There are a variety of definitions of freedom. Most often people confuse freedom with license, or more particularly licentiousness. They assume that their personal wants and desires can be pursued without boundary or at least as long as they are not infringing on someone else’s freedom to do whatever they desire. The biblical concept of freedom, however, and the one ...

Wait a minute, Henty died in 1903. The Second World War began in 1939. A number of years ago I attended the North American meeting of the G. A. Henty Society, a Henty gathering in South Carolina where we met a number of people from across the US, Canada, and the UK. The two-day event provided a number of diverse ...

For Part 1 in this fascinating series, click here. Lee’s exemplary record at West Point was the stuff of legend. One of Robert’s maxims was that “obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.” He worked hard at his studies and finished second in his class academically and took top honors in artillery and tactics. He did not ...

I will never forget the first issue I received of Civil War Times Illustrated Magazine. Someone who knew our family and knew that I was crazy over the War Between the States told me about a magazine dedicated to the same thing I was dedicated to—reading about and studying the war. I don’t know what deals I cut with my ...

God made the first sword. He gave it to an angel to wield on the borders of the Garden of Eden. For many centuries, edged weapons in the hands of warriors defined the ultimate settlement on the field of battle. In the Bible, the word for sword (chereb) – is used 424 times; the word for spears 46 times; and ...

In our Flagship edition of the Live The Adventure Letter we gave our readers an insider’s look at the life and times of the real William Wallace. To read Part I of this exciting historical series, click here. Wallace’s Story Continues Sometime in the winter of 1297-98, William Wallace was knighted and declared Guardian of the Realm. Wallace believed he ...

There he sat on his destrier, flashing a claymore larger and heavier than most mortal men could even heft. With his clean-shaven face half painted blue, William Wallace galloped toward the English lines, dressed in his plaid kilt to “pick a fight” with the English miscreants who invaded his country, murdered his wife, and attacked Scottish liberty. Wallace might have ...