Saint Nicholas - Sinter Klaas - Santa Claus Read the story of Nicholas, 3rd Century Bishop of Myra, Asia Minor (present day Turkey) and how over time stories of his holy, generous life were embelished into legend. Discover additions of writer Washington Irving, minister Clement Moore, Civil War illustrator Thomas Nast, Coca-Cola artist Haddom Sundblom. Explore fascinating origins of the 12 Days of Christmas, Christmas Tree, Carols, Kris Kringle, Creche' scene, Poinsettia, Hanukkah... Relive events on Christmas throughout history, from Columbus to Valley Forge, the Great Depression to the Korean War. Travel back in time by reading Christmas Messages of U.S. Presidents, such as: Harry S Truman, just after WWII, at the lighting of the National Christmas Tree, 1946: If we as a nation, and the other nations of the world, will accept it, the star of faith will guide us into the place of peace as it did the shepherds on that day of Christ's birth long ago.

Discover desperate circumstances in America's past and how men and women rose up with faith and courage and situations unexplainably turned around. Read of captivating, little-known stories during the French & Indian War, Revolution, Barbary Pirate War, War of 1812, Civil War, WWI & II, and up through Apollo 13. Learn the rest of the story of how leaders prayed, challenged and inspired the nation and disaster was averted YOU will be inspired as you uncover Miracles in American History - 32 Amazing Stories of Answered Prayer. ARE you aware of these past crises when America's fate hung in the balance? In 1746, 70 ships with 13,000 troops sailed from France to lay waste to the American colonies. Massachusetts Governor William Shirley proclaimed a Day of Fasting. What happened next was unexplainable After the Battle of Monongahela, George Washington wrote from Fort Cumberland to his younger brother, John Augustine Washington, July 18, 1755: But by the All-Powerful Dispensations of Providence, I have been protected beyond all human probability or expectation; for I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet escaped unhurt, although death was leveling my companions on every side of me How did Thomas Jefferson's resolution for a Day of Fasting on June 1, 1774, lead to the forming of the Continental Congress, and eventually Independence? Read how in 1781 the providential rising of three rivers in 10 days allowed Americans to escape British General Cornwallis? Or how the uncanny way Benedict Arnold's planned betrayal of West Point was discovered? George Washington exclaimed: The Hand of Providence has been so conspicuous in all this (the course of the war) that he must be worse than an infidel that lacks faith. Ben Franklin declared: In the beginning of the Contest with Great Britain...we had daily prayer in this room for Divine protection...All of us who were engaged in the struggle must have observed frequent instances of a Superintending Providence in our favor. In 1865, President Lincoln proclaimed a Day of Fasting for April 30. What freak accident happened two days later which changed the course of the Civil War? What did Woodrow Wilson declared as the U.S. entered WWI. Or Herbert Hoover during the Great Depression? Or FDR, Eisenhower, MacArthur and Patton during WWII? Or Truman during the Korean War? When Apollo 13 was lost in space, what happened after President Nixon called all of America to pray? Are you aware of these American Miracles? Find out as you read Miracles in American History - 32 Amazing Stories of Answered Prayer.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT? How have godly people been persuaded to let ungodliness reign? President Eisenhower, 1954: This relationship between a spiritual faith ... and our form of government is ... obvious ... 'Man is endowed by his Creator' ... born in the image of God. How were America's founders inspired by ancient Israel's covenant government? How did this influence the Puritans who founded New England's colonial governments? How did this result in the U.S. Constitution? Did you know federal is Latin for covenant? How is Romans 13 understood differently in a self-governing republic than in a monarchy? Hint: in monarchies, subjects submit to the king; in republics, the citizens ARE the king. Who came up with the idea that politics were worldly and holy people should withdraw? If the holy withdraw, who is left in charge? How did the two kingdom concept of the church withdrawing allow Hitler in Germany to kill Jews? What was the Old Light-New Light controversy between the Puritans and Pietists, and how is it still impacting America's churches today? Who began calling Christian patriots Christian nationalists? Do globalists hate nationalists? George Soros: The main obstacle to a stable and just world is the United States. Klaus Schwab: Acute crises contribute to boosting the power of the state. World Economic Forum, Agenda 2030 video: You will own nothing and be happy. Are you aware that just as your silence gives consent to wedding vows, it gives consent to other things? It is called the rule of tacit admission. If you know of evils in your community and are silent, are you an accessory to them? Is it scriptural to not care about what kind of country we are leaving to our posterity? Proverbs 13:22 states A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children. And even if we can't turn the culture around, shouldn't we at least try? Are we being given one last chance to show what we really believe in our hearts through our words and actions? Billy Graham: There is no doubt that nations come to an end when they have ceased to fulfill the function that God meant for them. Ben Franklin: Work as if you were to live 100 years; pray as if you were to die tomorrow. The fate of the world hangs in the balance. Now YOU are key to turning things around. THE FUTURE DEPENDS ON YOU!

