restraints on government; instead, it is always talking about what Christians and churches cannot do. (D. James Kennedy,...
by joshuarivers | May 7, 2010 | Education, Misc.
When Thomas Jefferson wrote his letter to the Baptist congregation in Danbury, Connecticut, in 1802, eleven years after the Bill of Rights had been ratified, he said that the First Amendment errected a “wall of separation” between Church and State. Even...
by joshuarivers | May 4, 2010 | Education, Misc.
The issue about the separation of Church and State has been, and continues to be, a pressing and misunderstood matter. It is my plan in the next several weeks to post articles pertaining to this issue. In this post, I am starting from the beginning: the letter from...