“The Separation of Church and State” is a famous phrase used by many Americans to summarize their own opinion of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. This phrase has been the subject of many heated debates in the United States since the 1940s. Most uninformed people act as if the phrase itself is literally […]

In 701 BC the Assyrian king Sennacherib came and threatened Jerusalem (the king at the time was Hezekiah). The field commander of the Assyrian army was talking to some of Israel’s senior officials to warn them of Assyria’s intended assault when he said: “But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the Lord our […]