THE BOOK THAT MADE AMERICA

HOW THE BIBLE FORMED OUR NATION

by Jerry Newcombe

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About the Author

Jerry Newcombe, D.Min., of Coral Ridge Ministries is a professional communicator whose research and media productions have been seen by millions. He has helped shape the media output of one of the most influential U.S. Protestant churches in the twentieth century.

As senior producer for Coral Ridge Ministries television Dr. Newcombe has produced or co-produced more than fifty documentaries. He is the host of two weekly radio shows. He has been a guest on numerous television and radio talk shows, including Fox News and Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher. He is the author or coauthor of twenty-one books. Dr. Newcombe also holds a Master’s degree in communications from Wheaton College (1983) and a Doctor of Ministry from Knox Theological Seminary (2008). Dr. Newcombe wrote his thesis on the importance of "Preserving Our Christian Heritage" and how pastors and their congregations can pass on that heritage.

Dr. Newcombe met his wife Kirsti have two children, Annie and Eric. The Newcombes, residing in South Florida, have co-authored two books together: I’ll Do It Tomorrow and A Way of Escape.

Chuck Baldwin's 2010 Recommended Reading List includes The Book That Made America: How the Bible Formed Our Nation!

Chuck Baldwin wrote: "I would like to take the opportunity this column affords for my annual review of some books that I have found to be extremely helpful and that, I believe, would greatly benefit any American who truly loves freedom and constitutional government. The Old Testament prophet warned, "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge." That adage is as applicable today as it was then. Truly, our country is being destroyed because of a huge ignorance regarding the principles upon which freedom and liberty rest." And Chuck Baldwin said, "I remember one of my college professors saying, "A man is the sum total of the people he associates with and the books he reads. Choose both wisely." That proverb has stayed with me all these years."

Check it out on Chuck's site here amd here.

The Book that Made America: How the Bible Formed Our Nation comprehensively documents, with joy, America’s deep roots in the Bible of the Christian faith. From our first civil compacts and the New England Primer textbook, to the declaration of every state constitution and the declaration of the United States Supreme Court’s Trinity decision of 1892, America cries out that its traditions have resulted from an abiding faith in the God of the Holy Bible. Accomplished historian, broadcast producer, and author Dr. Jerry Newcombe demonstrates the unmatched contributions of our Christian heritage to American liberty and prosperity. Likewise, Dr. Newcombe candidly and sensitively treats the very real issues of slavery and treatment of the American Indian. With its extensive documentation, The Book that Made America will soon become the standard bulwark defense of the much maligned but thoroughly true contention that America and its blessings result directly from the centrality of the Bible in our history.

Dr. Newcombe has published twenty one books, including fourteen with well-known pastor Dr. D. James Kennedy.

A Letter from Dr. Charles Hull Wolfe
President, Plymouth Rock Foundation

Dear Christian Friend,
Recently President Barak Obama, while on a trip abroad and without giving the matter sufficient thought, casually declared that the United States is not a Christian nation. If the President had been a little more analytical, and especially if he’d read the remarkable new book you now hold in your hands, in all probability he would never have made such a statement. For page after page, from the beginning to the end, The Book that Made America by the gifted and scholarly Dr. Jerry Newcombe tells us America was born a Christian nation and has been one ever since.

This book begins by exploring America’s Christian roots with the Bible as the country’s basic textbook, the Bible’s law and covenant illustrated in the lives of the Pilgrims and the Mayflower Compact, becoming our guide to individual self-government, structured constitutionalism, and a free market. If you turn all the way back to this book’s Appendix, what do you discover? The United States Supreme Court made it official: America Is a Christian Nation!

No matter what books you now own about our Christian history, I encourage you to get this one! – for an adult Sunday School or Teen Sunday School, for your pastor, or simply for your own edification. Become a more knowledgeable Christian citizen! After you learn about the significance of the Pilgrims, come visit their home in Plymouth. — CHW

Praise for The Book that Made America . . .

The Book That Made America is a most welcome addition to the growing literature that documents the foundational and pivotal role that the Bible played in the founding of our nation and the forming of our government. Dr. Jerry Newcombe combines accurate scholarship and careful analysis with engaging writing. This arsenal of historic wisdom from our Judeo-Christian heritage should be in your library. If you have funds to buy only one book on this topic, this is the one!
— Peter A. Lillback, Ph.D. Prof. of Historical Theology, Pres., Westminster Theological Seminary, Pres., The Providence Forum, Sr. Pastor, Proclamation Presbyterian Church, Bryn Mywr, PA

Historical revisionism is alive and well in our nation’s classrooms and in the media. So what has been the Bible’s role in American history? It certainly had a profound impact on the founding of this country as well as in the framing of the government. And where did we go astray as a nation? How can we return to our Biblical roots? Jerry Newcombe answers these and many other questions in The Book That Made America. Read this book to learn the history our nation has forgotten.
— Kerby Anderson, National Director, Probe Ministries International, Host of “Point of View,” USA Radio Network, and author of many books and articles

Jerry Newcombe has created a masterpiece of apologetics that skillfully portrays the power of Scripture in the transformation of the American wilderness into the world’s first Christian constitutional republic. His writing is profound and well documented, yet easy to read. This great book will become a timeless educational resource that catapults the centrality of Christ and His Word back to the heart of our civilization where it belongs.
— Marshall Foster, D.D. Founder and Pres., The Mayflower Institute and World History Institute, Speaker, and Coauthor of The American Covenant: The Untold Story, Thousand Oaks, CA

