‘Judeo-Christian America’ Archives
The New War on Religious Liberty
BY PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY Welcome to the real ObamaCare! The Obama Administration is imposing its views on all Americans. If the Obama mandate for contraception remains intact, then liberals may next demand that Americans pay for other objectionable items under the guise of "health care," such as sex-change operations, late-term abortions, and [...]
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated
American Minute with Bill Federer Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated APRIL 4, 1968. Pastor of Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church, he rose to national prominence through the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Awarded the Nobel Prize in 1964, Congress set aside his birthday as a National Holiday. Rev. Martin Luther [...]
Keep God’s Commandments And Ye Shall Prosper In The Land
A Way of Life, Elder Russell M. Nelson Another excuse some use to justify abortion relates to population control. Many in developing nations unknowingly ascribe their lack of prosperityto overpopulation. While they grovel in ignorance of God and his commandments, they may worship objects of their own creation (or nothing at all), while [...]
Employees Fired for Getting Too Religious Get Settlement Payment
Religious Freedom, Liberty Counsel Atlanta, GA - Hallmark Management Company has settled with Daniel and Sharon Dixon, after firing and evicting them from a property management position for having a piece of artwork hanging in their office that contained a Scripture reference. Liberty Counsel successfully represented the Dixons in the case of [...]
Political Correctness in Healthcare
BY PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY The uproar about ObamaCare forcing all religiously affiliated institutions, such as Catholic charities, hospitals, schools and colleges, to offer free contraceptives, abortion-inducing drugs and sterilization, has made Americans of all religious denominations realize the dictatorial power of ObamaCare and the fact that we [...]
Great Key to the Rise and Fall of Liberty
Called Unto Liberty, Founding Era Sermons, Jedediah Morse OUR dangers are of two kinds, those which offend our religion, and those which offend our government. They are, however, so closely allied that they cannot, with propriety, be separated. The foundations which support the interests of Christianity, are also necessary to support a free and [...]
“What Hath God Wrought”—Samuel Morse and the Telegraph
American Minute with Bill Federer The world of communication was revolutionized by a man who died APRIL 2, 1872. His name was Samuel F.B. Morse, inventor of the telegraph and the Morse Code. Samuel F.B. Morse graduated from Yale in 1810, and became one of the greatest portrait artists. He founded the National Academy of Design, and served [...]
The Lord Spoke Unto Moses Face To Face
Old World Witness For Christ When the tabernacle was moved from the Israelites’ camp because of their disobedience, Moses and Joshua were still worthy to enter it. Inside the tabernacle Moses saw that Jehovah, the God of the Old Testament, was and is a real person. He did speak and will speak to man face-to-face. This should give us [...]
Learning from Jonah and Ninevah: Joseph Sewell
Called Unto Liberty, Founding Era Sermons, 1740, Joseph Sewell Boston, 1740 And God saw their Works, that they turned from their evil Way, and God repented of the Evil that he had said that he would do unto them, and he did it not. Jonah III. 10. In this book we have a very memorable and instructive history. The prophet Jonah, whose [...]
Why I Am an American, by J. Reuben Clark Jr.
Called Unto Liberty, 20th Century Sermons, J. Reuben Clark Jr. I am an American because I believe in a government of laws and not of men, and in a national allegiance to high principle and lofty ideal instead of to a personal sovereign. I am an American because I believe in a government with three distinct, separate branches, each mutually [...]
Overcoming The Natural Man
American Scripture An angel appears to King Benjamin and instructs him what to teach his people. The angel told him to say that the natural, or fallen, man is an enemy to God. By yielding to the Spirit and becoming like a child, we can overcome the natural man. Here is how it is written in the Book of Mormon: For the natural man is an enemy [...]
Let Legislators Confine Themselves to the Constitution
Called Unto Liberty, 19th Century Sermons, John Taylor We believe that all legislative assemblies should confine themselves to constitutional principles; and that all such laws should be implicitly obeyed by every American . . . . We believe that the president, governors, judges, and government officers ought to be respected, honored, and [...]
Scripture and Rebellion: Introduction
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, Introduction by Leonard O. Goenaga Noticeably absent from Keown’s analysis is a survey on the scriptural elements relevant to an analysis of just war and the American [...]
The Victory over Death
A Way of Life, President Gordon B. Hinckley "Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live." — John 11:25 "The miracle of that resurrection morning, that first Easter Sunday, is a miracle for all mankind. It is the miracle of the power of God, whose Beloved Son [...]
More Universities Cancel Religious Holidays
JORDAN SEKULOW, ACLJ A string of universities in the State University of New York (SUNY) system have recently removed religious holidays from their academic schedule. While these universities, like most SUNY universities, have traditionally given students the day off for major Jewish and Christian holidays, such as those surrounding Easter [...]
