DOUBTING THOMAS by Mark Beliles and Jerry Newcombe

When Jefferson was a young man he acted as a professing Trinitarian Christian

In 1777. Jefferson helped found an evangelical church

Now in print---for the first time ever---many religious letters and 2 sermons from the church that Jefferson funded and attended

Jefferson encouraged non-coercive religion in public life and the right of state governments to decide religious policy

DOUBTING THOMAS by Mark Beliles and Jerry Newcombe

This new book presents new evidence that calls into question the view that Jefferson was a lifelong skeptic and that he believed in the "naked public square"

When Jefferson was a young man he acted as a professing Trinitarian Christian

Later in life Jefferson changed in his views, privately, to a more unorthodox position. But the point here is that he was not a lifelong skeptic.

In 1777. Jefferson helped found an evangelical church

The same year he wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, Thomas Jefferson helped create the Calvinistical Reformed Church of Charlottesville.

Now in print---for the first time ever---many religious letters and 2 sermons from the church that Jefferson funded and attended

DOUBTING THOMAS contains in the Appendix about a dozen religious letters of Jefferson that have never been in print before now, plus two sermons by Rev. Charles Clay, whose ministry Jefferson supported.

Jefferson encouraged non-coercive religion in public life and the right of state governments to decide religious policy

Jefferson approved and attended regularly the Christian worship services held Sundays at the US Capitol building and in his local courthouse. He refrained from issuing national religious proclamations but had no objection to state proclamations.

Fresh Insights About Jefferson's Religious Views Based on NEW Evidence

"DOUBTING THOMAS? The Religious Life and Legacy of Thomas Jefferson" by MARK A. BELILES and JERRY NEWCOMBE deals with the faith---or the lack thereof---of one of our most important founding fathers. But this volume provides NEW information, some of which has not been in print before. To learn more about the book, see www.americapublications.org DOUBTING THOMAS contains previously unpublished documents including a dozen religious letters by Jefferson and two sermons by his pastor Charles Clay. Jefferson voluntarily joined and donated to Clay’s Calvinistical Reformed Church of Charlottesville.

The Jefferson of History Was Not the Jefferson of the ACLU

The book, DOUBTING THOMAS by Mark Beliles and Jerry Newcombe, shows that our third president and founding father Thomas Jefferson was not a lifelong skeptic and was not someone who wanted to banish God from the public square. The Thomas Jefferson of history was not the Thomas Jefferson of the …

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Jefferson Begins to Sink into Doubt—and a Misunderstanding of the Holy Trinity

Jefferson certainly had a lot of doubts about key Christian doctrines later in life. But he was not a lifelong skeptic. Nor did he believe that faith had no place in the public square. The following are excerpted from the book by Mark Beliles and Jerry Newcombe, Doubting Thomas, and they deal …

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Despite Some Doubts, Jefferson Was Generous to Christian Causes

Thomas Jefferson was not a lifelong skeptic…although later in life, he privately expressed some doubts about core Christian doctrines. Our book, DOUBING THOMAS, shows that he went through several phases of belief or the lack thereof through his long life. The book also shows that he did not believe in …

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Jefferson Explains His So-called “Jefferson Bible” (Version 1, 1804—intended for the Indians)

[File image] There are two main points to our book, DOUBTING THOMAS (co-authored by Charlottesville pastor, Dr. Mark Beliles and me). 1) Jefferson was not a lifelong skeptic. When he was most productive and helpful to the country, he was from all outward appearances a believing Christian. 2) Regardless of …

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