‘Judeo-Christian America’ Archives
Scripture On the Common Good
Just War, Rebellion, and the American Revolution: John Keown and Modern Critiques on Whether the War of Independence was Just. Part 3: Scripture and Rebellion, Scripture on the Common Good By Leonard O. Goenaga On the common good, Scripture is replete with passages focusing the aim of government towards the good of society. If, as Romans [...]
The Heavens Declare The Glory Of God
A Way of Life, Don Lind, Former Astronaut To look down on the earth from space is absolutely incredible. I knew ahead of time just exactly what I was going to see. I was intellectually prepared, but I was not prepared emotionally for what I saw. The world is very large. I knew that. But to see this huge, magnificent sphere slowly rotating [...]
Thomas Jefferson
American Minute with Bill Federer He drafted the Declaration of Independence, was Governor of Virginia and founded the University of Virginia. He was U.S. Minister to France, Secretary of State under President Washington, and Vice-President under John Adams. As the 3rd U.S. President, he approved the Louisiana Purchase and sent Lewis and [...]
Who Shall Ascend Into The Hill Of The Lord?
Old World Witness For Christ Prophets throughout the ages have emphasized the dual requirements of (1) avoiding and overcoming bad and (2) doing good and becoming better. Consider the penetrating questions posed by the Psalmist: “Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place? “He that hath clean [...]
Free Agency: The Divine Gift—Choose Well
Called Unto Liberty, 20th Century Sermons, David O. McKay Next to the bestowal of life itself, the right to direct that life is God’s greatest gift to man. One of the most urgent needs today is the preservation of individual liberty. Freedom of choice is more to be treasured than any possession earth can give. It is inherent in the spirit of [...]
Parents Speak Out and Keep ‘God’ in ‘God Bless the USA’ Song
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, LIBERTY COUNSEL Bellingham, MA – Today, fourth graders at Stall Brook Elementary School will be permitted to perform “God Bless the USA” at their public school assembly, because people in Bellingham, Massachusetts, and around the country stood for common sense and the children’s First Amendment rights. Originally, [...]
Tariffs, Fort Sumter & the beginning of the Civil War
American Minute with Bill Federer Before the Civil War, there was no income tax. Nearly 90% of the Federal Government's revenue came from tariff taxes on imports, mostly collect from Southern ports, like Charleston, South Carolina. Tariffs made foreign goods more expensive, resulting in people buying more goods produced in Northern [...]
Meditating Upon The Scriptures
Old World Witness For Christ When Joshua was called after Moses to lead the children of Israel, the Lord instructed him as follows: This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way [...]
Is Ron Paul “Off the Rails” On Social Issues?
By Conor MacCormack While attacks on Ron Paul's integrity and exemplary moral conduct are not anything new (especially those coming from the Scribes and Pharisees that inhabit the so called "Religious Right"), it is disheartening to see them emerge from those who exhibit an understanding of the biblical natural law principles of individual [...]
“Houston, we’ve had a problem”—Apollo 13
American Minute with Bill Federer "Houston, we've had a problem" were the words sent from Apollo 13, which was launched for the moon APRIL 11, 1970. Mission control identified that an oxygen tank had exploded, irreparably damaging the craft. Special prayer services were held at the Chicago Board of Trade, at St. Peter's Basilica by the [...]
Good Advice — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, I ran across a photo by Lexie Garrett this morning, a short piece of advice from Thomas S. Monson, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The more I thought about it the more its simple message needed to be shared. Those we associate with ultimately determine the kind of people we want to be. I [...]
Love Thy Neighbor As Thyself
Old World Witness For Christ As the Israelites traveled in the wilderness, they received instructions from the Lord. What many fail to realize is that the commandment to love was taught in the Old Testament as well as in the New Testament. The commandment to love your neighbor is an eternal truth. The Lord requires us to be forgiving, kind, and [...]
William & Catherine Booth, daughter Evangeline, and The Salvation Army
American Minute with Bill Federer Millions of people in 118 countries are helped by The Salvation Army, founded by William Booth, who was born APRIL 10, 1829. At the age of 13, he was sent to apprentice as a pawnbroker. His job made him aware of poverty, and the humiliation and degradation people suffered. He became a Christian in his [...]
Eat, Drink, And Be Merry?
American Scripture The ancient American Prophet Nephi prophesied about the worldly philosophies that would be taught in the latter days. Basically saying that in the last days many people will say that it is all right to commit a little sin. Here are his words: Yea, and there shall be many which shall say: Eat, drink, and be merry, for [...]
A Great Stake in Freedom
Called Unto Liberty, 20th Century Sermons, Albert E. Bowen In the spread and perpetuation of the Christian principles that found expression in this cherished government of ours, the Church played the principal role. It has a great stake in freedom. It must be equally zealous to preserve and maintain it. It is its duty whenever that is [...]
