Don’t miss the multiple-part FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN LIBERTY series of hour-long documentaries by Dr. Jerry Newcombe on our nation’s Judeo-Christian Roots. 6 0f the 7 part series are available on DVD, many of them through streaming, or portions thereof. In 2024, look for THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM (on the Bible and American education) These are […]

Another Thanksgiving is upon us. But it’s amazing how ungrateful people can be these days. One comedian quipped, “My grandfather tried to warn everyone that the Titanic was going to sink. Besides not believing him, they also expelled him from the movie theater!” Ingratitude runs deep in the human race. But as Christians we are […]

Topic: How Gratitude Changes Us. America has an annual holiday which reminds us of our need to be grateful. Thanksgiving reminds us to thank God for all of His blessings. If you want to change your life, consider being more grateful. Why is gratitude important? Does gratitude change us? Even modern science shows that gratitude […]

  Topic: The First Thanksgiving. 2021 marked the 400th anniversary of the first Thanksgiving celebrated in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Who were the Pilgrims? What is their story? What is the story of the first Thanksgiving? Dr. Paul Jehle is a Christian educator, a pastor, and an author. He is one of the foremost authorities alive on the […]

Well, it’s that time of year again, when many of us consider turning over a new leaf. Losing that extra weight, reading the Bible more, being kinder and gentler. Here’s a worthwhile New Year’s Resolution. In 2023, I resolve to be….more grateful. I resolve to make thanksgiving a year-round proposition. Ingratitude is deep in our […]

“We gather together to ask the Lord’s blessings…” So opens a great hymn of thanksgiving that is often sung at Thanksgiving, the 400th anniversary of which is this year. The Pilgrims celebrated the first Thanksgiving in 1621. We have had 400 years of Thanksgiving in America, and thanks to Presidents Washington (who declared the first […]

The University of Miami has now announced a chair for the study of atheism. In another recent story, an atheist group is suing a sheriff because of his pro-God statements on his Facebook page (Constitution.com, 5/19/16). No one can deny the rise of the shrill atheistic voices of our time. But dare I say that […]

November 2021 marked the 400th anniversary of the first Thanksgiving New Video Documentary Tells the Pilgrim Story ***Get your own copy through streaming at salemnow.com*** Thanksgiving 2021 was a milestone—Thanksgiving was first celebrated 400 years ago in 1621. There is a new Providence Forum documentary telling the true story of the Pilgrims. In their own […]

With the holiday of Thanksgiving upon us, it’s good to consider what the Pilgrims endured and how they thanked God through it all. I read a phenomenal book on the group of dissident Christians who founded Plymouth in 1620. Historian Rod Gragg wrote “The Pilgrim Chronicles: An Eyewitness history of the Pilgrims and the Founding […]

Socialism, one of history’s worst ideas, has been disproved repeatedly and without exception. Yet it keeps rearing its ugly head—constantly being rebranded as a good idea. Socialism only benefits the ruling class who implement this form of government theft. Amazingly, early America had an experiment in socialism. The Pilgrim settlers tried socialism for two years–and […]