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Congress “Purchases” and Endorses the Bible

September 11, 1777 Congress proposes purchase of 20,000 Bibles Justice David Josiah Brewer After presenting more than eighty pieces of evidence of America’s Christian origin, Supreme Court Justice, David Brewer—writing the majority decision for a unanimous court—arrived at this same conclusion in 1892: “. . . many other matters which might be noticed, add a volume of unofficial declarations to the mass of organic utterances that this is a Christian nation.”[1] In his classic work, The Christian Life and Character of the Civil Institutions of the United States,[2] Benjamin...Read more... Read more... -->

The Destruction of Jerusalem (70 AD)

August 10, 70 AD Roman destruction of Jerusalem On August 10, 70 A.D. (the 9th of the Jewish month of Av), according to Jewish chronology, the very day when the King of Babylon burned Solomon’s Temple in 586 B.C., the newly renovated Temple of Herod was burned by the Roman general, Titus, following a Jewish revolt that began a few years earlier, in 66. After months of siege about the city, Titus took the city on this date and put it to the torch, burning the Temple, leaving not one stone upon another. With destruction of Jerusalem, the prophecy of Jesus that one stone would not be left...Read more... Read more... -->

House Speaker Robert Winthrop Defends the Bible

Welcome, and thank you for choosing to listen. Christian Heritage Fellowship is a listener supported organization, dedicated to reclaiming America's Christian Heritage and celebrating the life-changing influence of the Gospel around the world. Our organization remains committed to this purpose through the faithful giving of our friends and ministry family. If you can help us financially, we would sincerely appreciate it. A podcast of this article may be downloaded by selecting the download icon on the flyout tab of the listen button. And now, here is another episode from our post library,...Read more... Read more... -->

George Washington and the Bible

How We Got the Bible

In the early Christian Church, believers were forced to decide what books of Scripture they would be willing to die. If a book was not regarded as authoritative, conscience did not forbid them to surrender it to pagan authorities, but if a work was regarded as inspired and evidenced Divine authority, Christians were far less likely to part with it. Yet this was only one of the influences that gave rise to the development of the New Testament. The article below describes why certain books are authoritative to Christians and how they came to be so. Table of Contents * Click headings to...Read more... Read more... -->

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"The doctrines of Jesus are simple, and tend all to the happiness of man."

– Thomas Jefferson

Writings of Jefferson, 15:383

"You do well to wish to learn our arts and ways of life, and above all, the religion of Jesus Christ. These will make you a greater and happier people than you are."

– George Washington

Writings of George Washington, 15:53-55

"The general principles, on which the [Founding] Fathers achieved independence, were the only principles in which, that beautiful assembly of young gentlemen could unite, and these principles only could be intended by them in their address... And what were these general principles? I answer, the general principles of Christianity..."

– John Adams

Diary and Autobiography, 3:233-34

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