To say the least, he was irritated. Frustrated with a capricious sovereign and forced (on principle) to take a life-altering stand, Thomas Jefferson’s quill scribbled furiously. The English crown, he fumed, could not expect a people to suffer such indignities. Oppressive taxation. Obstructed commerce. Second-class citizenship. It was enough. And so he wrote. With every careful word, there widened a...

Kerby Anderson discusses historians’ perspectives on the rise and fall of nations, concluding with a biblical perspective. He finds civilizations which depart from Christian values are on the road to irrelevance. He considers factors which may lead to the decline of this nation’s position as the only world super-power.  He points out the relationship between moral and spiritual decline and...