The more thoroughly a nation deals with its history, the more decidedly will it recognize and own an overruling Providence therein, and the more religious the nation will become… “The Hand of God in American History.”
Rev. S.W. Foljambe
Lessons in Liberty is a series of 9 lectures and courses sponsored by The Foundation for American Christian Education (FACE) to help citizens better understand the source of liberty in our American Christian Constitutional Republic. A new topic begins in September of every year. Join like-minded patriots who love God’s Word, and together, master the “lessons of liberty” so you can be used of God to help bring every aspect of culture “captive to the obedience of Christ.”
Register now for lifetime access to all 9 lectures in the 2025-26 series. Join us online or watch recorded lectures at your convenience.
What is Providence? Noah Webster says in the 1828 dictionary, The care and superintendence that God exercises over his creatures…A belief in divine providence is a source of great consolation to good men. By divine providence is often understood God Himself.
God’s providential hand in history was securely planted in the hearts of the Reformers. They understood that every good thing and every challenge came from the loving hand of God for their benefit. America’s founders lived out this Biblical perspective in their lives and times, learning how God expected them to respond in obedience to His Word.
The FACE 2025-26 Lessons in Liberty series examines the evidence that America’s history is not a random set of events, but a story with a Divine purpose and direction to establish liberty and Christian self-government on the American continent. It was won through suffering and hardship, miracles and wonders. The fact that Americans have forgotten it explains how we so easily lose our identity as the “city on the hill” the founders realized.
Why did the Founders believe in providence? Why is it important? Is God’s providence active in our individual lives and in America today? Join us online monthly for this new series and learn the meaning of God’s providence.
Register for the entire nine-part The American Miracle: The Providential Story of Our Nation for only $80 (individual or family) includes live presentations, video-recorded sessions, and handouts. Individual sessions are $10 each. Sessions may be accessed live online or at your convenience through watching the recorded presentation.
Session One: September 8, 2025
The Hand of God in American History
Presented by Dr. Max Lyons
History is not a stream of random events with no connection except being linked in time, but it is the working out of a mighty system defined by principles as old as creation, and as infallible as divine wisdom. It is the Hand of God in American History. What is providential history? What did it mean to the founders? What does it mean for us today?
Session Two: October 6, 2025
The Mind-Heart Set of the American Founding
Presented by Dr. Mark Beliles
Cotton Mather’s famous sermon, “Magnalia Christi Americana—The Great Works of Christ in America,” chronicles the early years of the Puritan settlement and God’s divine providence working in the community. Mather portrays the settlement and growth of New England as the unfolding of divine Providence. What was the mindset of the founding generation on the providence of God in the discovery and colonization of America?
Session Three: November 3, 2025
America Reserved for Christian Self and Civil Government
Presented by Dr. John Eidsmoe
The discovery and preparation of the North American continent was to be the home of a great people—the theatre of a new experiment in government and the scene of an advancing Christian civilization. It was settled by a people providentially prepared to occupy it. How did the efforts of the English, Spanish, and French explorers influence the continent and the first settlements?
Session Four: January 5, 2026
The Hand of God in the Colonies and the Revolution
Presented by Stephen McDowell
The seeds of liberty were planted on the American shores as a consequence of their providential training and the moral and political forces that had been at work in their minds. Forged by hardships, dangers, and suffering, these seeds produced representative self-government as the basis for their laws. These Europeans were hard-working and Bible-reading with a profound sense of God within them. They brought inspiration and the impulse for a new way of life. The attempt to deprive them of their representative government hastened the Revolution.
Session Five: February 2, 2026
The Providential Plan for Constitutional America
Presented by Stephen McDowell
The consequences of the Reformers brought theology from being of interest only to the church to its application to civil government. All governments are experimental, and the American miracle is that America astonished the world by establishing a Christian form of government.
Session Six: March 2, 2026
The Providential Plan for Nation-Making
Presented by Bill Federer
The U.S. Constitution unleashed the American spirit of liberty, enterprise, and Christian character. The outcome of this new spirit was the expansion of the American continent through exploration, growth, and an explosion of new enterprises and scientific inventions.
Session Seven: April 6, 2026
The Providence of God in War: Preserving the Nation
Presented by Dr. John Eidsmoe
While armed conflicts do not always present an existential threat to a nation, war at home or abroad always presents a nation and its citizens with challenges on multiple “fronts” that occur on a personal/family level, a constitutional/legal level, or even a societal level. The Civil War was America’s greatest challenge, but other conflicts over the years have placed enormous strains on our society and yet have also provided us with many examples confirming God’s superintendence over America.
Session Eight: May 4, 2026
God’s Providence in Our Modern Era
Presented by Gary Porter
America confronts the evil forces that threaten representative government in the modern era. How was God’s providence revealed when the world was at war?
Session Nine: June 1, 2026
God’s Providence: the American Family and Church Today
Presented by Dr. Gai Ferdon – Online and in the Chesapeake, VA classroom
America is the reservoir of ideals and principles founded on the principles of liberty and conscience—most sacred property, Christian character, and political union. American unity is Christian unity. Is God’s providential Hand still active in America today? How do we observe His providence today in the home, the church, and the Christian school?