ARMED FORCES DAY from the American Minute with Bill FedererMay 15 Army Day, Navy Day and Air Force Day were combined in 1949 to be Armed Forces Day, celebrated the 3rd Saturday of May. Army Day formerly was the date the US entered World War I, Navy Day was President Theodore Roosevelt’s birthday and Air […]
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HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY
By Nordskog Publishing on May 11, 2008 in Guest Essays, James and Barbara Rose, John Adams, Mothers Day, Publisher’s Corner
AMERICAN CHRISTIAN HISTORY INSTITUTEEAGLE’S AERIEJames and Barbara Rose HAPPY MOTHER’S DAYJohn Adams on “The Manners of Women”(from his Autobiography)“From all that I had read of History of Government, human life and manners, I have drawn this conclusion, that the manners of women were the most infallible Barometer, to ascertain the degree of Morality and Virtue […]
The Christian Roots of Our Constitution by Verna M. Hall
By Nordskog Publishing on May 6, 2008 in Christian Education, Guest Essays, Publisher’s Corner, Verna M. Hall
The Legacy & Treasury of Verna M. Hall …Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for? And what nation is there so great, that […]
Beijing Besieged
Dear Friends, please read these two articles from a friend, Reggie Littlejohn, a specialist in China affairs. These are very timely considering the Olympics coming up this year in Communist China. Jerry By Reggie Littlejohn for Human Rights Without Frontiers Three events have converged on Beijing in just the past week: Haile Gebrselassie pulled out […]
2008 Olympics: Beijing’s toxic air reflects its human rights record.
By Reggie Littlejohn (for Human Rights Without Frontiers) Beijing is likely the most polluted city in the world. With smog sometimes measuring five times the World Health Organization’s safety level, pollution in Beijing is of huge concern to the health and performance of the Olympic athletes. Concern about pollution has thus far been overshadowed by […]
PATRICK (380-472): APOSTLE TO IRELAND
By Nordskog Publishing on March 13, 2008 in Guest Essays, James and Barbara Rose, Publisher’s Corner, St. Patrick
Thanks for this essay from James & Barbara Rose of American Christian History Institute: Patrick, according to his “Confession,” was a Briton, from southern Scotland. He was captured at age 16, and carried off by pirates as a slave to Ireland where he was a shepherd for five years. There he reflected upon his Christian […]
Patrick’s Background and Youth
By Nordskog Publishing on March 12, 2008 in Guest Essays, James and Barbara Rose, Publisher’s Corner, St. Patrick
Thanks for this essay from James & Barbara Rose of American Christian History Institute:From his short autobiography, Confession, we find that Patrick’s father was named Calpurnius, a deacon in a church of the Christian religion. His grandfather, Potitus, was a presbyter in that same church. Patrick and his ancestors lived in the ancient town of […]
The Bulletproof George Washington
By Nordskog Publishing on February 23, 2008 in George Washington, Guest Essays, James and Barbara Rose, Publisher’s Corner
Thank you to James Rose, American Christian History Institute, for this article (book available from David Barton’s Wallbuilder) about The Bulletproof George Washington: The Bulletproof George Washington George Washington’s part in the July 9th, 1755, battle during the French and Indian War is indisputably one of the most significant events of his early years: his […]
St. Valentine and the Real Love Doctor
In the 3rd Century A.D., Emperor Claudius II was faced with defending the Roman Empire from invading Goths. He believed single men made better soldiers so he temporarily forbade marriage. Claudius also forced the Senate to deify the former Emperor Gallienus, including him with the Roman gods to be worshipped. Legend has it that […]
Battle Hymn of the Republic (from “American Minute”)
Bill Federer in his “American Minute” for February 1st shared that five dollars was all she was paid by the Atlantic Monthly Magazine for Julia Ward Howe’s poem, Battle Hymn of the Republic, on Feb. 1st of 1862; Federer continued: The Union’s theme song during the Civil War, Julia Ward Howe wrote it while visiting […]
Rose, Barbara: HOMESCHOOLING: STAYING THE COURSE
By Nordskog Publishing on January 29, 2008 in Education, Guest Essays, James and Barbara Rose, Publisher’s Corner
by Barbara RoseAmerican Christian History Institute Mr. Rose and I have a burden for home schooling parents in this day and age. It is easy just to drop out of our public schools for negative reasons, but the perseverance and character it takes to home school requires more than negative reasons. Homeschooling is answering God’s […]
New American: Running Roughshod Over US Laws
Running Roughshod Over US Laws by William F. Jasper (posted with permission www.TheNewAmerican.com) (PDF Download)
Lee, Rev. Prof. Dr. F.N.: CALVIN ON THE LAW
By Nordskog Publishing on January 11, 2008 in Calvin, Francis Nigel Lee, Guest Essays, Publisher’s Corner, Theology
by Rev. Prof. Dr. Adv. Francis Nigel Lee Queensland Presbyterian Theological CollegeBrisbane, Australia “God is above the civil law but not lawless (Deus legibus solutus sed non exlex)…. He is Himself the Living Law (Lex Vitalis), and the Law Who enlivens (Lex Animans).”— Calvin’s Opera Omnia (Corpus Reformatorum), Brunswick 1863f ed., 5,23,53,67 The great Genevan […]
Lee, Rev. Prof. Dr. F.N.: CALVIN ON THE SABBATH
by Rev. Prof. Dr. F.N. Lee Luther started the Protestant Reformation in 1517. However, in the year before his death — the Romish Council of Trent started giving its reply, in 1545. This resulted in the 1562 Catechism of Trent, which is still Rome’s official doctrine even today. There, it is wrongly alleged that the […]
Otten, Herman: 2000th anniversary of the Battle of Teutoberg Forest
by Herman Otten, Editor John Eidsmoe, a retired Air Force Lt. Colonel and pastor with the Assn. of Free Lutheran Congregations, has called attention to the fact that the year 2009 will be the 2000th anniversary of the Battle of Teutoberg Forest. Colonel Eidsmoe called Teutoberg Forest one of the most decisive battles in world […]