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American History, Christian Calendar (Holidays), Christian History, June Articles, Signers of Declaration of Independence

Listen June 12, 1778 Death of Signer, Philip Livingston Philip Livingston (January 15, 1716 – June 12, 1778) was an American merchant and statesman from New York City. He was a delegate for New York to the Continental Congress from 1775 to 1778, and signed the Declaration of...Read more... Read more... -->

American History, Christian Calendar (Holidays), Christian History, Historical, June, Products

ListenThis post is part 1 of the series:When Congress Asked America to Fast, Pray, and Give Thanks to God $8 @ Amazon Store On June 12, 1775, the Continental Congress issued one of its first fast day proclamations when John Hancock of Massachusetts was president of Congress. Hancock, one of the wealthiest Americans of his day, was the son and grandson of Christian ministers and was personally a deeply committed Christian. But this proclamation issued by the Continental Congress over the next decade was only one of the proclamations asking states to fast, pray, and give thanks to God....Read more... Read more... -->

Congressional Spiritual Proclamations, June Articles, Prayer

ListenThis post is part 2 of the series:When Congress Asked America to Fast, Pray, and Give Thanks to GodJune 12, 1775 The Second Continental Congress issues the first of sixteen spiritual proclamations concerning prayer, fasting, humiliation, and thanksgiving Before adjourning the First Continental Congress on October 26, 1774, representatives stipulated that if the grievances that existed between the Thirteen American Colonies and Great Britain were not settled, a Second Continental Congress should be convened "on the tenth day of May next."[1] Contrary to their hopes and prayers,...Read more... Read more... -->

American History, Islam, Other Than Christianity

ListenWhile it is true that America's Founding Fathers welcomed immigrants to America from other religions, it is not true that they esteemed those religions to be equal in standing with their own Christian religion. Contrary to the insistence of contemporary atheists, agnostics, and other secularists, America's Founding Fathers were overwhelmingly Christian! As early as the 1920s, socialists began rewriting America's history to suggest that matters related to economics were the driving influences behind the Revolution and the development of the nation. Out of the twenty-seven reasons given...Read more... Read more... -->

American History, Christian Calendar (Holidays), Christian History, June Articles, Signers of Declaration of Independence

Listen June 8, 1806 Death of Signer, George Wythe George Wythe (1726 – June 8, 1806) was the first American law professor, a noted classics scholar and Virginia judge, as well as a prominent opponent of slavery. The first of the seven Virginia signatories of the United States Declaration of Independence, Wythe served as one of Virginia's representatives to the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention. Wythe taught and was a mentor to Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, Henry Clay and other men who became American...Read more... Read more... -->