Today's American Minute

Plato on How Democracies Collapse: "The manner of life is that of democrats ... Every man does what is right in his own eyes" - American Minute with Bill Federer

January 16, 2024

Ben Franklin "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom"

Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., and those who inspired non-violent resistance - American Minute with Bill Federer

January 14, 2024 • Jr. • Pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church & Ebenezer Baptist Church; and the Civil Rights Movement • Rev. Martin Luther King

Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., reflected on concept in Romans 13 in his “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” 1963: "One may well ask: 'How can you advocate breaking some laws and obeying others?' The answer lies in the fact that there are two types of laws: just and unjust ... How does one determine whether a law is just or unjust? A just law is a man made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God."

Booker T. Washington "If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else" - American Minute with Bill Federer

January 12, 2024 • Booker T. Washington "If you want to lift yourself up • lift up someone else"

Secretary of the Navy John D. Long wrote during the Spanish-American War, October 9, 1898: "Booker T. Washington is, perhaps, the finest orator in the country and these troops the best fighting soldiers of the war."

Russia: From Vikings to Mongols to Tsars to Socialist Dictatorships to Ukraine invasion - American Minute with Bill Federer

January 09, 2024 • Russia: From Vikings to Mongols to Tsars to Socialist Dictatorships to Ukraine invasion

In 986 A.D., Vladimir decided to throw his pagan gods in the Dnieper River and embrace a monotheistic faith. After hearing an explanation of the Gospel, and learning that the New Testament had been written in the Greek language, and that many cities mentioned in the New Testament were located in the Byzantine Empire, Vladimir was baptized into Eastern Orthodox Christianity.

The Forgotten History of Umayyad & Abbasid Invasions of Spain, France & Italy, and the 700 year Reconquista - American Minute with Bill Federer

January 09, 2024 • and the 700 year Reconquista • France & Italy • The Forgotten History of Umayyad & Abbasid Invasions of Spain

In 711 AD, the commander of the Muslim crusaders, called "Moors," was Ṭāriq ibn Ziyad. Ṭāriq landed, with his 80,000-man Umayyad army, at a place where there was a large mount, for which the Arabic word is "jabal." The place took his name "Jabal Ṭāriq," or as it was later pronounced "Gibraltar."