Jon Harris gives a great talk (Session #6) in which he discusses America’s Christian identity at the founding, and argues we should restore that: Christianity & the Founding Session 6: A Protestant Federation – @jonharris1989 pic.twitter.com/gAGx0VoyWF — Truthscript (@Truth_Script) May 19, 2025
Category: American History/ Heritage
The Baptists In America’s Founding
This is a great talk. Watch it. I won’t attempt to summarize; but a couple of interesting points have regional significance. He speaks of the intense persecution faced by early Virginia Baptists that helped lead to religious liberty being incorporated into the Constitution; and to the eventual phasing out of […]
The Beginnings of Religious Liberty
This is lecture #4 in the series, and gets down in the weeds a bit. But I found interesting the discussion of Samuel Davies that began around the 15:45 mark. He was most active in Hanover County, Virginia which sits in the northeastern part of the Richmond metro area. He […]
The Presbyterians’ Role In America’s Founding
The series continues with a discussion of the Presbyterians around the time of America’s founding. The discussion emphasizes educational efforts and institutions; and relates how these produced many of America’s early statesmen and leaders. Of most interest to those of us in the South, a discussion begins around the 20:00 […]
States Could Have Established Religion At Time Of Founding
This brief video supports what Stephen Wolfe asserted in the video I posted last night: A few moments later . . . "the freedom of the states to establish religions according to their understanding". Is this your idea of freedom of religion? Let each state decide which Christian denomination to […]
The Puritans And The American Founding
Below is the second talk at the conference in Pennsylvania I have previously referenced. It is given by Stephen Wolfe– the guy from North Carolina who wrote “The Case For Christian Nationalism” that caused such a stir. He discusses the Puritans and shatters certain myths about them. He describes how […]
Anglicans And The American Founding
Jon Harris with some others had a conference recently in Pennsylvania in which the Christian basis for America’s founding was explored. The talks from this conference are being posted online. The following talk discusses the Anglican Church and its contributions to early American culture and the formation of our nation. […]
Telling The Untold Story of America’s Christian Roots
Listen, My Children, And You Shall Hear…
250 years ago this past weekend (HT: Fred):