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    The historical figure discussed in this episode is a subject of debate in many circles, all of whom seem to have polarized opinions on his character and beliefs. When one analyzes Benjamin Franklin’s own words and experiences, it becomes clear what an extraordinary person he really was. Learn about the man behind the misconceptions and discover a Founding Father whose name is truly worthy of our honor.

    For those who have sent me messages, I want you to know that the platform does not allow me to respond, so here is my response saying thank you so much for your support! It is appreciated more than I can say, and rest assured that I will continue to release episodes. Some subjects just take more time than others, but I have every intention of continuing this work of purifying our history. Thank you!

    Resources:

    The Real Benjamin Franklin: by Andrew M. Allison

    https://www2.latech.edu/~bmagee/212/franklin/stiles_letter.htm

    https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/benfranklin.htm

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    After fighting a revolution, America thought it was finished contending with Britain, until the war of 1812 once again placed the patriots in peril. With the capitol in ashes, the arm of God was once again needed to save the infant nation from ruin. Learn the events that produced the words, "The land of the free and the home of the brave."

    Resources:

    What So Proudly We Hailed: Francis Scott Key, A Life by Marc Leepson

    Gods Courageous Composer Francis Scott Key by David Collins

    https://afb.org/HelenKellerArchive?a=p&p=helenkellerdocumentdisplay&d=A-HK01-07-B140-F01-016&

    https://billofrightsinstitute.org/essays/fort-mchenry-and-the-war-of-1812

    https://maryland1812.com/francis-scott-keys-tells-a-story-of-september-1814/

    https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/artwork/dolley-madison-comes-to-the-rescue

    https://constitutioncenter.org/amp/blog/on-this-day-the-british-set-fire-to-washington-d-c

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zDKfw8nysLA&pp=ygUbd2FsbCBidWlsZGVycyBzdGFyIHNwYW5nbGVk

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qn-Lgq1Btw&t=275s&pp=ygUbd2FsbCBidWlsZGVycyBzdGFyIHNwYW5nbGVk

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  • Send a message to “Faith Ignited”

    In a time when faith is largely ridiculed and seen as foolish, we often forget that some of the most brilliant people in history had a firm belief in a Divine Creator. This episode discusses a contemporary of Charles Darwin whose name has been lost to the world because he stayed true to his beliefs. The great natural scientist’s life holds a much needed lesson for our day.

    Resources:

    Agassiz’s thoughts on the origin of species:

    https://wwnorton.com/college/history/archive/resources/documents/ch21_04.htm#:~:text=The%20foremost%20critic%20of%20Darwinism,challenge%20to%20Darwin's%20new%20thesis


    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/6078/pg6078-images.html

    https://www.bartleby.com/lit-hub/poems-of-places-an-anthology-in-31-volumes/the-prayer-of-agassiz-3/

    https://www.jstor.org/stable/18118

    https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Popular_Science_Monthly/Volume_40/April_1892/Agassiz_at_Penikese

    http://kids.ochristian.com/Biographies-for-Children/Louis-Agassiz.shtml

    https://www.biblestudytools.com/hebrews/11-3-compare.html#google_vignette

    The Other Eminent Men of Wilford Woodruff by: Vicki Jo Anderson


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    This episode explores the Christian roots of America's universities and introduces you to an early educator, who crossed the ocean to play a critical role in the American Revolution. In a time when truth is subjective and morality is outdated, we need more than ever to look to the past to discover how education shapes a society.

    Resources:

    John Witherspoon and the issue of slavery:

    https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00405736231207548


    John Witherspoon and the Founding of the American Republic, by Jeffery H. Morrison

    John Witherspoon by Jr. David Walker Woods


    http://eada.lib.umd.edu/text-entries/a-poem-on-the-rising-glory-of-america/


    https://www.dsdi1776.com/signer/john-witherspoon/

    https://oll.libertyfund.org/pages/1776-witherspoon-dominion-of-providence-over-the-passions-of-men-sermon#

    https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00405736231207548

    https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/kevin-deyoung/the-dominion-of-providence/?amp

    https://rodmartin.org/dominion-providence-passions-men/

    https://www.acton.org/religion-liberty/volume-34-number-1/john-witherspoon-educating-liberty

    https://paw.princeton.edu/article/continental-congress-nassau-hall

    http://www.rampantscotland.com/famous/blfamwitherspoon.htm


    https://jwc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Founding-Father-John-Witherspoon.pdf

    https://blog.historicenvironment.scot/2024/02/john-witherspoon/

    https://www.maggiecraig.co.uk/2015/04/23/escape-from-the-jacobites-at-doune-cast

    https://christianheritagefellowship.com/the-christian-founding-of-harvard/

    https://www.liberty.edu/journal/article/christianity-and-the-american-university/#:~:text=American%20higher%20education%20rests%20upon,Christ%2C%20and%20a%20biblical%20worldview.

