Thanks for coming today on this beautiful friday and excited to introduce to you john burtka president and chief executive officer of isi. He graduated from Hillsdale College with degrees in french and christian studies and earned a graduate degree in theology from la faculte. Jean calvin, an ex in provence, france. Johnny began his career at isi, where he served as a development officer. He returned to isi after four years at the american conservative magazine, where he served as executor of director and acting editor. Johnny has appeared on fox news and fox business and has written for the washington post, the Richmond Times dispatch. The first things the American Mind and the intercollegiate review, among other publications. He has been a lincoln fellow at the Claremont Institute and has participated in academic fellowships at Washington College and the trinity forum. Johnny lives in pennsylvania with his wife amanda. Good morning and welcome. Thank you to the Heritage Foundation fo
Tonight we thank heather and thompson for an unforgettable conversation. Thank you and we welcome you to join us for a conversation. [applause] [inaudible conversation] heres a look at some upcoming book fairs and festivals happening around the company country. The louisiana book festival is being held in baton rouge at the state capital. Coming up in november we are live from austin for the texas book festival with authors such as former attorney general alberto gonzales, law professor tim wu and orange is the new black actress diane guerrero. Later we will be live from the Miami Book Fair on november 19 and 20th. Our coverage includes author discussion and call them featuring bernie sanders, fox news host and colton whitehead. For more information about the book fairs and festivals, and to watch previews festival coverage, click on the book fair tab on our website, booktv. Org. Professor richard gamble, wended the phrase city on a hill originate . It originated in the new testament,
Professor richard gamble. When did the phrase sitting on the hill originate . In the gospel of matthew and made way of American History by way of speech and discourse written by the governor john back in 1630 and he wrote what became later a very famous speech called charity and gradually the phrase sitting on a hill came to describe be used by historians and others to describe america and one of the things im most interested in is how americans got into the habit of calling themselves a city on hill, how did they become an american nickname and the tendency that i found over the years is for politicians and journalists and others to assume that americans from earlier colonial period always thought themselves as city on a hill. It took more than 200 years before a prominent american historian started picking up the phrase and applying it to americas identity. What does the concept mean . Comes from the sermon on the mount in gospel of matthew and there jesus says to the crowd and disci
And this despite the fact they have both been dead for nearly 2,000 years. One is revered as the mother you could say christianity began the moment mary gave birth. In fact, you can say the whole modern world begins the moment mary gave birth. Its the way we date our checks, make dates, count our age and anniversaries and so on, from the moment mary gave birth. The other mary, called magdalene, her flaming red hair was a sign she was touched by satan. Until she found jesus and her conversion at his hands made her christianitys original hooker with a heart of gold. I think i learned what most people did which was that mary was a prostitute. She appeared at the resurrection but the prominent imagery of her was the repent bad girl. Scholars have called these two marys the two faces of eve one, the first perfect woman. The other, the first fallen woman. When eve ate the forbidden fruit in the garden of eden, Christian Doctrine says she stained humanity with original sin. And women have bee
And this, despite the fact that they have both been dead for nearly 2,000 years. One is venerated as the mother of jesus, the good virgin mary who said yes to gods request, and who reigns from heaven crowned with stars. In a sense you could say christianity began the moment mary gave birth. You could say the whole modern world began the day mary gave birth. We make dates, its the way we count our age, count our anniversaries and so on, from the moment mary gave birth. The other mary called magdalene is the bad girl who is seized by demons. In ancient times, scholars say, her flaming red hair was a sign that she was touched by satan. Until she found jesus. And her conversion at his hands made her christianitys original hooker with a heart of gold. I think i learned what most people did, which is that Mary Magdalene was a repentant pro prostitute. The prominent imagery of her was the repentant bad girl. Scholars have called these two marys the two faces of eve. One, the first perfect wom