Civil War Ends as Lee Surrenders to Grant in Wilmer McLean’s House
American Minute with Bill Federer Wilmer McLean's farm in Manassas Junction, Virginia, was the location of the First Battle of Bull Run in 1861. Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard, who was using McLean's house as his headquarters, wrote: "...of this artillery fight was the destruction of the dinner of myself and staff by a Federal [...]
To Be Learned Is Good If We Hearken Unto God
American Scripture Obtaining knowledge is good if we follow the counsel of God. But the Prophet Nephi warned us that that God's Counsel is greater than man's wisdom: O that cunning plan of the evil one! O the vainness, and the frailties, and the foolishness of men! When they are learned they think they are wise, and they hearken not unto the [...]
Easter is Upon Us
BY JACK KERWICK From the time I was a child until the present day, I have always been amazed by how differently Americans generally and Christians particularly respond to Easter and Christmas. Christmas is impossible to avoid. Regardless of who you are, if you are a resident of the Western world, you have no choice but to reckon with [...]
Scripture On Government
Just War, Rebellion, and the American Revolution: John Keown and Modern Critiques on whether the War of Independence was Just. Part Two: Scripture and Rebellion, Scripture on Government by Leonard O. Goenaga On the authority and purpose of government, most Christian thinkers first turn to Paul’s New Testament treatment in Romans 13. [...]
Out Of Darkness Into His Marvelous Light
A Way of Life, Elder Robert D. Hales As children, we learned how to keep darkness away by turning on a light. Sometimes, when our parents went away for the evening, we would turn on every light in the house! We understood the physical law that is also a spiritual law: light and darkness cannot occupy the same space at the same time. Light [...]
U.S. Enters World War I
American Minute with Bill Federer After the sinking of the Lusitania by Kaiser Wilhelm's Germany U-boats in 1915, public opinion changed and the United States entered World War I on APRIL 6, 1917. Soon, Americans were arriving at the rate of 10,000 a day to fight "the Hun." George M. Cohen wrote the popular song, "Over There," for which [...]
Another Mission from God
Called Unto Liberty, 19th Century Sermons, John Taylor Besides the preaching of the Gospel, we have another mission, namely, the perpetuation of the free agency of man and the maintenance of liberty, freedom, and the rights of man. There are certain principles that belong to humanity outside of the Constitution, outside of the laws, outside of [...]
“I Have Overcome the World”
By Conor MacCormack ""So then Pilate took Jesus and scourged Him. And the soldiers twisted a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and they put on Him a purple robe. Then they said, "Hail, King of the Jews!" And they struck Him with their hands. Pilate then went out again, and said to them, "Behold, I am bringing Him out to you, that you [...]
Easter and Heaven
GARY S. SMITH, CENTER FOR VISION & VALLUES As Christians around the world celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ this Easter, heaven is naturally on the minds of many. Recent polls indicate that between 75 and 90 percent of Americans believe that heaven exists, percentages that far exceed the belief by residents of other Western [...]
The Lord Looketh On The Heart
Old World Witness For Christ The Old Testament Prophet Samuel, instructed by the Lord to anoint a king to replace Saul, was impressed by Jesse’s eldest son, Eliab. But the Lord had different plans. As the scripture puts it: . . . the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have [...]
A Liberty-Loving People”s Greatest Responsibility
Called Unto Liberty, 20th Century Sermons, David O. McKay In these days of uncertainty and unrest, liberty-loving people’s greatest responsibility and paramount duty is to preserve and proclaim the freedom of the individual, his relationship to Deity, and the necessity of obedience to the principles of the Gospel of Jesus Christ—only thus [...]
Passover 2012
BY ALAN CARUBA If you want to understand what Israelis and most Diaspora Jews think about the threats made against Israel, ask any Holocaust survivor. They will tell you, “When somebody says they want to kill you, you should believe them.” Below are two excerpts from a March 30 Jerusalem Post article by Martin Sherman: Goals: Complete [...]
Booker T. Washington and the Tuskegee Institute
American Minute with Bill Federer Born in a slave hut APRIL 5, 1856, was Booker T. Washington. In dire poverty after the Civil War, he moved to West Virginia to work in a salt furnace and coal mine. At age 16 he walked 500 miles to attend Hampton Institute in Virginia and later Wayland Baptist Seminary in Washington, DC. In his book, [...]
The Perfect Law Of Liberty
American Scripture Freedom is a major theme in the scriptures. James said that the Gospel is the "perfect law of liberty". Paul told the Corinthian Saints that "where the Spirit of the Lord is there is Liberty" and admonished Galatian Saints to continue to "stand fast therefore in the Liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free." Christ [...]
Islamic Indoctrination in Textbooks
BY PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY Political Correctness has a double standard when it comes to teaching about religion in public schools. Drop Christianity down the Memory Hole, but give extensive and mostly favorable coverage to Islam. Even the mainstream media have provided extensive coverage of the steady stream of court cases and ACLU threatening [...]
