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Part Three: Faith and Freedom: Freedom's Price


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America's Hidden History DVD Set

Forget everything you thought you knew about America's founding fathers. Beyond the powdered wigs and revolutionary rhetoric were men of profound faith who saw divine providence in the birth of our nation.

This eye-opening exploration reveals how deeply Christianity influenced the architects of American freedom. Charles Carroll, the only Catholic signer of the Declaration, outlived his contemporaries to the astonishing age of 95 and used his immense wealth to permanently endow churches in rural Maryland. Benjamin Rush, whom John Adams ranked alongside Washington and Franklin in importance, founded the Sunday School Movement and established America's first Bible society.

Even Thomas Jefferson, commonly portrayed as skeptical of religion, initiated church services in government buildings and attended worship in the Capitol Building throughout his presidency. Far from advocating a strict separation of faith from governance, these founders viewed religious principles as essential to maintaining the republic they created.

Most revealing is how the founders themselves viewed Independence Day. John Adams wrote that July 4th should be commemorated as "the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God almighty." His son, John Quincy Adams, later declared that "the birthday of the nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday of the Savior."

Through forgotten letters, personal documents, and firsthand accounts, we discover that these revolutionary leaders weren't simply fighting for abstract concepts of liberty—they were establishing a nation built upon biblical foundations they believed essential to freedom's survival.

Consider the spiritual legacy these founders intended. Their vision of America was one where faith and freedom stand inseparable—a perspective that challenges us to preserve not just the political institutions they created, but the moral principles they deemed necessary for those institutions to endure.

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