Today's American Minute
United Nations: Intentions vs Track Record; Whittaker Chambers vs. Alger Hiss - American Minute with Bill Federer
United Nations: Intentions vs Track Record; Whittaker Chambers vs. Alger Hiss
President Dwight Eisenhower at the National Junior Chamber of Commerce, June 10, 1963: "The United Nations has seemed to be two distinct things to the two worlds divided by the iron curtain ... To the free world it has seemed that it should be a constructive forum ... To the Communist world it has been a convenient sounding board for their propaganda, a weapon to be exploited in spreading disunity and confusion."
Tisha B'Av: Jerusalem destroyed by Babylon and Rome - American Minute with Bill Federer
destroyed by Babylon Jerusalem: Tisha B'Av recognized as Capital of Israel Rome then after centuries
Tisha B'Av in the year 587 BC was the day the Babylonians destroyed Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem, and carried the Tribe of Judah into captivity.
Pirate Captain Henry Morgan, War of Jenkin's Ear, and Ballad of the French Fleet - American Minute with Bill Federer
In 1731, a Spanish commander in the Caribbean detained an English ship. He cut off the ear of the English Captain Robert Jenkins and told him to take it to his King. This began the War of Jenkins' Ear. British Admiral Edward Vernon recruited 400 American colonists, including Lawrence Washington, George Washington's older half-brother. They sailed to Panama and captured the port city of Porto Bello.
George Whitefield & the Great Awakening Revival - American Minute with Bill Federer
Beginning in 1740, George Whitefield preached seven times in America. He spread the Great Awakening Revival, which helped unite the Colonies prior to the Revolutionary War.
Middle East: Will "Cradle of Civilization ... become its Grave"? - American Minute with Bill Federer
The words from President Richard Nixon's last public address, August 8, 1974, echo the warning to the present day: "In the Middle East, 100 million people in the Arab countries, many of whom have considered us their enemy ... now look on us as their friends. We must continue to build on that friendship so that ... the cradle of civilization will not become its grave."