Today's American Minute
Hospitals & Healthcare began with Christian Charity - American Minute with Bill Federer
Healthcare & Hospitals Pioneered Christian Charity - American Minute with Bill Federer
In this era, the wealthy had doctors visit them at their homes, but the poor were primarily cared for at Catholic hospitals. By 1789, there were 6,000 Sisters of Charity running 426 hospitals in France. They also ran hospitals in countries across Europe, such as Poland, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, and Silesia.
The Rare Event of Solar Eclipse Paths Crossing - American Minute with Bill Federer
NASA Goddard programmer Ernest T. Wright mapped the paths of every total solar eclipse for the past 5,000 years, 11,898 of them, and found that for a total solar eclipse to cross the same place twice only happens once every 366 years.
He is Risen! "I know my Redeemer liveth" - American Minute with Bill Federer
He is Risen! "I know my Redeemer liveth"
George Washington's tomb is engraved with the Scripture, John 11:25, where Jesus told Martha: "I am the Resurrection and the Life; sayeth the Lord. He that believeth in Me, though he were dead yet shall he live. And whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die."
Lamb of God sacrificed on Passover; In tomb on Feast of Unleavened Bread; Resurrected on Feast of First Fruits - American Minute with Bill Federer
On the Jewish Feast of Passover, the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Nisan, around 30-33 AD, Jesus was crucified as the "Lamb of God." The Apostle Paul wrote: "For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us." (I Corinthians 5:7) The lamb is considered the most innocent of animals. The Gospel of John recorded when John the Baptist saw Jesus, he exclaimed: “Behold, the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world!”
William Penn's "The Sandy Foundation Shaken," and "No Cross No Crown": --"Christ's Cross is Christ's Way to Christ's Crown" - American Minute with Bill Federer
" and "No Cross No Crown": --"Christ's Cross is Christ's Way to Christ's Crown" William Penn's "The Sandy Foundation Shaken
Back in Ireland, at the age of 22, Penn began visiting a Quaker meeting in Cork, Ireland.
By chance, he became re-acquainted with Thomas Loe.
At one of the meetings, the police suddenly burst in and began arresting attendees.
Instead of distancing himself from the Quakers, Penn surprised everyone by proclaiming he was one of them.