Discover the facts you've been missing from the Pilgrims' Thanksgiving story
Did freedom of religion & conscience exist in 16th century Europe?
How did kings of Spain, France & England, & Turkish Sultans, dominate people's lives?
What was the first empire on which the sun never set? How did its Invincible Armada sink?
Globalist Kings sought world empires. How miraculous was it for the Pilgrims to escape?
Did the Pilgrims experiment with communism?
How did the Dutch invention of joint-stock companies & the stock exchange fuel international trade?
How devastating were the Ottoman sieges of Constantinople, Malta & Vienna?
Did you know Pilgrims were terrorized by Muslim Barbary pirates?
Did you know our calendar was developed in the 16th century?
Who was Squanto & how did his amazing life rescue the fledgling Pilgrim community?
If you like speaking your views, participating in politics & sharing your faith without fear of government persecution, you will be fascinated by the compelling Pilgrim experience told from an amazing world perspective
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Other chapters include:
-Age of Discovery
-Reformation
-Henry VIII
-Queen Elizabeth
-Role of the Printing Press
-Protestant Ripple Effect
-Suleiman the Magnificent
-Catherine de Medici
-Sir Francis Drake
-Sir Walter Raleigh
-The Lost Colony
-King James I
-The English Bible
-Puritan Religious Uniformity
-Jewish Influence on Pilgrims

SOCIALISM: THE DREAM OF AN IDEAL SOCIETY? Is it a wonderful utopia or a totalitarian nightmare? Will everything be free or will deep-state bureaucrats decide who gets what? Did Plato, Thomas More, & Francis Bacon propose social ownership of property? Is there a difference between socialism and communism? Did Pilgrims attempt a communistic plan of life? What happened? How did the Pilgrims' covenant under God become the Age of Enlightenment's social contract with a distant God, become the French Revolution's social contract with no god, become Marxism's the state is god? If the state gives rights, it can, and inevitably will, take away those rights-Eisenhower. Was France's Reign of Terror a model for future socialist revolutions? The Bible talks about private property, yet Marx wrote: The theory of the communists may be summed up...Abolition of private property. Coolidge wrote It does not follow that because something ought to be done, the national government ought to do it.

Captivating stories of revivals, battle heroes, missionaries, & courage from America's history: William Penn's Holy Experiment the Seed of a Nation; Pere Marquette; Moravian Missionaries; Wesleys; Whitefield & Great Awakening; Molly Pitcher, Betsy Ross & Courageous Women of the Revolution; Francis Asbury & Circuit-riding Preachers; Early Black Preachers; Richard Allen & AME Church; Black Harry Hosier; Amazing Grace: Newton & Wilberforce; 2nd Great Awakening; Yale Student Revival; Haystack Prayer Meeting & World Missions; Indians, Whitmans & Northwest Missions; John Stewart, Missionary to Wyandots; Volcano Defied & Hawaiian Great Awakening; Charles Finney's Revival; Salvation Army; YMCA; Layman's Prayer Revival, 3rd Great Awakening; Shoe Salesman to Evangelist-D.L. Moody; Slave to College President-Booker T. Washington; Katherine Lee Bates & America the Beautiful; Baseball Star Preacher-Billy Sunday; Eddie Rickenbacker-World War I Fighter Ace; U.S. Military For God & Country;

Notable Events of American Significance Remembered on the Date They Occurred. An interesting and inspiring collection of history vingettes, one for each day of the year. Well-known national holidays and achievements are recalled in fascinating detail as well as little known facts of courage, sacrifice and captivating American trivia. A great gift for any journalist, teacher, student, radio host, politician, or avid history buff A book you won't want to put down

Best-selling resource of profound quotes highlighting Amercia's noble heritage. Nearly .250,000 in print Contains quotes form Presidents, Statesment, Acts of Congress, Supreme Court Decisions, State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, Scientists, Explorers, Pioneers, Business leaders, Military leaders, African-American leaders, Women leaders...Topics include character, virtue, law, freedom, faith, courage, liberty, Providence, God, government, etc. Easy to use, alphabetically arranged, fully footnoted, with subject and entry index. A favorite of politicians, teachers, students speech writers, radio hosts, etc. No American library is complete without it