    https://www.ulpanor.com/2021/02/26/the-yale-connection/

    https://newcriterion.com/article/the-forgotten-founder-john-witherspoon/#:~:text=Under%20With

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    Dark times reveal the best and worst of human nature. The French Revolution took place right on the cusp of the American Revolution, but their results were drastically different. With revolution erupting in France, Lafayette's family would witness the tragic fall of a nation. This episode explores what Charles Dickens dubbed, "The best and worst of times," and how the lessons it teaches are applicable to our day.

    Resources:

    Lafayette, by Harlow Giles Unger

    Adrienne: The Life of The Marquise De La Fayette, by Andre Maurois

    Madame de Lafayette, by Constance Wright

    https://www.iwp.edu/articles/2018/01/12/the-dechristianization-of-france-during-the-french-revolution/



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    This episode explores the life of a hero of two different nations. A young man who fled a life of luxury for the life of a volunteer soldier. Learn what inspired the Marquis de Lafayette to be an instrument in God's hands to change the outcome of the American Revolution.

    Resources:

    Lafayette by Harlow Giles Unger


    https://www.libertarianism.org/publications/essays/generous-heart-marquis-de-lafayette

    https://chrisstevensonauthor.com/2016/08/02/lafayettes-life-decide-what-to-be-and-go-be-it/

    https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5149/9781469658759_zucker.11?seq=1

    https://www.unofficialroyalty.com/prince-william-henry-duke-of-gloucester-and-edinburgh-son-of-frederick-prince-of-wales/

    https://www.varsitytutors.com/earlyamerica/early-america-review/volume-4/marquis-de-lafayette-american-revolution

    https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/marquis-de-lafayette/

    https://heritage.bnf.fr/france-ameriques/en/lafayette-hero-article#:~:text=By%20the%20summer%20of%201775,brother%20of%20King%20George%20III.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pbib9yuEHzY&pp=ygUVbGFmYXlldHRlIGRvY3VtZW50YXJ5

    http://libertarianstvo.org/en/personalities/item/56-marquis-de-lafayette

    http://libertarianstvo.org/en/personalities/item/56-marquis-de-lafayette

    https://www.dummies.com/article/body-mind-spirit/religion-spirituality/freemasonry/the-basic-principles-of-freemasons-195589/

    https://www.americanheritage.com/lafayette-hero-among-heroes#

    https://www.americanheritage.com/lafayette-hero-among-heroes#

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    The line between hero and villain can be very obscured in the mass of historical opinions, but this episode presents a case for the man largely criticized by scholars and the public alike, that can't seem to agree upon his character. Learn about the life, motivations and faith of Christopher Columbus.

    Resources:

    Christopher Columbus A Man Among The Gentiles, by Clark B Hinckley.

    America’s Destiny Choosing God’s Will Or Ours, by Tad R Callister.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=89a9OxU0eyQ&pp=ygUWV2FsbCBidWlsZGVycyBjb2x1bWJ1cw%3D%3D

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=P_Jph_qzqPo&t=1110s&pp=ygUWV2FsbCBidWlsZGVycyBjb2x1bWJ1cw%3D%3D

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6EeUdqLVIek&t=209s&pp=ygUWV2FsbCBidWlsZGVycyBjb2x1bWJ1cw%3D%3D

    https://rsc.byu.edu/christopher-columbus-latter-day-saint-perspective/later-years-book-prophecies-final-voyage







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    Benedict Arnold is undoubtably the most infamous traitor in American history, but few realize how his treachery nearly destroyed the American cause. It would have succeeded without miraculous intervention. Learn the little known story of West Point.

