May 17th is the 250th Anniversary of one of the most important sermons of the Revolutionary War.
In the Revolutionary era, the pulpit was an important place for the colony’s greater thinkers to advance important values about human liberty.
Forgotten Founding Father, John Witherspoon, stands among the most influential yet often overlooked figures of the American founding era. He was a minister, educator, political leader, and signer of the Declaration of Independence.
John Witherspoon was born on February 5, 1723, in Gifford, Scotland, near Edinburgh. He was raised in a deeply religious Presbyterian family with roots tracing back to the Scottish Reformation. At age 13, he started attending the University of Edinburgh. In 1745, after completing his education, including a master’s in theology, he was ordained as a Presbyterian minister. He quickly gained recognition as a gifted preacher and writer, with sermons that displayed both intellectual rigor and passionate conviction.
To learn more about this interesting and thought provoking article, please click on the link below published by American Thinker (americanthinker.com) which is a news outlet.
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