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Podcast: The WallBuilders Show
Episode: Washington, Adams, And A Two-Hour Prayer Set The Tone For Liberty
Description: A two-hour prayer opened the First Continental Congress, and the selected Scripture reading seemed to mirror the headlines from Boston. That image—leaders kneeling before leading—sets the stage for a tour through letters, proclamations, and battlefield reports that reveal how faith, providence, and civic courage intertwined at America’s founding. We follow John Adams as he urges Abigail to read Psalm 35 aloud, track the Continental Congress’s cycles of fasting and thanksgiving, and revisit the improbable moments when militias and makeshift gunboats bested the world’s top military power.We dig into the historical record to test commo...