Educational

 All his life, George Washington was a regular church-goer. Even when it was difficult to attend, he found a way. He also held lay leadership in some churches. In this short Providence Forum video, we explore the issue of Washington and his relationship to the church.

 In our time, Washington has gone from being a hero to being a villain—at least in the minds of many. Why the change? Washington was a slave-owner, at a time when much of the world practiced slavery. What do we know about Washington’s home life, including his marriage and the issue of slavery? To […]

 George Washington was indispensable to the creation of our nation. Although he accomplished much in his lifetime, his formal education was rather limited because it was abruptly cut short. But, Washington was able to be well educated in the Holy Scriptures and in Biblical principles for life.

Because the Bible was the chief textbook in one way or another, there was for the most part widespread literacy among the Americans. Dr. Jerry Newcombe shows in this television segment how even by 1863, when Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address, it drew on Biblical themes and his hearers knew it.

We are often told today that America’s founding fathers were unbelievers—men of the enlightenment, who had outgrown any need for the Bible. Dr. Jerry Newcombe shows that this view is historically inaccurate.