Archive for November 2009

Our First Year: Reformed

We hope you’ve been enjoying the short series on “Historical Perspectives” this month. November marks a full year since the New Free Thinkers began to write, and we think it’s fitting that we end this month by announcing the availability of our first book! The book, “Reformed,” is a collection of all the articles we [...]

Historical Perspectives: Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards was born on October 5, 1703 in East Windsor, Connecticut. At the age of 13, he enrolled in Yale University and began to write the first of many papers on philosophy and metaphysics. Though it seems a young age to us now, in the eighteenth century college enrollment happened in the teenage years. [...]

Historical Perspectives: Clara Barton

This month marks a full year of free thinking for the New Free Thinkers. Accordingly, we will be publishing a set of “Historical Perspectives” examining the lives of young men and women in history. Their stories show how God uses everyday people to accomplish amazing things. We hope they will inspire you as you celebrate [...]

Historical Perspectives: William Wilberforce

This month marks a full year of free thinking for the New Free Thinkers. Accordingly, we will be publishing a set of “Historical Perspectives” examining the lives of young men and women in history. Their stories show how God uses everyday people to accomplish amazing things. We hope they will inspire you as you celebrate [...]

The God of Why

A while ago I had an interesting conversation with a young person who was struggling with her faith in God.  I began telling her about how much God loves each of us.  She replied by telling me about some of the things she had suffered throughout her life, and eventually asked the question I expected [...]