[Pictured: founding father Benjamin Rush, mentioned in this blogpost.] Earlier in his life, when he was of great use to his country, Thomas Jefferson was by all outward appearances a believing Christian. Later, he came to harbor doubts about core Christian doctrines. But our book, Doubting Thomas, documents that he was not a …
Here is a portion of the book by Dr. Mark Beliles and Jerry Newcombe on faith (or lack thereof, later in life) of Thomas Jefferson. The book is DOUBTING THOMAS, and it makes 2 overall points: 1) Jefferson was not a lifelong skeptic, and 2) Jefferson did not believe in …
Lorenzo Dow was the Billy Graham of Thomas Jefferson’s day. Rev. Dow thought of Jefferson as a champion of religious freedom and as an active Christian. Later in life, on a private basis, Jefferson harbored some serious doubts about core Christian doctrines. Rev. Hugh White was another local minister who …