Lincoln’s Day of Fasting and the Freak Accident That Changed the War
American Minute with Bill Federer On MARCH 30, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a National Day of Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer: "Whereas, the Senate of the United States devoutly recognizing the Supreme Authority and just Government of Almighty God in all the affairs of men and of nations, has, by a resolution, requested the [...]
The Ten Commandments
Old World Witness For Christ After leaving Egypt, the children of Israel were given the Ten Commandments. The Ten Commandments represent the basic law of God and are the foundation for a righteous life. They are as valid today as they were in the days of Moses. A great personal goal might be to memorize the Ten Commandments and ask yourself if [...]
John Tyler, first Vice-President to Assume Presidency
American Minute with Bill Federer Tenth President John Tyler was born MARCH 29, 1790. He was the first Vice-President ever to assume the Presidency, when William Henry Harrison died after only one month in office. In his first address, April 9, 1841, President John Tyler stated: "For the first time in our history the person elected to [...]
All Kingdoms Have a Law Given
Called Unto Liberty, 19th Century Sermons, Joseph Smith Jr. All kingdoms have a law given; And there are many kingdoms; for there is no space in the which there is no kingdom; and there is no kingdom in which there is no space, either a greater or a lesser kingdom. And unto every kingdom is given a law; and unto every law there are [...]
When You Serve Others You Serve God
American Scripture And behold, I tell you these things that ye may learn wisdom; that ye may learn that when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God. Source: Mosiah 2:17; The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ
The Salvation Army
American Minute with Bill Federer On MARCH 28, 1885, the Salvation Army was organized in the United States. It was begun in England by "General" William Booth in 1865, who conducted meetings among the poor in London's East End slums. Originally named the Christian Mission, he designed uniforms and adopted a semi-military system of [...]
He Is Not Here: For He Is Risen
A Way of Life, Elder Robert K. Dellenbach If Christ lived after death, so shall men, each one taking his place in the next world for which he is best fitted. Since love is as eternal as life, the message of the resurrection is the most comforting, the most glorifying ever given to man; for when death takes a loved one from us, In an unusual [...]
How Then Can I Do This Great Wickedness, And Sin Against God
Old World Witness For Christ Some time after Joseph became an overseer in Potiphar’s household, Joseph was repeatedly approached by Potiphar’s wife to commit adultery with her. It is instructive to note Joseph's response as follows: There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because [...]
Richard Allen and the African Methodist Episcopal Church
American Minute with Bill Federer Richard Allen was born to slave parents in Philadelphia and sold with his family to a plantation in Dover, Delaware. As a young man, Richard's master, Stokley Sturgis, gave permission for him to attend Methodist religious meetings where he learned to read. In the year 1777, at the age of 17, Richard Allen [...]
Moroni’s Preparations against Amalickiah’s Propaganda
American Scripture After the Anti-Christ Amalickiah obtains power over the Lamanites by fraud and deceit he soon afterwards initiates a propaganda campaign. Moroni, on the other hand starts to prepare the minds his people to be "faithful unto the Lord their God." Here is how it is written: And now it came to pass that, as soon as [...]
Andrew Jackson Survived Assassination Attempt
American Minute with Bill Federer "Old Hickory!" During the Revolutionary War, young Andrew Jackson refused to polish the boots of a British officer and was slashed on the arm with a sword and jailed. His mother died of prison fever while caring for captured American soldiers. Jackson carried a bullet in his body from a duel defending his [...]
Rufus King and other Anti-Slavery Leaders
American Minute with Bill Federer William Jay, son of the First Supreme Court Chief Justice, helped found the American Bible Society in 1818, New York City's Anti-Slavery Society in 1833, and the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1833, drafting its constitution. William Jay was the first judge of New York's Westchester County, 1820 to 1842, [...]
Just War and the American Revolution: Introduction
Just War, Rebellion, and the American Revolution: John Keown and Modern Critiques on whether the War of Independence was Just, Introduction by Leonard O. Goenaga On the back of the Great Seal of the United States is the image of an American eagle tightly clenching in one talon a bundle of arrows, and in the other an olive branch. The chief [...]
The Privilege of Prayer
A Way of Life, Elder J. Devn Cornish I am led to believe that our Heavenly Father loves us so much that the things that are important to us become important to Him, just because He loves us. How much more would He want to help us with the big things that we ask, which are right. Little children, young people, and adults alike, please believe [...]
Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!
American Minute with Bill Federer The Declaration of Independence indicted the King because, among other things: "He has obstructed the administration of justice... He has made judges dependent on his will alone... He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harrass our people... He has kept among us, [...]
