Derived from America’s Reawakening by Eddie L. Hyatt
1. The most recognized figure in colonial
America was not George Washington or Thomas Jefferson, but a Methodist preacher
from Great Britain who preached to massive outdoor crowds from Georgia to
Massachusetts until his death in 1770.
2. The First Great Awakening saw entire towns
and cities repent and turn to God as Benjamin Franklin testified of his
hometown of Philadelphia.
3. The First Great Awakening breached the
deep theological, cultural and racial divisions in colonial America and made
possible the founding of a new nation.
4. The Continental Congress began every
session with Bible reading and prayer and at least 15 times during the Revolutionary War issued a call for a Day of Prayer, Repentance, and Fasting throughout the colonies.
5. George Washington banned drunkenness and
profanity in the Revolutionary Army and ordered that every day was to begin
with prayer.
6. The First Great Awakening ignited an abolition
movement that resulted in virtually every American founder taking a public stand
against slavery at a time it was accepted and practiced in most of the world.
7. America’s founding documents were used by
abolitionists in their fight against slavery because they contain no classifications
based on race or skin color but state that ALL men are created equal and are endowed
with by their Creator with certain unalienable rights.
8. The founders believed that only a moral and
religious [Christian] people could maintain the freedoms they had implemented
in the U.S. Constitution.
9. The founding generation had a missionary vision
for America, believing that the Gospel would go out from here to the ends of
the earth.
10. George Washington is the only president to receive every electoral vote, not once but twice.
In his new 216-page book, America’s Reawakening, Dr. Eddie Hyatt discusses in-depth the above facts and so much more. It is available from Amazon and his website at http://eddiehyatt.com.
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