Was America Ever Christian? Founding, Awakening, and a Common Myth
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“John Randolph of Roanoke (1773–1833) had no confidence that America was, or ever had been, a Christian republic.” - Desiring God
As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“John Randolph of Roanoke (1773–1833) had no confidence that America was, or ever had been, a Christian republic.” - Desiring God
“Just as Baptists disagreed on seemingly everything else, they did not view slavery in precisely the same way — even in South Carolina.” - London Lyceum
“Backus’s theological rationale of liberty is not that every person should do what he desires, but that every person must reckon with God as an individual.
“ ‘In God we trust’ was adopted without much controversy in the mid-twentieth century, as was the addition of ‘under God’ to the pledge of allegiance two years prior.” - Dale Chamberlain
“Even a global pandemic that induced politicians on both the right and left to usher in unprecedented levels of tyranny, including lockdowns of businesses, churches, and schools, did not raise unemployment and inflation to 1970s levels.” - IFWE
“Washington’s birthday was Feb. 22 and was a source of unofficial celebration throughout the 19th century. The celebration was eventually made into a federal holiday after the American Civil War.” - C.Post
“Some of these words were spoken at large civil rights gatherings, while others were given within the sanctuaries of churches.” - CPost
“His fellow soldiers assumed he wouldn’t survive his wounds—and he nearly didn’t. Eventually, he was sent back to the US in a full body cast and spent thirty-nine months in recovery.
While we are not certain of the exact date, we do know that this year marks the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims’ first Thanksgiving celebration in Plymouth.1
In the fall of 1621, “the 53 surviving Pilgrims and Chief Massasoit with his 90 Indian braves”2 (of the Wampanoag Tribe) came together to mark the bounty of their harvest and to give praise to God for graciously preserving them and providing for them.
“A new book reenvisions temperance as a global struggle on behalf of the oppressed and exploited.” - CToday
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