Have you heard the moving story of a courageous missionary who walked with the Cherokee Indians on the infamous Trail of Tears?

Thomas Jefferson grew up in the Church of England and admired certain Calvinist pastors and politicians. So why did he come to oppose Calvinism so deeply?

Many imagine America’s founding as a period of Christian dominance, but America was far more Christian in 1860 than it was in 1776.

Was slavery in New Testament times as bad as it was in the early modern era? Professor Thomas Kidd compares ancient slavery with the New World.

The first evangelicals sought to awaken nominal Christians. Many of today’s “evangelicals,” however, are nominal Christians. How did a helpful term turn upside down?

He took the lead role in writing the Heidelberg Catechism, one of the most ringing affirmations of faith in all of Christian history.

Despite America’s many imperfections, Christians in the United States have many things to thank God for today.

Thomas Kidd shares a cautionary tale from the life of the eighteenth century’s most famous life hacker, Ben Franklin.

If Christian pastors are eventually imprisoned for their faith in the United States, it will not be the first time. Early in America’s history, Baptists were persecuted, sometimes fiercely, for standing for their convictions. Religious liberty like we’ve known it wasn’t a reality until years later.

Today’s American Baptists may be a mix of Calvinists and Arminians, but history shows the doctrines of grace at the core of the Baptist heritage.