Educational

Today’s public education is so godless it’s hard to imagine that virtually all the education in early America was Bible-based. But as one scholar noted, the founding fathers knew the Bible “down to their fingertips.” Watch now!

America began as a place of refuge for many fleeing religious persecution in Europe. This Providence Today video looks at the role Christianity played in the founding of most of the colonies.

The Pilgrims cast a long and positive shadow on the nation to come—the United States. And as Dr. Jerry Newcombe explains, they began in a day when King James I punished any religious non-Conformists, including the Pilgrims.

Dr. Peter Lillback: Welcome to Providence Today. We’re here at valley forge. We remember when Washington came here, he had to clear the land and build all those huts for his men. In the same way, our friends at Mercury One are clearing the land so that America will relearn the story of American history […]

Jerry Newcombe: Education lays the foundation for the next generation in each society. In early America, the Bible was the key to education, even in how children learned their ABCs. The Puritans set the tone for this and ended up creating a society which was among the best-educated societies in the history of the world. […]