Educational

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. […]

Jerry Newcombe: American history has been under close scrutiny recently. The original sin of America, its birth defect, if you will, was the allowance of slavery, which began in 1619. In fact, some on the left are saying that America’s real birth year is 1619, not 1776. Although to my knowledge, no reputable historian believes […]