Today's American Minute
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."
A Pope who resisted Socialism, John Paul II: Polish Resistance to Tyranny - American Minute with Bill Federer
Would Democrats nominate FDR today? Was he a Christian Nationalist? ... wanting "preservation ... of Christian civilization" - American Minute with Bill Federer
Would FDR Be Elected by Democrats Today? Read his beliefs from a generation ago!
FDR stated May 27, 1941: "The whole world is divided between ... pagan brutality and the Christian ideal. We choose human freedom which is the Christian ideal."