Articles for tag: James Madison

November 12, 2020

Alexander Campbell Restoration Movement History

A Study of Alexander Campbell (Part 1)

I spoke with a former Christian college professor a couple of times in the past few weeks. John L. Morrison is a pleasant gentleman enjoying retirement in California. Through the years, he taught at San Jose Bible College (now William Jessup University), Milligan College (now Milligan University), and Puget Sound College of the Bible (now closed). I can’t recall Mr. Morrison’s exact age, but it’s in the neighborhood of 90. Mr. Morrison told me he had written for Christian Standard a number of times. I became curious and checked into this. Sure enough, I found articles by him from the

February 13, 2020

Christian Standard

Alexander Campbell Restoration Movement History

Studying Scripture with Alexander Campbell (Part 1)

Restoration pioneer Alexander Campbell’s Bible study methods might be of interest to readers and leaders. A notation above the headline of this article indicated this was “a paper read before a Bible-study conference of the churches in the Akron (O.) area some months ago.” We will break this into two parts, plus edit it a bit for length. Part one will cover the first two of “four aspects of Mr. Campbell’s Bible study.” _ _ _ Alexander Campbell’s Contribution to Bible Study (Part 1) By Howard Elmo Short, B.D. (Hartford);Minister, Church of Christ, Cuyahoga Falls, O.;February 10, 1940; p. 5

July 4, 2010

Christian Standard

Culture & Public Square Politics & Government

God Bless America?

By Marshall Leggett AmericaÂ has a rich heritage of faith, from its very beginning.Â Columbus, whose name means Christ bearer, saw his exploration of theÂ New WorldÂ as being guided by the providential hand of God. “Our Lord unlocked within me the determination to execute the idea,”Â ColumbusÂ wrote. “Who doubts that His was the illumination of the Holy Spirit? Our Lord wished to perform the clearest work of providence in this matter.”1 Then came the Pilgrims. Their Mayflower Compact expressed the intention of these Christians “to live under the rule of law based on the consent of the people.”2Â Their desire, as explained here, was to