Episode Notes

Great Moments In Christian American History

A beka books was started as part of a curriculum of Christian education developed by Arlin Horton, who went on to found Pensacola Christian College, an independent liberal arts college in Pensacola Florida. It was founded in 1972 and named after Horton’s wife, Rebecca, who helped him found PCC two years later.

The history books while informative, followed a construct devaluing Native Americans, reducing them to place holders, waiting for the fulfillment of what they considered God’s plan: the arrival of European civilization. This is the beginning of a plethora of issues with Christian Text Books.

Not Necessarily the Good News

On May 3, 2018, 45 signed an executive order titled Executive Order on the Establishment of a White House Faith and Opportunity Initiative. Early this month, after this initiative and office had been leaderless since its inception 18 months ago, the President named Paula White, a woman called his “personal pastor” and a promulgator of the so-called prosperity gospel, to the office. White, who did not attend seminary, will lead an office normally filled by experts with significant expertise in church-state, legal and political arenas.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-establishment-white-house-faith-opportunity-initiative/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosperity_theology

https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/9-things-know-prosperity-gospel-preacher-paula-white/

https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2019/november/white-house-appoints-paula-white-to-oversee-faith-outreach.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/02/us/politics/paula-white-trump.html

https://www.newsweek.com/bush-ethics-lawyer-paula-white-1471524

https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/07/politics/paula-white-televangelist-white-house/index.html

https://religionnews.com/2019/11/01/paula-white-to-head-trumps-faith-office/

https://www.gotquestions.org/name-it-claim-it.html

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