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Month: August 2018

Have We Now Forgotten That Powerful Friend?

Have We Now Forgotten That Powerful Friend?

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Benjamin Franklin was eighty-one years old when he came to the Constitutional Convention. The delegates couldn’t agree on anything at first. Then, they adopted Franklin’s resolution that they begin each session with prayer. With God’s help, they drafted the United States Constitution. They created a new form of government that had never existed before. A government whose power is derived from the consent of the governed. A government of the people, by the people and for the people. This is…

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Patrick Henry’s Call to Action

Patrick Henry’s Call to Action

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  In Patrick Henry’s most famous speech, he implores his fellow citizens to take arms against the British. It’s been left out of today’s history textbooks because it mentions God. But if God hadn’t helped us, we couldn’t have won the Revolutionary War.   What is it that makes this speech so powerful? It’s Patrick Henry’s passionate expression of his faith in God. He knew that God always helps his people. And that when we’re on God’s side, we will prevail, because God…

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