Yearly Archives: 2018
Jefferson Expressed His Belief in God on Many Occasions
For most of his life our third president, Thomas Jefferson, was a professing Christian. In 1777, a year after he wrote the Declaration of Independence in 1776, Jefferson wrote up an agreement for the establishment of a Christian church, which called an evangelical minister to be the pastor. Rev. Charles …
President Jefferson Corresponded with Many Christians
Repeatedly Jefferson Had Many Positive Interactions with Christians and Churches, Even as President
On December 13 Thomson, sent Jefferson a copy of his translation of the Old Testament from the Greek—providing evidence once again that our third president was a serious student of the Bible. Jefferson replied on Christmas day saying: “I have dipped into it at the few moments of leisure which my vocations permit, and …
Jefferson Was an Avid Bible-Reader
Jefferson Was Active and Generous in his Church Life
Jefferson Attended Church Regularly at the U. S. Capitol
Jefferson Supported Christian Education
Jefferson harbored doubts late in life on some core Christian doctrines. Nonetheless, he was an active church-goer, an avid Bible reader (in particular the sayings of Jesus), and a generous supporter of churches. He also was supportive of Christianity in its various forms, even in the public arena. Here are …
Jefferson Looked to the God that Led Ancient Israel
DOUBTING THOMAS, the book I co-wrote with Charlottesville pastor, Mark Beliles, seeks to shed light on two questions: Was Jefferson some sort of closet atheist? Did he believe in what is called today “the naked public square”—which means the expelling of any kind of godly influence in government? The answer …
It Is a Myth That Jefferson Was a Closet Atheist
It’s a myth that Thomas Jefferson was some sort of closet atheist. Later in life he came to privately doubt some core Christian doctrines. And there are credible answers to those doubts. But the man regularly attended church, was a reader of Bible—in particular the teachings of Jesus—and also quite …