THANKSGIVING MAY be the one day a year when the Puritans, those early American settlers who came to the new world seeking "purity" in worship, actually get a break. We get a terrific feast, and ...
Their most eloquent writing and preaching grew from a practical desire to communicate truth. Conversion is central to the Christian faith. From Jesus’ words to Nicodemus in John 3:3 telling him that ...
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. You probably won’t catch the Rev. Peter B. Ives telling his parishioners they are “sinners in the hands of an angry God,” but that is not to say Ives lacks an appreciation for ...
In both England and America, their political experiments collapsed. But they left behind a spiritual legacy that still inspires. A new book by Michael Winship explores how the Puritans—those ...
The Puritans of the 16th and 17th centuries are notorious for killing innocent civilians and burning men and women at the stake. Despite their cruelty, they were able to exist and gain the devotion of ...