Went to church and fasted all day.-GEORGE WASHINGTON, Diary Entry, June 1, 1774, day British blockaded Boston's harbor From George Washington's orders for troops to attend divine services, to Abraham Lincoln's annual day of thanksgiving, to Harry S Truman's annual day of prayer, America's leaders of the past have a tradition of faith, especially in times of crises! There is a chapter on every President of the past, from George Washington through George W. Bush, with excerpts from Proclamations, Addresses to Congress, Executive Orders, Personal Correspondence and Memoirs. Appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions...-THOMAS JEFFERSON, Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776 That the citizens of these States, abstaining on that day from their customary worldly occupations...acknowledge before God the manifold sins and transgressions...as individuals and as a nation, beseeching Him...through the Redeemer of the World, freely to remit all our offenses, and to incline us by His Holy Spirit to that sincere repentance and reformation.-JOHN ADAMS, Day of Fasting declared during a threatened war with France, March 23, 1798 In the present time of public calamity and war a day may be recommended to be observed by the people of the United States as a day of...humble adoration to the Great Sovereign of the Universe, of confessing their sins and transgressions, and of strengthening their vows of repentance.-JAMES MADISON, Day of Fasting, November 16, 1814, after British burned the Capital In a time of war humbly and devoutly to acknowledge our dependence on Almighty God and to implore His aid and protection...I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, do hereby...exhort my fellow-citizens...to pray Almighty God that He may forgive our sins.-WOODROW WILSON, Day of Fasting May 11, 1918, during World War I Almighty God: Our sons, pride of our nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our Republic, our religion and our civilization...Help us, Almighty God, to rededicate ourselves in renewed faith in Thee in this hour of great sacrifice.-FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, June 6, 1944, D-Day Prayer on Allied Invasion of Normandy, France America needs God more than God needs America. If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a Nation gone under.-RONALD REAGAN, August 23, 1984, at Ecumenical Prayer Breakfast, Dallas, Texas A great source of inspiration for any student of history, you will be uplifted and challenged by reading, Prayers & Presidents-Inspiring Faith from Leaders of the Past.

WHO IS THE KING IN AMERICA?

Before you answer, do you know what the most common form of government in world history? From the invention of writing around 3,300 BC, the world has mostly been ruled by kings.

Though called by different names: Pharaohs, Chieftains, Emperors, Caesars, Sultans, Khans, Maharajas, Monarchs, and Dictators, they act the same.

Power, like gravity, concentrates into the hand of one person, who rewards his friends and punishes his enemies.

In Socialist and Communist countries, too, though professing equality, they inevitably end up being run by dictators.

The King of England was the most powerful king the planet had seen. When Americans got the chance, they set up a government as far from a king as possible.

They flipped it and put the people in charge.

A republic is where the people are king, ruling through their representatives.

The Constitution, in effect, is a collection of hurdles to prevent power from snapping back into the hands of a king.

Where did founders get their idea of people ruling themselves? -England's Magna Carta; -Roman Republic; -Athenian Democracy; and ultimately, -Ancient Israel.

Israel, during its initial 400 years out of Egypt, was the first well-recorded instance of a nation ruled without a king.

Did this influence colonial pastors who founded New England - a generation before Europe's Age of Enlightenment? You will be surprised

What ingredients are needed for a nation to function without a king? Is the God of Bible an integral part?

What is the difference between a democracy and a republic. How do they rise & fall?

Did political activists develop tactics to help them fall: Machiavelli, Robespierre, Hegel, Marx, & Alinsky?

Are these tactics being used in America today?

- Identify racial & class fault lines running through society.

- Fan real or perceived injustices into flames, creating tension & unrest.

- When domestic violence erupts, everyone is so desperate to have order restored they relinquish freedoms to the state.

How is domestic unrest created? Agitators, labor organizers, community organizers, agent provocateurs provoking agents].

Former Presidential political advisor David Axelrod explained in a NPR interview, April 19, 2010: In Chicago, there was an old tradition of throwing a brick through your own campaign office window, and then calling a press conference to say that you've been attacked.

Forty-five countries fell to communist dictators this way.

Joseph Stalin stated: Crisis alone permitted the authorities to demand - and obtain - total submission and all necessary sacrifices from its citizens.

Discover the keys to defeating these tactics and preserving the freedoms of America's republic

Surprising answers, and more, are in the book Who is the King in America? And Who are the Counselors to the King?-An Overview of 6,000 Years of History & Why America is Unique.

