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American Heritage — Did You Know?

American Heritage: A look at the man who established the ‘colony’

“We, the people of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of civil and religious liberty, and humbly invoking his guidance, ... Read more

by bobhess, Wednesday, April 18, 2012 9:11 pm

American Heritage — Did You Know?

American Heritage: If their purpose was to succeed, sin could not be tolerated

“It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one ... Read more

by bobhess, Wednesday, April 11, 2012 10:37 pm

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American Heritage: Not what was expected

“If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then ... Read more

by bobhess, Wednesday, April 4, 2012 11:04 pm

American Heritage — Did You Know?

American Heritage: Another group, but same purpose: freedom of worship

The next group that we will look at is the Puritans. Read more

by bobhess, Wednesday, March 28, 2012 9:09 pm

American Heritage — Did You Know?

American Heritage: The Mayflower heads home and the pilgrims are on their own

Now that winter was over, the Mayflower's captain decided that it was time to head for home. Read more

by bobhess, Wednesday, March 21, 2012 8:12 pm

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American Heritage: The ‘promised land’ brought abuse

As we left our Pilgrims in our last article, they were feeling the abuse of their first winter in the "promised land." Cold, wind, ice ... Read more

by bobhess, Wednesday, March 14, 2012 9:56 pm

American Heritage — Did You Know?

American Heritage: Christian principles guided the Pilgrims’ voyage

Isn’t it interesting that we are told that this nation was not established on Christian principles? Read more

by bobhess, Wednesday, March 7, 2012 9:13 pm

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American Heritage: God’s hand of protection and guidance is experienced

The Pilgrims were soon to learn the meaning of the words found in Hebrews 13:5. Their Bibles clearly stated a promise that would become a ... Read more

by bobhess, Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:13 pm

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American Heritage: The pilgrim voyage begins

As we closed our last chapter of the Pilgrim movement, we saw that they had moved to Leyden, Holland. Read more

by bobhess, Wednesday, February 15, 2012 9:31 pm

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American Heritage: America was a hotbed for religious reform

There were two main reasons for people coming to this continent. Read more

by bobhess, Wednesday, February 8, 2012 10:33 pm

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American Heritage: A ‘state religion’ history

“Section 1. Be it ordained by the United States in Congress assembled…” Read more

by bobhess, Wednesday, February 1, 2012 7:35 pm

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American Heritage: A weakness within Columbus overtook his intended mission

Columbus proved that he was a human being who had to deal with a battle between what was good in the sight of his God, ... Read more

by bobhess, Wednesday, January 25, 2012 10:25 pm

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American Heritage: The adventure continues

“If we and our posterity reject religious instruction and authority, violate the rules of eternal justice, trifle with the injunctions of morality, and recklessly destroy ... Read more

by bobhess, Thursday, January 19, 2012 12:07 am

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American Heritage: The beginning starts with a man’s vision

We’ve been taking a look at the Declaration of Independence, the reason for its inception, and its writers. Read more

by bobhess, Wednesday, January 11, 2012 9:57 pm

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American Heritage: The signers of the Declaration

The mindset in this day and age concerning the individuals who run for government is that they must be college graduates and, as many believe, ... Read more

by bobhess, Wednesday, January 4, 2012 10:35 pm

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American Heritage: What does freedom mean to you?

As we look back over our history as Americans, we see a deeply seated desire for freedom on the part of the early colonists. Read more

by bobhess, Wednesday, December 21, 2011 8:57 pm

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American Heritage: Signing the ‘Declaration’ was dangerous

“When the 56 men signed their names to the Declaration of Independence, King George ordered his soldiers to find and execute them all, putting an ... Read more

by bobhess, Wednesday, December 14, 2011 10:26 pm

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