100 Bible Verses That Made America Quotes
100 Bible Verses That Made America: Defining Moments That Shaped Our Enduring Foundation of Faith
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“On January 30, 1750, Mayhew stood in the pulpit of Boston’s Old West Church and preached on the occasion of the 101st anniversary of the execution of King Charles I. His message from Romans 13, titled “A Discourse Concerning Unlimited Submission and Non-Resistance to the High Powers,” became “the most famous sermon preached in pre-Revolutionary America.”2 When published, Mayhew’s sermon spread like electricity through the Colonies. John Adams, fourteen at the time, read it over and over “till the Substance of it, was incorporated into my Nature and indelibly engraved on my Memory.”3 Adams later called Mayhew’s sermon “the catechism” for the American Revolution.4 Others have called it “the first volley of the American Revolution, setting forth the intellectual and scriptural justification for rebellion against the crown.”5 In”
― 100 Bible Verses That Made America: Defining Moments That Shaped Our Enduring Foundation of Faith
― 100 Bible Verses That Made America: Defining Moments That Shaped Our Enduring Foundation of Faith
“Had there been no Bible, there would be no America as we know it.”
― 100 Bible Verses That Made America: Defining Moments That Shaped Our Enduring Foundation of Faith
― 100 Bible Verses That Made America: Defining Moments That Shaped Our Enduring Foundation of Faith
“As McCormick crisscrossed the Midwest selling his machines, he noticed the lack of churches, and he donated his funds to establish a seminary for training ministers. He established a Christian magazine and heavily supported Presbyterian ministries. When evangelist D. L. Moody began his campaigns, McCormick became a chief backer.”
― 100 Bible Verses That Made America: Defining Moments That Shaped Our Enduring Foundation of Faith
― 100 Bible Verses That Made America: Defining Moments That Shaped Our Enduring Foundation of Faith