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Only alone can I draw close enough to God to discover His Secrets. The amazing story of Geory W. Carver, slave birth, Iowa State graduate and Tuskegee Professor who revolutionized the economy of the south by disvering hundreds of uses for the peanut. Read letters revealing his faith.

The story of the future is written in the past.-Lord Acton, 1877. Did you know Greek philosopher Plato predicted democracy would degenerate into anarchy once people lost their virtue, then a tyrant would arise? Did you know POWER inevitably concentrates into the hands of ONE person? What was the first nation in recorded history that attempted to rule itself without a king? (Hint: they left from Egypt around c.1400 BC). How did Caesar fundamentally change Rome's Republic into a dictatorship? George Washington warned in his Farewell Address, 1796: Disorders and miseries ... incline the minds of men to seek security ... in the absolute power of an Individual ... who] turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty ... and thus to create ... a real despotism. Ben Franklin observed June 2, 1787: There is scarce a king in a hundred who would not, if he could, follow the example of Pharaoh - get first all the people's money, then all their lands, and then make them and their children servants forever ... I am apprehensive that the government of the States may, in future times, end in a monarchy. Yale President Ezra Stiles stated May 8, 1783: Whatever mutations may arise in the United States, perhaps hereditary monarchy and a standing army will be the last. President William Henry Harrison, warned March 4, 1841: The tendency of power to increase itself, particularly when exercised by a single individual ... would terminate in virtual monarchy. Of communist dictatorship, Vladimir Lenin said: The goal of Socialism is Communism. Can 6,000 years of history help predict the future? This volume is an in-depth review of the rise and fall of great republics, kings and tyrants, with profound quotes from notable philosophers, statesmen and historians, allowing the reader to gain powerful insights from the past into what is happening in the world today. By the end of this book, you will be one step closer to answering the question, is history repeating itself?

How did past civilizations rise and fall? How rare is America's experiment with a republic? With every crisis, is power being taken away from the people and transfered to the central government. Does history give us a clue as to where all this is all headed? George Washington warned in his Farewell Address, 1796: Disorders and miseries...gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an Individual... who] turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of Public...and thus to create, whatever the form of government, a real despotism. Ronald Reagan stated at St. John's University, NY, March 28, 1985: Government that is big enough to give you everything you want is more likely to simply take everything you've got. Woodrow Wilson warned in New York, 1912: The history of Liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it. When we resist, therefore, the concentration of power, we are resisting the powers of death, because concentration of power is what always precedes the destruction of human liberties. In the nearly 6,000 years of recorded human history, power, like gravity, seems to inevitably concentrate into the hands of one individual, sometimes called pharoah, caesar, czar, kaiser, king, emperor, monarch, sultan, president or communist dictator. No matter what the autocratic leader's particular title is, the default setting for human government throughout history has most often been monarchy. When power is concentrated, the State is supreme. When power is separated, the individual is supreme. America's founders had a unique window of opportunity in the long train of world history, to maximize the freedom and opportunity of the individual. Ronald Reagan stated in 1961: In this country of ours took place the greatest revolution that has ever taken place in the world's history...Every other revolution simply exchanged one set of rulers for another. Is past behavior the best indicator of future performance? What can we expect? Find out as world history comes alive from a whole new perspective in Change to Chains - the 6000 year quest for control - Volume I: Rise of the Republic.

The Interesting History of Income Tax William J. Federer The only things certain are death and taxes - Benjamin Franklin Yet few know America's interesting history of Income Tax, such as: *1787 - U.S. Constitution prohibited a direct Federal tax *1862 - Revenue Tax on incomes went into effect to finance the Union during the Civil War *1895 - Supreme Court made Income Tax unconstitutional *Woodrow Wilson thought tariffs on imports caused wars, so he worked to replace them with an Income Tax. *1913 - Income Tax was only a 1% tax on the top 1% richest people in America. *1943 - Paycheck Withholding began as an emergency effort to get funds to finance WWII. John F. Kennedy - Lower rates of taxation will stimulate economic activity and so raise the levels of personal and corporate income as to yield within a few years an increased flow of revenues to the Federal Government. (Annual Budget Message, Jan. 17, 1963) Thomas Jefferson - It is an encouragement to proceed as we have begun in substituting economy for taxation (2nd Annual Message, 1802) (176 pages, includes pictures)

