Greetings! We appreciate your support of the Providence Foundation. We wanted to share with you a report on some of the things we did in 2018 in order to bring Godly transformation to America and the nations. Washington Post Publishes Article on Providence Foundation’s Christian History Tours In May the Washington Post published an article [...]
Who is at fault, and can we do anything to prevent future murders? By Stephen McDowell Murder is an evil act which must be condemned and dealt with in a proper way to diminish future murders and create a culture of life. Murder has existed since the fall of mankind, and has waxed and [...]
The foremost commandment is that we are to love God with all of our heart, soul, mind, and strength. We are not only to have a passionate heart for the Lord, we must also cultivate a passionate mind for Him. We are to have zeal accompanied with knowledge (Rom. 10:2). We are transformed by renewing [...]
by Stephen McDowell According to the National Commission on Excellence in Education, America is “A Nation at Risk.” The 1980s report stated: “If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre educational performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war.”[1] The consequences of this [...]
By Stephen McDowell The Founders of America had a providential view of history. In an address to the United States Congress in 1866, historian George Bancroft reflected this predominant philosophy when he said: “that God rules in the affairs of men is as certain as any truth of physical science.”[1] American history is filled with [...]
Liberty Bell By Stephen McDowell The Liberty Bell has been used as the logo of the Providence Foundation since near the time of our official founding in 1984. A verse from the Bible, Leviticus 25:10, is engraved on the top of the bell: “Proclaim liberty throughout all the land, unto all the [...]
Stephen McDowell As a means of educating Americans in principles of liberty and providential history, I periodically give tours of important historic sites. On a recent tour I was conducting with American Family Association I visited the Apothecary in Colonial Williamsburg during some free time. As I listened to the costumed interpreter, she unknowingly [...]
By Stephen McDowell The Declaration of Independence is a Christian document — Christian because it reflects many biblical principles, including the Christian idea of man and government, Christian self-government, biblical means of resisting tyranny, limited nature of civil government, the biblical purpose of government, to name a few. It acknowledges God and His revealed [...]
Greetings! We appreciate your support of the Providence Foundation. We wanted to share with you a report of some of the things we did in 2017 in order to bring Godly transformation to America and the nations. New Website A new state-of-the-art website was designed and initiated in 2017. This new site not only enables [...]
Five hundred years ago Martin Luther nailed his “95 Theses” on the church door in Wittenberg, marking a pivotal event in the beginning of the Protestant Reformation. The focal point of the Reformation was the Bible being made available to the common man. Luther and others sought to translate and distribute the Bible because they [...]
