Cabeza de Vaca was a Spanish explorer who joined the Narvaez Expedition (1527) to explore the Americas. The most intriguing aspect of the book is Cabeza de Vaca’s portrayal of the Indians. … More Cabeza de Vaca’s Adventures of America
Asher K. Sisneros Western Civilization From 1493 Dr. Thomas E. Woods Jr. August 19, 2024 Not long after Luther pinned the 95 Theses, Protestant doctrine spread across Europe like a plague. Only a few dissidents in England believed in Protestant theology, but by King Henry VIII’s rule, it became politically advantageous to oppose Catholicism—and more … More The English Reformation and Its Political Roots
The Black Death marked the beginning of the decline in the cultural assurance of God’s sovereignty over history, at least in the West. People began doubting His providence, and that manifested itself in The Decameron and The Canterbury Tales. Instead of describing events as providentially ordained, both writers describe a world governed by whimsical chance, without any sense of ethical causation. … More Renaissance Literature: A Rebirth of What?
Luther argues that Jesus Christ desires His followers to trust and believe in Him to provide them with salvation. And when they do so, He will glorify them and dress them in garments of truth and righteousness, sanctifying their souls and regenerating their hearts. … More Luther’s On the Freedom of the Christian: History of the Reformation
“Success” is a term used a lot in modern hustle culture. The problem is that most people intuitively use the word in a way that is contrary to how they may verbally define it. To solve this problem, success must be defined clearly and used appropriately. Material success must be distinguished from success as a … More Defining Success
Dr. Gary North has six total principles regarding success: (1) Do what you say you’re going to do, (2) do it when you say you’re going to do it, (3) do it at the agreed upon price, (4) decide what you want to achieve, and (5) decide when you want to achieve it, (6) and … More Personal Successes and Gary North’s Principles
Martin Luther was starting a cultural revolution when he pinned the 95 Theses to the chapel door in Wittenberg, Germany. This revolution rippled through society, first and foremost affecting religion, but it also affected geopolitics, wars, and economics. … More Martin Luther’s 95 Theses
Look at how far the U.S. has come. 250 years later, prosperity has had its toll on the moral condition of the American soul. What was once a nation full of proud patriots willing to sacrifice their lives to displace tyranny and embrace liberty, is now a nation of passive serfs. … More Ponderings of an American on Independence Day
Leading up to the beginning of the Reformation—when Martin Luther pinned his 95 Theses to the church door in Wittenburg, Germany—the Catholic Church was experiencing noticeable forms of decay and rot. The Reformation was a movement to address the root of these perversions. Some saints within the Catholic Church attempted to address the corruption permeating … More The Church on the Eve of Reformation
The Pardoner’s Tale is one of the many short stories in Chaucer’s renowned Canterbury Tales. The narrator in the story is the Pardoner, a man endowed by the Catholic Church to sell indulgences. One of the key characters in the story is Death. He is a character surrounded by ambiguity, leaving fear in all the … More Canterbury Tales: Death in the Pardoner’s Tale
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