    References:

    https://www.azquotes.com/author/7392-Thomas_Jefferson/tag/honor

    https://www.history.com/news/9-things-you-may-not-know-about-benedict-arnold

    https://www.intel.gov/evolution-of-espionage/revolutionary-war/british-espionage/benedict-arnold#:~:text=Through%20his%20wife%2C%20Arnold%20contacted,Washington%20during%20a%20planned%20visit.

    https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/benedict-arnolds-treason-unmasked-to-washington-in-arnolds-own-house/

    https://emergingrevolutionarywar.org/2020/09/25/arnolds-treason-240-years-later-arnolds-escape-peggys-hysteria-yseptember-25-1780/

    https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/west-point/

    https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/spotlight-primary-source/benedict-arnolds-1780-treason-and-execution-john-andre

    https://sleepyhollowcountry.com/the-capture-of-john-andre/

    https://www.hudsonrivervalley.org/john-paulding

    https://www.americanheritage.com/three-forgotten-heroes

    https://www.ushistory.org/march/bio/andre2.htm

    https://allthingsliberty.com/2022/07/major-andres-captors-revisited-separating-myth-from-historical-reality/

    https://www.nysm.nysed.gov/exhibitions/fidelity-medal

    https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/31693.Samuel_Adams

    https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/the-revolutionary-war/george-washington-benedict-arnold/benedict-arnold/

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/benedict-arnold-turned-traitor-american-revolution-180958786/




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    With the Lincoln Presidency in shambles, and the Union on the brink of collapse, the North needed a miracle. As he has so many times before, God stepped in. Learn about the miracle that brought the Emancipation Proclamation into existence, how the enemies' battle plans ended up in the hands of a union soldier, and how a General's vision of a past President helped him to save the Union from destruction.


    References

    General McClellan’s Dream:

    https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/Research/Digital-Library/Record?libID=o51499

    Abraham Lincoln’s Vision:

    https://www.loc.gov/resource/lprbscsm.scsm0997/

    https://encyclopediavirginia.org/6294hpr-3355bd52ffcf2c6/

    https://antietam.aotw.org/exhibit.php?exhibit_id=428

    https://archive.nytimes.com/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/12/lees-lost-order/

    https://emergingcivilwar.com/2022/02/24/who-lost-the-lost-order/

    A.Lincoln a Biography

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    When facing the realities of darkness and evil in this world, many wonder why God doesn't intervene, or worse if he is cruel. The 1900s were ravaged by two world conflicts, causing many to question the reality and nature of God. One man's voice went out to millions in defense of faith. Learn about CS Lewis's path from atheism to Christianity, and how his words went on to inspire a nation in despair.

    Resources:

    https://christianhistoryinstitute.org/magazine/article/lewis-gallery-of-family-and-friends

    http://beclifelonglearner.blogspot.com/2009/05/insights-into-cs-lewis-his-mothers.html?m=1

    https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/questionofgod/transcript/surprised.html

    https://tollelege.net/2007/07/18/i-am-the-product-of-endless-books-by-cs-lewis/

    https://christianhistoryinstitute.org/magazine/article/c-s-lewis-a-profile

    https://www.1517.org/articles/sunshine-in-september-the-story-of-c-s-lewis-conversion


    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIeMbfbzSec&t=773s&pp=ygUfQ2UgbGV3aXMgdGhlIGluY3JlZGlibGUgam91cm5leQ%3D%3D

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qgj3ctK7o30&t=2807s&pp=ygUNY3MgbGV3aXMgbGlmZQ%3D%3D


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    It took almost incomprehensible arranging, and miraculous deliverance to bring the Native Americans and Pilgrims to the same table to share a bountiful meal in peace. From a young man taken captive from his home, to a faith filled journey across the ocean. This episode highlights miraculous events that should fill us all with Thanksgiving.


    Resources:


    https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/156605.William_Bradford

    https://www.agapebiblestudy.com/documents/SQUANTO_Savior%20of%20the%20Pilgrims.htm

    https://www.covnews.com/archives/remember-squanto/

    https://www.capecodtimes.com/in-depth/news/2020/11/19/tisquantum-squanto-wampanoag-translator-true-story/6261368002/

    https://myemail.constantcontact.com/SEPT--29----Squanto---a-special-instrument-sent-of-God----William-Bradford.html? In soid=1108762609255&aid=lEXOUqJrHks

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ooM76VprUXk

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fa4IyEAV2_4&t=1871s&pp=ygUUdGhhbmtzZ2l2aW5nIGZlZGVyZXI%3D

    https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5705&context=etd#:~:text=When%20the%20Puritan%20colonists%20came,Zion%20and%2For%20New%20Jerusalem.




