The authors, Mark Beliles and Stephen McDowell believe that any view of history that ignores God is not true history. They believe God is sovereign over His creation and over "His Story" in the earth. This is a providential view of history and was held by the vast majority of the founders of this nation.

America's Providential History teaches more than just historical Christian facts. It also imparts a Biblical world-view by explaining Biblical principles of education, law, government, and economics. While all of America's founders were not Christians (though a great majority were), almost every one had a Biblical world-view, even the non-Christians.

The text begins with Creation, and Adam and Eve, and continues through the Civil War. Creation is studied to give students a better understanding of God's plan and purpose for man from the beginning, so they can then understand how America fits into His overall plan. The history of America cannot be studied as an isolated event.

Many excerpts from original sources are included to introduce modern Americans to the ideas, character, and literacy level of early Americans. Colonial Americans were educated far better by the home, church, and private sector than our youth today are by modern state schools, and at a fraction of the cost.

Most Americans today, including most Christians, have a humanistic (man-centered) world-view. This is one great difference in early and present-day America and is a primary reason why our nation is experiencing great problems. Today, we are experiencing the fruit of secularism.

To see Godly change occur in America, we must renew our minds to view the world from God's perspective as revealed in the Bible. We must infuse the faith of our fathers into the life of our country.

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