Today's American Minute

History of Writing, Printing, & Gutenberg's Press "The Invention of Printing is the Mother of Revolution"-Victor Hugo - American Minute with Bill Federer

December 30, 2023 • "The Invention of Printing ... is the Mother of Revolution" • & Victor Hugo on Gutenberg's Press • History of Writing • Printing

Johannes Gutenberg invented a printing press - the Western world's first "metal moveable type" printing press. His masterpiece was the Gutenberg Bible, regarded as the first book of significance ever printed.

Scientific Revolution & Astronomy, Galileo, Kepler, Francis Bacon-"A little philosophy inclineth men's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds to religion" - American Minute with Bill Federer

December 29, 2023 • Almighty God • I am thinking Thy thoughts after Thee!" • Kepler "O • Sir Francis Bacon and the Scientific Revolution; & Astronomers Galileo

In book five of The Harmonies of the World (1619), Johannes Kepler wrote: "I had the intention of becoming a theologian ... but now I see how God is, by my endeavors, also glorified in astronomy, for 'the heavens declare the glory of God.'"

Louis Pasteur, microbiologist: "There is something in the depths of our souls which tells us that the world may be more than a mere combination of events" - American Minute with Bill Federer

December 27, 2023 • Louis Pasteur "There is something in the depths of our souls which tells us that the world may be more than a mere combination of events"

Being one of the first European scientists to reject the evolutionary theory of spontaneous generation, Louis Pasteur insisted that life only arises from life, stating:

"Microscopic beings must come into the world from parents similar to themselves ... There is something in the depths of our souls which tells us that the world may be more than a mere combination of events."

"Hark! the Herald Angels Sing"-Charles Wesley; and Classic Carols: "Joy to the World," "Messiah," "O Come, All Ye Faithful" - American Minute with Bill Federer

December 19, 2023 • " "Messiah • " "O Come • "Hark! the Herald Angels Sing"-Charles Wesley; and Classic Carols: "Joy to the World • All Ye Faithful"

In 1739, Charles Wesley penned "Hark! how all the Welkin (Heaven) rings." George Whitefield suggested the first line be changed to "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing." The song was put to the music of Lutheran composer Felix Mendelssohn, grandson of the notable Jewish philosopher, Moses Mendelssohn. "Hark! the Herald Angels Sing" was first published in 1739 in the collection Hymns and Sacred Poems. It was republished in George Whitefield's Collection of Hymns for Social Worship in 1754.

"These are the times that try men's souls" - The American Crisis, Thomas Paine, December, 1776 - American Minute with Bill Federer

December 16, 2023 • "These are the times that try men's souls" - The American Crisis • 1776 • December • Thomas Paine

"Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph." -The American Crisis, December, 1776; "Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid." - Ronald Reagan