In The Book That Made America, Jerry Newcombe quickly cuts through the fog of agenda driven rhetoric to give a brilliant and unbiased examination of what made America unique among the nations of the world. Jerry’s commanding knowledge of history provides clear and undeniable evidence that the Bible was a key formative influence in America’s culture, economy, and form of government.
— William J. Federer Best-selling author and speaker, nationally known radio host on AmericanMinute.com, Pres., Amerisearch, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri

Jerry Newcombe has furnished Christian believers with a major weapon for the moral and spiritual civil war we are waging for the soul of America. He carefully provides us in a readable and engaging way with quotable evidence of the Christian roots of our nation. This book should be in the home of every American patriot.
— Peter J. Marshall Evangelist, speaker, and co-author of best-selling books, including The Light and the Glory, Cape Cod, MA

Jerry Newcombe does an excellent job in documenting and telling the story that almost all Americans used to know: that is, without the Bible there would be no America as we know it. The Bible was the central most important influence in the birth, growth, and development of this nation. The principles in that book produced the most free, prosperous, just, and virtuous nation in history. As we have forgotten this truth, we have gradually lost our liberties. To preserve this great nation, Americans must know the ideas in The Book That Made America.
— Stephen McDowell President, Providence Foundation and Biblical Worldview University, Charlottesville, VA

With the skill of a journalist experienced at interviewing others, Jerry Newcombe reveals the one book that built America. He digs deep into the documents, individuals, and spirit of America and lets the evidence speak for itself. Understanding the development of ideas from the Reformation through the planting of America, as well as admitting the faults that had to be repaired, Jerry has done a service for Americans by bringing the Bible back into historical focus at a time when it is most needed.
— Paul Jehle, M.Div., Ed.D. Executive Director, The Plymouth Rock Foundation, Senior Pastor, The New Testament Church and School, Plymouth, MA

What Readers Are Saying

Jerry Newcombe’s book, The Book that Made America, is already one of my treasured resources. America wasn’t built on separation of church and state, but on ensuring freedom of religion and supporting the value of citizens having a vibrant faith. Instead of learning from our rich Christian heritage, we are running away from what has made this country. Being reminded of the Supreme Court’s Trinity decision of 1892 that affirmed that America is a Christian nation is inspiring. That decision has never been abrogated. America never forces or nationalizes a particular faith and we are richer for that. But if you ever want a book that documents and honors our Christian underpinnings, this is the book to have in your library. I will refer to it often! Thank you for publishing this fine work.

— Terry Paulson, PhD, Speaker, Author and Columnist, Agoura Hills, CA

Jerry Newcombe’s book, “The Book That Made America” is the best one ever! It is by far the best book that I received at the Denver Book Seller’s Conference. I’ve read it and re-read it and it is wonderful that you dedicated this to my hero D. James Kennedy. I miss that man every single day. Thanks so much for writing such a great book!

— Mr. Dee Wampler, Springfield, MO

It was my pleasure reading your recent publication, The Book that Made America. It is a splendid work, and something that every Christian should read.

In particular I liked your quiz chapter and the chapter entitled "Where Did We Go Wrong?"

As a university professor, and one who has dedicated his life as such, I appreciated it when you said, "I believe we have got to lose this notion that the only service you can perform for the Lord is full-time Christian work. . .We need superb university professors." Too often the church does not say this. No doubt this is why we do not have Christian professors, judges, and politicians. Christians need to get in the trenches.

I often use the facts you highlighted when I teach the Reformation, Philosophy of Religion, Ethics, and the Philosophy of Government.

A great book! Keep it up!

— Bruce Weber, STD, PhD, Chapman University College - Inland Empire

South Florida Bible College was the setting last night for a speech by Dr. Jerry Newcombe in which he discussed the findings of his new book entitled The Book That Made America: How the Bible Formed our Nation. I took a day off from work and me and the Mrs attended. (She can't say that I never take her anywhere :-p) After Dr Newcombe's speech, he was interviewed more in depth by a gentleman and I saw that the event was being taped. Perhaps this will run on C-SPAN in the near future much like his previous "How Would Jesus Vote?" discussion.

Time quickly passed and there was only enough time left to take a few of the questions that audience members had written down before hand on index cards for the interviewer to ask him. Lo and behold, the first question asked was the one I had written down. What luck! I basically asked him if, while researching his book, he came across any information that would lead someone to believe that Thomas Jefferson was more evangelical in his beliefs than the typical deist that he is commonly portrayed as. Dr Newcombe stated that he didnt really know if Jefferson (or Benjamin Franklin for that matter) had actually made statements that they put their faith in salvation in the Blood of Jesus Christ and his sacrifice on Calvary's cross. He did mention a couple of items though that could give someone pause and wonder if in fact that was the case. First was that Jefferson OK'ed federal monies to be used in missionary efforts among Native American tribes. Secondly, while attending church service at the US Capitol Building (they were held there until about the 1880's) Jefferson once brought in the Marine Band to play during the service there. Could you imagine if something like that happened nowadays? The ACLU would have a heart-attack!

If history and Christianity are interests of yours, I would highly recommend his fine book to anyone who wishes to explore America's Christian foundations further. Interesting and well researched, it's a must read for those who are interested in where we as a country have come from and the enormous differences of today when any symbol or reminder of out Christian heritage is slowly being stripped away by our multi-culti, increasingly secular society.

—JD Curtis, treesforlunch.blogspot.com

“Dr. Newcombe, we have never personally met but I do thank you for…your book The Book that Made American: How the Bible Formed Our Nation, I am very much enjoying reading it.”

— Arline Helms