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    In a time of immense suffering and war, one woman emerged as a hero. Her selfless efforts led her to be called the founder of modern nursing. Learn what motivated Florence Nightingale to abandon her privileged life for one of service and sacrifice.

    Resources:

    https://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1801-1900/florence-nightingale-the-lady-with-the-lamp-11633053.html?amp=1

    https://cwfn.uoguelph.ca/spirituality/florence-nightingale-faith-and-work/

    https://www.ajol.info/index.php/hts/article/download/214966/202719

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yWs0tlYRpEc&t=1223s&pp=ygUgZmxvcmVuY2UgbmlnaHRpbmdhbGUgZG9jdW1lbnRhcnk%3D

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    When it comes to history, it's only too easy for things to be forgotten or misrepresented. This episode exposes some of the foundational truths associated with the foundation of America and explores the character of the man America claims as its Father. Truly the hand of God preserved him for that very purpose.

    Resources:

    The Real George Washington, by Jay A. Perry

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0rImw1B1ENI&list=PL2Tn2MhKrkFMhE_W1MfxEZ_we5CEqioCa&index=1&t=1471s&pp=iAQB

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ACdz80ODlLE&list=PL2Tn2MhKrkFMhE_W1MfxEZ_we5CEqioCa&index=3&pp=iAQB

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bOVuJZ41bV0&list=PL2Tn2MhKrkFMhE_W1MfxEZ_we5CEqioCa&index=4&pp=iAQB

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    Sir Isaac Newton is a name most people recognize. His contributions to the science world make him one of the greatest minds of all time, but another side of this genius has come to light. Learn about the incredible faith exposed through his writings.

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    In a time of oppression and intense suffering in America, a liberator would emerge in the most unexpected of forms. Harriet Tubman's faith in God propelled her to become a remarkable instrument in his hands. This episode discusses the miraculous visions and perilous journey that led her to become a modern Moses.

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    On December 17th, the Wright Brothers proved that man indeed could fly. As sons of a Bishop and faithful mother, Wilbur and Orville came from a foundation of faith, and determination. This episode covers some of the experiences that led to their successful flight.

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    It may suprise you to learn of the powerful Christian origins of the original 1828 Webster Dictionary. Noah Webster's true intent behind the dictionary, as well as his own profound conversion story have largely been lost to history.

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    When the American troops marched into Valley Forge the year 1777, they would experience testing to their very core as long, cold days tried their endurance. However, this time of refinement in the forge of affliction created a powerful army. George Washington received a vision of the destiny of the United States, with details about the future that may astound you, and instruction we should all take to heart.

    Resources:

    https://www.revolutionary-war-and-beyond.com/prayer-at-valley-forge-2.html

    https://www.nps.gov/vafo/learn/historyculture/valley-forge-history-and-significance.htm

    https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/valley-forge/

    https://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/washington/vision.html

    The Real George Washington by J. A. Perry

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    Known primarily for her ride naked through the streets, Lady Godiva's name stirs up a range of feelings for most people. This episode explores what led to her legendary ride, and how her selfless act blessed the lives of the people of Coventry.

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    With the Civil War tearing apart the The United States of America, and Abraham Lincoln simultaneously learning to cope with grief, the weary President had more than his share of burdens in 1862. During this time, God taught him through a humble and unexpected source. Learn the untold story of Rebecca Pomeroy.

    Resources:

    https://quod.lib.umich.edu/j/jala/2629860.0031.204/--one-of-the-best-women-i-ever-knew-abraham-lincoln?rgn=main;view=fulltext

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/willie-lincolns-death-a-private-agony-for-a-president-facing-a-nation-of-pain/2011/09/29/gIQAv7Z7SL_story.html

    https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2023/05/a-civil-war-story-rebecca-pomroy-lincolns-nurse/

    A.Lincoln A Biography by Ronald C. White, Jr.