Today's American Minute
The Space Race: Manned Space Flight & Faith of Astronauts - “Jesus walking on the earth is more important than man walking on the moon”-James Irwin, Apollo 15 - American Minute with Bill Federer
Apollo 15 The Space Race: Manned Space Flight & Faith of Astronauts - “Jesus walking on the earth is more important than man walking on the moon”-James Irwin
Later, Astronaut James Irwin became an evangelical minister. Of his experience of walking on the moon, he stated: "I felt the power of God as I'd never felt it before ... Being on the moon had a profound spiritual impact upon my life. Before I entered space with the Apollo 15 mission in July of 1971, I was ... a silent Christian, but I feel the Lord sent me to the moon so I could return to the earth and share His Son, Jesus Christ." He added: “Jesus walking on the earth is more important than man walking on the moon.”
Battle of Gettysburg: a major urning point in Civil War "I invoke the influence of His Holy Spirit to subdue the anger" -Lincoln - American Minute with Bill Federer
Lincoln stated: "... I locked the door, and got down on my knees before Almighty God, and prayed to Him mightily for victory at Gettysburg. I told Him that this was His war, and our cause His cause, but we couldn't stand another Fredericksburg or Chancellorsville. And I then and there made a solemn vow to Almighty God, that if He would stand by our boys at Gettysburg, I would stand by Him ..."
Articles of Confederation: The First U.S. Government & the Role of Religion in the States that Ratified It - American Minute with Bill Federer
The Articles of Confederation were an attempt to loosely knit the thirteen States together, while leaving most of the authority under each individual State's jurisdiction.
Ringing of the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia -- a Symbol of Freedom - American Minute with Bill Federer
Ringing of the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia -- a Symbol of Freedom
Nelson Mandela was awarded the Liberty Medal in Philadelphia, July 4, 1993. He spoke: "The Liberty Bell is a very significant symbol for the entire democratic world." (The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 4, 1993)
Treaty of Tripoli & the confusion surrounding it explained - American Minute with Bill Federer
Treaty of Tripoli & the Confusion About It Explained in Four Points
Noted religious critic and anti-theist Christopher Hitchens admitted in his work Jefferson Versus the Muslim Pirates (2007): "Of course, those secularists like myself who like to cite this Treaty must concede that its conciliatory language was part of America's attempt to come to terms with Barbary demands"