Today's American Minute

IN GOD WE TRUST National Motto: Francis Scott Key's anthem & his fight to free slaves - American Minute with Bill Federer

March 25, 2023 • IN GOD WE TRUST National Motto: Francis Scott Key's anthem & his fight to free slaves

On March 7, 2011, the Supreme Court denied a challenge by an atheist who was intolerant of the National Motto, by letting the decision of the Federal Appeals Court stand. On November 1, 2011, the House of Representatives passed an additional resolution in a 396-9 vote reaffirming "IN GOD WE TRUST" as the official motto of the United States.

Patrick Henry "As for me, give me liberty or give me death!" - American Minute with Bill Federer

March 24, 2023 • give me liberty or give me death!" • Patrick Henry "As for me

Patrick Henry spoke to the Second Virginia Convention, which was meeting in Richmond's St. John's Church: "I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery ... I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past ... Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss ..."

Johann Sebastian Bach & the Bible -"In devotional music, God is always present with His grace" - American Minute with Bill Federer

March 22, 2023

Johann Sebastian Bach had stated: "The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul. If heed is not paid to this, it is not true music but a diabolical bawling and twanging."

Albert Einstein "I observe the Laws of Nature ... There are not Laws without a Lawgiver" - American Minute with Bill Federer

March 20, 2023 • Albert Einstein "I observe the Laws of Nature ... There are not Laws without a Lawgiver"

Einstein wrote: "Behind each cause is still another cause ... Yet, only one thing must be remembered: there is no effect without a cause, and there is no lawlessness in creation."

The Great Plague of London & The Great Scientist Sir Isaac Newton - American Minute with Bill Federer

March 19, 2023 • The Great Plague of London & The Great Scientist Sir Isaac Newto

Newton stated (Isaaci Newtoni Opera quae exstant omina, London: Joannes Nichols, 1782): "So then gravity may put the planets into motion, but without the Divine Power it could never put them into such a circulating motion, as they have about the sun."