CONTEXT is everything, knowing that Slavery is not an American phenomenon is key to understanding those that spread one-sided misinformation today. Slavery didn’t start in 1492 when Columbus came to the New World. And it didn’t start in 1619 when the first slaves landed in Jamestown. It’s not a white phenomenon. The real story of … More A Short History of Slavery
American Minute with Bill Federer Financial debt is often connected to underlying moral debt. This was the case preceding the Civil War. Billy Graham once counseled: “the deeper issue for you isn’t economic but spiritual.” READ MORE >>>
Although well meaning, Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation did little to actually free slaves. It was not until the passage of the 13th Amendment that abolished slavery and gave the government the right to enforce this law. Then until the passage of the 14th Amendment, three years later, although “free” only white men had rights. American Minute … More Emancipation Proclamation –January 1, 1863
Slavery didn’t start in 1492 when Columbus came to the New World. And it didn’t start in 1619 when the first slaves landed in Jamestown. It’s not a white phenomenon. The real story of slavery is long and complex. Candace Owens explains. Click here to watch.
American Minute with Bill Federer IN GOD WE TRUST National Motto: Francis Scott Key’s anthem & his fight to free slaves In 1820, a U.S. revenue cutter captured the slave ship Antelope off the coast of Florida with nearly 300 African slaves. Francis Scott Key was the defense counsel for the Africans, many … More IN GOD WE TRUST – National Motto
Romans 6:15-23 Even mentioning the word “slave” or “slavery” in America today can get you branded as a racist or white supremacist. Yet the Bible makes it VERY clear if you are a “TRUE CHRISTAIN” you are a slave to God. Here in context, Paul writes about the choice we have as believers to be … More Devotional Thought for Today – 02/01/2021
American Minute with Bill Federer During the 1787 Constitutional Convention, the pro-slavery Democratic South wanted to count slaves so as to have a higher population so that they could have more representatives in Congress and more Presidential electoral votes, so they could expand slavery…. READ MORE
Something different today, last night in a meeting my cellphone went off (I know bad boy) my ring tone is bagpipes playing Amazing Grace and that reminded me of it’s author John Newton. Newton story is an amazing one he truly was a great sinner saved by an even Greater Savior. Here are a couple … More Devotional Thought for Today – 12/02/2020
Most do not know this about the Confederate Battle Flag. CONFEDERATE BATTLE FLAG: Origin, Design and Use
Dying Wilberforce Learned Slaves Were Freed No man fought harder to abolish slavery than William Wilberforce. A member of Parliament, he introduced antislavery measures year after year for 40 years until he retired in 1825. On this day July 26, 1833, as he lay dying, word was brought him that the bill to outlaw slavery everywhere in … More Today in Church History
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