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Hamilton Square Baptist Church

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Hamilton Square Baptist Church protests in San Francisco, California, was a protest that occurred on September 19, 1993. The protests occurred in response to the church’s invitation of Louis P. Sheldon, an anti-gay activist and chairman of the Traditional Values Coalition. The protests resulted in discussion in California regarding protests which are intended to disturb religious activity.[1] Testimony from Read more...
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General Lew Wallace Study & Museum

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General Wallace was never an atheist. According to his Autobiography, published posthumously in 1907, he wrote that he was raised in the Christian tradition but wasn’t a devout follower: “At that time, speaking candidly, I was not in the least influenced by religious sentiment. I had no convictions about God or Christ. I neither believed nor disbelieved in them.”….   It Read more...
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National Memorial to the Unborn

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The National Memorial for the Unborn is located at 6230 Vance Road, Chattanooga, Tennessee, near the airport. The memorial was built in 1993 after a Pro-Life Coalition bought the Chattanooga Abortion Clinic in bankruptcy court. This was an amazing answer to many years of prayers and protests by the group. The clinic was closed, and we opened a crisis pregnancy Read more...
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Everlasting Nation Museum

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Take a walk back in time following in the steps of Abraham and the children of Israel throughout their history. The Bible will come alive through your visit to the Everlasting Nation Museum. Special features include The Passover, The Temple, The Jewish Wedding and the Rebirth of Israel. Another meaningful exhibit is the Holocaust Memorial with a special focus on Read more...
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Anson Street Revival

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John Girardeau was pastor of the Anson Street Presbyterian Mission in the late 1850s, before the Civil War. The Mission was targeted to the enslaved population. In Girardeau’s biography we read: The greatest event in his ministry was the revival in the later fifties. This began with a prayer meeting that constantly increased until the house was filled. Some of Read more...
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Mount Vernon Congregational Church (Boston)

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On this site in 1855, was where Edward Kimball, taught Sunday School. A young D. L. Moody came to his class one Sunday. Kimball was impressed to visit his at the shoe store that his uncle operated nearby.   Featured Image Credit: Author unknown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Read more...
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North Market Sabbath School

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Abraham Lincoln, on his way to the White House to be inaugurated as President, stopped by Dwight L. Moody’s Sunday School in “Little Hell” I was once as poor as any boy in this school, but I am now President of the United States, and if you attend to what is taught you here, some of you may yet be Read more...
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Millennium Park / Billy Sunday / D. L. Moody and the Circus!

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Billy Sunday’s first professional baseball game was played May 22, 1883, in Chicago at now-Millennium Park. Ten years later, on June 11, 1893, D.L. Moody would preach in a circus tent to his largest audience at the same spot! The 1890s were the peak of the Gilded Age. Industrialization, wage growth, railroads, factories, mines, immigration, formed the boom times that were Read more...
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Chicago Coliseum / 1896 Democratic National Convention

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In 1896 the Democratic National Convention would be held in Chicago. Who would emerge as the leader of the party to be their presidential nominee? Image Credit: Wikipedia contributors. 1896 Democratic National Convention. 27 Feb. 2025, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1896_Democratic_National_Convention#/media/File:1896_DNC_(2).jpg.   The Coliseum in Chicago was twice the size of Madison Square Garden, and had just been completed. It almost was finished the Read more...
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William Jennings Bryan Grave

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The Boy Orator of the Plains, Three time Democrat nominee for President, and the Lawyer of the Scopes Trial.   Image Credit: James E. Purdy, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Read more...
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D. James Kennedy Grave

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From Wikipedia: Dennis James Kennedy (November 3, 1930 – September 5, 2007) was an American pastor, evangelist, Christian broadcaster, and author. He was the senior pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, from 1960 until his death in 2007. Kennedy also founded Evangelism Explosion International, Coral Ridge Ministries (now known as D. James Kennedy Ministries), the Westminster Academy in Fort Lauderdale, the Knox Theological Seminary, radio station WAFG-FM, Read more...
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Bob Jones College

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Original Site of Bob Jones University.   Image Credit: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Read more...
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Billy Graham Library

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From Wikipedia:   The Billy Graham Library is a public museum and library documenting the life and ministry of Christian evangelist Billy Graham. The 40,000-square-foot (3,700 m2) complex[1] opened to the public on June 5, 2007.[2] The library is located on the grounds of the international headquarters of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association in Charlotte, North Carolina, a few miles from where Graham was reared. The library is styled after Read more...
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Billy Graham Grave

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From Wikipedia: William Franklin Graham Jr. (November 7, 1918 – February 21, 2018) was an American evangelist and an ordained Southern Baptist minister who became well known internationally in the late 1940s. He was a prominent evangelical Christian figure, and according to a biographer, was “among the most influential Christian leaders” of the 20th century.[2] Graham held large indoor and outdoor rallies with sermons that were broadcast on radio and Read more...
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The History of America

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At Mount Rushmore, a history of the United States was to be carved in stone. It ended up being memorialized in brass, but recognizes the Christian Heritage of America. Almighty God, from this pulpit of stone the American people render thanksgiving and praise for the new era of civilization brought forth upon this continent. Centuries of tyrannical oppression sent to Read more...
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Boneyard Creation Museum

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From the website: The Boneyard Creation Museum is a non-profit educational museum located in Broken Bow, Nebraska for the purpose of displaying scientific evidence for creation and showing the difference between evolution and creation.  We believe in the accuracy of the Bible and firmly believe that the earth is thousands of years old, not billions.  The museum has many fossil and replica displays highlighting the many problems that Read more...
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Park Street Church

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From the website: ” the founders of Park Street Church pronounced the standard upon which they could not compromise: Jesus Christ was no mere messenger sent from God—He was God himself. This stance on the divinity of Jesus had fallen out of favor in the early 1800s, in favor of the doctrine of Unitarianism. Unitarians believe that Jesus was a good Read more...
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Phillips Brooks Statue

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Phillips Brooks wrote “O Little Town of Bethlehem” – but as David Larsen pointed out, “like his preaching, even the hymn lacks strong Christological affirmation.” Larsen quotes from his successor’s biography of Brooks: His mother had in the earlier years of his ministry feared for his faith, and she had prayed mightily that he might remain true. She warned him Read more...
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Lyman Stewart Grave

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From Wikipedia: Lyman Stewart (July 22, 1840 – September 28, 1923) was a U.S. businessman and co-founder of Union Oil Company of California, which eventually became Unocal. Stewart was also a significant Christian philanthropist and cofounder of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles (now known as Biola University). He and his brother Milton also anonymously funded publication of The Fundamentals, the foundation document of Christian fundamentalism.[1] Stewart also helped found the Union Rescue Read more...
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The Discovery Center Creation Museum

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The Discovery Center… is a creation museum that exists primarily to provide scientific and historic evidence for the truthfulness of God’s word, especially as it relates to the creation/evolution issue. Photo from organization Read more...

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