In this new year, dressed as Puritan preacher Jonathan Edwards, I crisscross our nation on the Chautauqua circuit, celebrating the tercentenary of his birth. In October 1703 Edwards was born in ...

“Footloose”: The entertainingly cheesy ’80s dance pic gets a reboot from director Craig Brewer (“Hustle & Flow”), and Kenny Wormald gets the role made famous (kind of) by Kevin Bacon: a big-city boy ...

Their most eloquent writing and preaching grew from a practical desire to communicate truth. Conversion is central to the Christian faith. From Jesus’ words to Nicodemus in John 3:3 telling him that ...

We all know the story. Modern America was founded by men of God. Nearly 400 hundred years ago they came to this country seeking freedom from persecution, and they found a new land where they could ...

Cotton Mather, great Puritan preacher and educator, hated witches and had 15 children. A Florida descendant of his, also named Cotton Mather, who hates taxes and has 15 chain stores, last week learned ...