Have you checked your cell phone lately? Do you have a computer in your home? Do you ever look up anything on the internet, watch television, or listen to the radio? If so, you can thank Samuel Morse (1791-1872; pictured above), the “Father of American Telecommunications,” a Christian man who wanted to make […]
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Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) and George Whitefield (1714-1770) were close friends for thirty years. It was an unlikely friendship. Whitefield was an Englishman and Franklin was an American; and, in the later years of their friendship, America was moving toward independence, much to the dismay of England. Whitefield was an eloquent and fiery evangelical
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(…continued) Armando Valladares, and many other prisoners in the Cuban prison on the Isle of Pines, were inspired and strengthened in their faith by another prisoner they knew only as “The Brother of Faith.” ‘The Brother’ was a Protestant minister who, in that ‘hell on earth,’ created a community of living faith in Jesus
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Thirty miles off the southwest coast of Cuba is the Isla de Pinos (Island of the Pines). On this island is the notorious ‘Presidio Modelo’ (Model Prison, pictured above) built in the 1920’s by the president, turned dictator, Gerado Machado. When someone asked the dictator why he had built it so big, he replied,
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Willie was a stuttering plodder. The only job he could get was as a shoemaker’s apprentice. The only girl who would marry him was Dorothy, who suffered from mental illness. But everything changed for Willie when he read a runaway bestseller. Most who read Captain Cook’s journal were captivated by the exploits of a
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Caiaphas, James Tissot (1836-1902) ——————— John 11:47-50 — The chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin. “What are we accomplishing?” they asked. “Here is this man performing many signs. If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and then the Romans will come and take away
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The Presidential Emancipation Proclamation was very important in 1863, but it had limited Constitutional authority. It did not permanently or legally abolish slavery across the entire country. An amendment to the Constitution was needed for that. The Civil War was nearing an end. The amendment had to get through Congress before the Southern
The New Testament gives us some guidance to help us understand our duties and responsibilities as citizens of a nation. It does not give specifics, but it does set parameters. Government is to be respected, obeyed, and appreciated; but it is not to be followed blindly, nor should it be obeyed when obeying
3299) Martin Luther and Politics Read More »
Adapted from “Lincoln’s 700 Words of Biblical Meditation,” by Daniel Dreisbach, posted March 4, 2015 at: http://www.lawliberty.org ——————————————- On March 4, 1865, as the sun broke through the clouds shortly after noon on a wet Washington day, Abraham Lincoln took the presidential oath of office for the second time. The speech he just
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George Washington (1732-1799) ——————- PRIVATE: A prayer at age 20: O Most Glorious God, in Jesus Christ, my merciful and loving Father; I acknowledge and confess my guilt in the weak and imperfect performance of the duties of this day. I have called on Thee for pardon and forgiveness of my sins,
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