Opinion

How well do you think you know the Judeo-Christian roots of our nation? About 25 years ago, for the first time, I met author/speaker William J. (Bill) Federer, who knows them very well. I have interviewed him multiple times since. Bill is the author of the classic book, America’s God and Country, which contains quotes […]

If you had to provide the actual date for America’s first official day, what would you list it as? Of course, one could easily argue that it was July 4, 1776, when 56 men, representing three million people back home in 13 different colonies of British North America, agreed by voice vote the final wording […]

Topic: Increasing Biblical Literacy. When America was founded, the Bible was ubiquitous—in virtually every home. And it was read also. When John Winthrop, the Puritan leader who founded Boston, said, they wanted to create a city on a hill, virtually all his hearers knew he was quoting Jesus in the Bible. Fast forward to today, […]

Topic: The Role of Ministers in America in 1776. What role, if any, did ministers play in the early America? In particular during the founding era? We know that many of the early settlements were founded by ministers, and that was the whole purpose of the creation of that particular colony. That was certainly true […]

Before he died, Thomas Jefferson expressed his desire that his three biggest accomplishments be listed on the obelisk that marks his grave at Monticello in Charlottesville, Virginia. They were that he was ▪the author of the Declaration of Independence (the acceptance of which we celebrate in America at 250) and ▪the author of the Virginia […]