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Podcast: Redeemer Broadcasting : A Plain Answer
Episode: A Plain Answer: Reflections on Independence Day - Dr. John Vance
Description: As we anticipate the coming celebration of Independence Day, we pause to reflect back on our nation's beginnings. With a brief mention of some of the timeline of the acts (Stamp Act, Sugar Act, Quartering Act, etc.) leading to our conflict with Britain, we consider a major, overriding event known as the First Great Awakening. Our guest rightly notes that without this spiritual awakening, there would have been no war for Independence. We also take note of the slow emotional temperature that rose in those days of the mid-1700's, in which people increasingly "had quite enough" of the elitist...