Category Archives: History

Current Events Write-Up: The Trump Cabinet, Taiwan, Etc.

Posted on December 9, 2016 by jamesbradfordpate

I was going to post my Current Events Write-Up tomorrow, but the links are piling up, so I’ll share them today! The Trump Cabinet, or Potential Cabinet, or Trump Advisors, or Trump Allies ABC This Week Transcript for December 4, … Continue reading →

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Current Events Write-Up: Castro, Trump’s Cabinet, Etc.

Posted on November 28, 2016 by jamesbradfordpate

I have some links for my current events write-up this week!  I cannot guarantee that I will post a current events write-up every week, but, when I come across something that I think is worth sharing, I will share it. … Continue reading →

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Book Write-Up: War Against War, by Michael Kazin

Posted on September 17, 2016 by jamesbradfordpate

Michael Kazin.  War Against War: The American Fight for Peace, 1914-1918.  Simon and Schuster, 2017.  See here to purchase the book. Michael Kazin teaches history at Georgetown University and co-edits the publication Dissent.  War Against War: The American Fight for … Continue reading →

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Book Write-Up: A Doubter’s Guide to the Ten Commandments

Posted on August 20, 2016 by jamesbradfordpate

John Dickson.  A Doubter’s Guide to the Ten Commandments: How, For Better or Worse, Our Ideas About the Good Life Come from Moses and Jesus.  Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2016.  See here to buy the book. John Dickson has a Ph.D. … Continue reading →

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Book Write-Up: Wesley and the Anglicans

Posted on August 3, 2016 by jamesbradfordpate

Ryan Nicholas Danker.  Wesley and the Anglicans: Political Division in Early Evangelicalism.  Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2016.  See here to purchase the book. Ryan Nicholas Danker teaches about the history of Christianity and Methodism at Wesley Theological Seminary.  Wesley and … Continue reading →

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Book Write-Up: Modern Art and the Life of a Culture

Posted on August 2, 2016 by jamesbradfordpate

Jonathan A. Anderson and William A. Dyrness.  Modern Art and the Life of a Culture: The Religious Impulses of Modernism.  Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2016.  See here to purchase the book. Jonathan A. Anderson is an associate professor of art.  … Continue reading →

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Book Write-Up: Courageous, by Dina L. Sleiman

Posted on July 15, 2016 by jamesbradfordpate

Dina L. Sleiman.  Courageous.  Minneapolis: Bethany House, 2016.  See here to buy the book. Courageous is the third book of Dina L. Sleiman’s Valiant Hearts series.  The Valiant Hearts series is Christian historical fiction that is set in the thirteenth … Continue reading →

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Book Write-Up: Chivalrous, by Dina Sleiman

Posted on July 12, 2016 by jamesbradfordpate

Dina L. Sleiman.  Chivalrous.  Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 2015.  See here to buy the book. Chivalrous is the second book of Dina Sleiman’s “Valiant Heart” series.  The series is set in thirteenth century England. Chivalrous has some of the same … Continue reading →

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Book Write-Up: Our Program, by Abraham Kuyper

Posted on July 5, 2016 by jamesbradfordpate

Abraham Kuyper.  Our Program: A Christian Political Manifesto.  Translated and edited by Harry Van Dyke.  Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2015.  See here to purchase the book. Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920) was a Dutch minister, a member of Parliament, and a prime … Continue reading →

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Book Write-Up: Dauntless, by Dina Sleiman

Posted on July 1, 2016 by jamesbradfordpate

Dina Sleiman.  Dauntless.  Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 2015.  See here to buy the book. Dauntless is the first book of the Valiant Heart series.  I decided to read it and the second book (Chivalrous) because I requested a review copy … Continue reading →

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