This is a Biblical, confessional and historical study of Baptists and the State by H. Rondel Rumburg. It calls attention to a neglected fact: Baptists have led this country in effective and godly civil disobedience, and the U.S. is better for that resistance. The great error today is that too many Baptists assume that the doctrine of the separation of church and state means the separation of Christianity and the state. Because 'the God of eternity who created time rightly controls time, ' every area of life and thought must be under Christ. The great Baptist leader Isaac Backus fought against...

Welcome to an eclectic presentation of Christmas in the Confederate States of America. Yes, consider how the birth of God's Son into this world was acknowledged during those dark days of war. The Prince of Peace was remembered in the onslaughts of an invasion. The opening essay was written to give an overview of the Christmases during the Confederate era. Some of the following chapters have been randomly selected from Southern literature of the past. The material is retrieved as a reminder of the advent of our Lord Jesus Christ just before and during the life of the Confederacy, when the...