The American Vision

This is a wonderful film that shows how loving parents juggle raising children, education, and work without losing the focus on any of them.

The 1950 Film that Promoted the Family and Ridiculed Planned Parenthood - The American Vision My wife and I were watching Season 3, Episode 4 “A Little Drop of Poison” from the British version of Professor T when the Professor mentioned Lillian Gilbreth and her book The Psychology of Management (1914) regarding “time and motion studies.” The study triggered something for the Professo...

Supposed neutrality is a lamp that’s put “under the peck-measure” that leaves the house in perpetual darkness (5:15) and a city’s light that’s hidden so it does not serve as a beacon to weary travelers (5:14).

The State of American Disunion (Part Two) - The American Vision Gary concludes his interview with Rod Martin about several recent elections and what he thinks might be coming in the near future. The claim of neutrality by Christians is judged harshly in the Bible: “I know your deeds, that you are neither hot nor cold; I would that you were cold or hot. So beca...

Many prophetic speculators are guided more by newspaper headlines than by the Bible. Trains don’t “run” and neither did the people who took the trains.

When Train Travel Was a Fulfillment of Bible Prophecy - The American Vision Trying to link current events to prophetic texts to predict when the “rapture” might occur or when the Second Coming might happen is like linking scientific discoveries to the Bible. When the latest scientific discovery is later nullified by a new discovery, the biblical link is made null and vo...

No nation can experience the restoration process without repentance of sin and unconditional surrender to God through Jesus Christ.

The State of American Disunion (Part One) - The American Vision Gary interviews his friend Rod Martin about the current state of politics in this country and all the fighting (and infighting) happening between the two major political parties. Restoration of the Republic begins with the individual. Only the conversion of many can result in long-term societal rest...

Modern prophecy speculators believe that the end is near based on current news stories and technologies ("newspaper exegesis"). Unlike previous generations of Christian thinkers, they boldly claim to understand previously "hidden" prophetic truth. Daniel 12:4 is a honeypot to such wild speculation...

Episode 96: Knowledge Shall Be Increased - The American Vision Bible Prophecy Under the Microscope-Episode 96 Gary discusses a verse from the book of Daniel (12:4) that has been widely cited lately in relation to Bible prophecy and artificial intelligence technologies. Those who take [Daniel 12] verse 4 as referring to events at the end of history believe that....

The gospel renews a life for service in God’s kingdom — an ever-present reality — via a changed heart and changed mind (Rom. 12:1-2). What are we to do with these two renewals?

There’s More to the Gospel than 'Just Preach the Gospel' - The American Vision “Just preach the gospel.” How many times have you heard pastors and critics of social and political action scold Christians concerned about the moral direction the world is headed? The gospel is more than a life insurance program or a “Get Out of Hell Free” card. It is to transform everythin...

Kim Burgess brings the entire Covenant Hermeneutics and Biblical Eschatology series to a close with a final podcast about three often-used NT words: hope, glory, and inheritance. These words must be read and understood in light of the original context to the original audience.

Hope and the Glorious Inheritance - The American Vision Gary welcomes Kim Burgess back for one final episode of the series on 1 Corinthians 15. Now, as we said previously, we are going to tell you up-front what we are going to be telling tell you in this series. As it were, regarding the ruling covenantal hermeneutic in Scripture, we are going to start w...

When we evaluate biblical doctrines, the Bible is the ultimate authority. Since the Bible does not teach any of the five rapture positions (pre-, mid-, partial-, post-, and pre-wrath), rapture advocates seek to support their positions by appealing to historical sources.

Is There Historical Support for the Pre-Trib Rapture before Darby? - The American Vision A great deal of time and energy goes into supporting a pre-tribulational “rapture.” In a recent interview, John Bevere, author of The King is Coming, claims that Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 130-202) taught that the “rapture of the church” took place before the final week of Daniel’s 70 weeks-...

Bill has written nearly two dozen books on America’s Christian history and has documented all of it with original source material. He travels all around the country giving talks and is booked nearly every week.

American History with Bill Federer - The American Vision Gary interviews author and speaker Bill Federer on today’s episode. The story of Christianity in America is one of the most astonishing chapters in the annals of the world. The events of Providence in reserving and preparing the country of these United States to be the theater of its development a...

History is important, but it is not authoritative. In terms of sola Scriptura, it does not matter what men of the past believed; the Bible is the standard.

Episode 95: Looking for Biblical Connections - The American Vision Bible Prophecy Under the Microscope-Episode 95 Gary responds to a video by John Bevere that makes several claims about the pretribulational rapture and what the early church believed about Bible prophecy. History is important, but it is not authoritative. In terms of sola Scriptura, it does not matt...