The faith that gave birth to tolerance is no longer tolerated * Ten Commandments taken down, Under God removed from Pledge, Prayer prohibited, Nativity Scenes banned, Religious Art & Music censored, Salvation Army & Boy Scouts defunded, Christmas carols disallowed... * How did America go from Pilgrims seeking freedom to express their Christian beliefs to today's discrimination against those very beliefs in the name of tolerance? From its beginning, the new continent seemed destined to be the home of religious tolerance. Those who claimed the right of individual choice for themselves finally had to grant it to others.- Calvin Coolidge, May 3, 1925 *DISCOVER HOW TOLERANCE TRANSFORMED ->From Pilgrims ->To Puritans ->To Protestants ->To Catholics ->To Liberal Christians ->To Jews ->To Monotheists ->To Polytheists ->To All Religions ->To Atheists ->To only the Politically Correct The frustrating thing is that those who are attacking religion claim they are doing it in the name of tolerance.... Question: Isn't the real truth that they are intolerant of religion- Ronald Reagan, August 23, 1984

Because we need to believe ...

This inspiring devotional will help you realize how much God loves you. You will see in a new light why He made you? You are made in His image and have the ability to love Him back, but for love to be love it must be freely given. Ponder why He has to hide Himself behind His creation in order for you to have a free will. And how that also necessitates you have faith. God is all-powerful, all-knowing, exists for eternity and is outside of time -- consider what the plan of creation and redemption might look like from His point of view? How can God be both just and merciful? In Genesis 22:8, Abraham said God will provide himself a lamb. John the Baptist pointed at Jesus and said Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. You will be refreshed by realizing how special you are to God. Read selected scriptures and uplifting quotations on how God has plan for your life and wants to bless you, protect you, fill you with joy, and provide for you and your family. You can trust Him to help you through every difficult situation here on earth and look forward to eternal life in heaven.

How was the time Saint Patrick lived in similar to today?

The Roman Empire was falling: *Illegal immigrants overrunning boarders *Latin Language displaced *Sexual immorality *Exposure of unwanted infants *Violent gladiatorial entertainment *Outsourcing to North Africa *Enormous debt & government *Explosion of welfare & government jobs *Taxes unbearable *Church discouraged political involvement *Military over stretched *Atilla the Hun committed terrorist attacks

Rome pulled its Legions back from the frontier of Britain leaving it to marauding gangs. Patrick was kidnapped as a boy and sold him into slavery in Druid Ireland. He miraculously escaped, only to have at age 40 a divine call to go back as a missionary. He confronted Druid chiefs, baptized 120,000, used the three-leaf clover to teach the Trinity, and founded 300 churches, which in the next century sent missionaries back into Europe!

You will be fascinated by Saint Patrick-The Real Story of Life & Times from Tragedy to Triumph!

Best-selling resource of profound quotes highlighting Amercia's noble heritage. Nearly .250,000 in print Contains quotes form Presidents, Statesment, Acts of Congress, Supreme Court Decisions, State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, Scientists, Explorers, Pioneers, Business leaders, Military leaders, African-American leaders, Women leaders...Topics include character, virtue, law, freedom, faith, courage, liberty, Providence, God, government, etc. Easy to use, alphabetically arranged, fully footnoted, with subject and entry index. A favorite of politicians, teachers, students speech writers, radio hosts, etc. No American library is complete without it

The whole power over the subject of religion is left exclusively to the State governments, to be acted upon according to their justice and the State Constitutions, wrote Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story in his Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, 1833. Who was Joseph Story? He was the founder of Harvard Law School and appointed to the Supreme Court by President James Madison - the same James Madison who introduced the First Amendment in the first session of Congress. To understand the progression of religious freedom in America, it is necessary to review the Constitutions of the original thirteen States, together with the Colonial Charters that preceded them, i.e.: VIRGINIA CHARTER OF KING JAMES I, 1606 ...propagating of Christian Religion to such People as yet live in Darkness... DELAWARE CHARTER OF KING ADOLPHUS, 1626 ...further propagation of the Holy Gospel... MASSACHUSETTS CONSTITUTION, 1780, Part 1, Article 3 Every denomination of Christians...shall be equally under the protection of the law and no subordination of any one sect or denomination to another shall ever be established... PENNSYLVANIA CONSTITUTION, 1968, Article 1, Section 3 All men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences... NORTH CAROLINA CONSTITUTION, 1971, Article 11, Section 4 Beneficent provision for the poor, the unfortunate, and the orphan is one of the first duties of a civilized and a Christian state... Examining Charters, Constitutions, Court Decisions and Correspondence, this overview of history is intended as a study help for those interested in discovering the role religion played in America's original thirteen States. The process of how the Federal Courts removed religion from States' jurisdiction, most notably in the 1947 Everson v. Board of Education case, and subsequently evolved it into its present interpretation is the subject of another book.