This prayer is read aloud each day at Mount Vernon’s public wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of George & Martha Washington: I now make it my earnest prayer, that God would have the United States in his holy protection, that he would incline the hearts of the Citizens to cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience to Government, to entertain Read more...

From the National Park System: 470 feet above the ground, the builders began angling buttresses inward to support the 300-ton marble pyramidion at the top of the monument. Supported by the buttresses, the angled walls of the pyramidion, anchored by mortice and tenon joints, climbed inward beginning at 500 feet above ground. On a breezy December 6, 1884, Lt. Col. Read more...

From Capitol Preservation Committee: “Sculptor and artist George Grey Barnard was commissioned by architect Joseph Huston to create the large statuary groups at the Pennsylvania State Capitol’s main westerly entrance. Barnard envisioned an intricate theme for each of the statue groups, with each individual figure having symbolic meaning intertwining within the whole of the work…. Together, the north and south Read more...

Explore the history of God’s Word at the Tennessee Bible Museum in Pigeon Forge! Discover rare Bibles, fascinating exhibits, a Christian bookstore with gifts and antique books, and our beautiful live Butterfly Encounter. Faith • History • Discovery. From David Brown: If you travel to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, be sure to stop at the Tennessee Bible Museum. Owner/Curator Gene Albert Read more...

Photo and description from their website: DISCOVER… over 1000 tons of rejected stones gathered from several NE quarries. COME AND SEE approximately 200 stone monuments, panels and boulders Visit the chapel sized after the Bible’s “Holy of Holies”, made from 450 tons of “rejected” stones, and engraved inside and out with dozens of inspired scriptures… and… 300 Biblical passages, saying Read more...

Dr. R.C. Sproul, founder of Ligonier Ministries, theologian, author, broadcaster, teacher, and pastor, died December 14, 2017. He was 78. Robert Charles Sproul was born February 13, 1939, in Pittsburgh, the son of Robert Cecil and Mayre Ann (née Yardis) Sproul. He held degrees from Westminster College (B.A., 1961), Pittsburgh Theological Seminary (B.D., 1964), and the Free University of Amsterdam Read more...

Hi, I’m Erwin Lutzer. Welcome to Highgate Cemetery here in London, England. I’m standing beside the grave of Karl Marx, a man who still rules much of the world from his grave. I want you to notice what is on his tombstone. This is a quotation from the Communist Manifesto, which he co-wrote with Engels. Workers of all lands unite. Read more...

Erwin Lutzer: Behind me is a memorial to people who were executed here under the reign of Henry VIII. Perhaps the one that we are most interested in is his second wife, Anne Boleyn. She became a Protestant Christian. She read the New Testament in English. and she prayed many prayers. I’ve chosen one from her prayer book, and I Read more...

Erwin Lutzer on St. George Chapel & the Death of Henry VIII Behind me is St. George’s Chapel. It’s the place where Henry VIII is buried. When we follow his life, his six wives, two beheadings, we are brought to this place as a reminder of the fact that life comes to an end even to the most powerful and Read more...

Erwin Lutzer at Balliol College: Behind me is one of the oldest colleges here in Oxford, England. It is called Balliol College. And our interest goes back to the time of Wycliffe, who was in charge of this college for one full year. And then, of course, he had to move on. Now, Wycliffe was a man who insisted that Read more...

Erwin Lutzer at St. Paul’s Cathedral: Welcome to St. Paul’s Cathedral here in London, England. I’m standing at a very important place, a place that reminds us so clearly of the tremendous price that was paid for the Bible that we oftentimes take for granted. So what happened here, and why is this so important? You know, the Bible, as Read more...

Erwin Lutzer explains the significance of Hanham Mount: Every once in a while you have the opportunity of standing somewhere that you’ve read about all of your life and you begin to understand the significance of the place and somehow it even becomes a very reverent place because you know that something very significant happened right here. I’m actually standing Read more...

Erwin Lutzer explains the John Wesley Statue Welcome to Bristol, England. Behind me is a statue of John Wesley, one of the greatest evangelists of all time. Wesley lived in the 1700s, and of course he was a man who spent a great deal of time on horseback. because he preached the gospel of Jesus Christ throughout England. He went Read more...

George Washington Williams, a Baptist pastor, and a Republican, was the first African American to serve in the Ohio General Assembly and is honored with Room 107 in the Ohio Statehouse. From OhioStateHouse.org: The George Washington Williams Memorial Room honors Ohio’s first African-American legislator. In addition to images of Mr. Williams, the 1880s style room features photographs of other African-Americans who Read more...

From Lancaster History: In December 1911, the Hersheys left for France to begin an extended tour of Europe, spending most of the winter of 1911-12 in Nice. At the time of their departure, Milton had planned a return home in April to attend to business—and to return home on the maiden voyage of RMS Titanic. On December 18, 1911, Hershey had written Read more...