Posts Tagged ‘First Great Awakening’
“God Helps Those Who Helps Themselves”: The Christianity of Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin’s Christianity is complex, to say the least. According to modern historians, Franklin was a scientist, patriot, politician, diplomat… and deist. He once wrote that his skepticism of Christianity…
Read MoreHark! The Herald Wesley Wrote: How a Christmas Hymn Transformed America
In 1739 a young colonial Georgia preacher wrote a “Hymn for Christmas Day.” His opening line was “Hark! how all the welkin rings.” Welkin is an old Dutch word for…
Read MoreThe Yale Man: How One American Preacher Lit the Fuse for the First Great Awakening Revivals
America’s first colleges were in the Ivy League. And they were created for a distinct purpose. The original 1636 purpose of a Harvard education was to “…advance learning and perpetuate…
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