Truths That Transform

D. James Kennedy;Rob Pacienza - The Pilgrim Legacy

November 25, 2024 | S24:E48

Truths That Transform presented by Coral Ridge Ministries featuring Dr. Robert J. Pacienza, with sermon commentary from Dr. D. James Kennedy and Dr. Pacienza. Each program provides a compelling analysis of current moral and cultural controversies all from a biblical perspective.

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Truths That Transform | D. James Kennedy;Rob Pacienza - The Pilgrim Legacy | November 25, 2024

There's a false story being told about america
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In our schools and in our media.
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They say that america was established as a secular nation,
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Built on a foundation of oppression and abuse.
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But thanksgiving shows us that's a lie.
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Find out how, on today's truths that transform.
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Welcome to truths that transform,
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A production of coral ridge ministries.
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I'm pastor rob pacienza.
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A viewer of ours, richard, writes,
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I want to thank richard
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Because we appreciate your encouragement.
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It's only by god's grace-and the help of viewers like you,
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That we're able to continue doing this work!
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This is thanksgiving week, but today,
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A growing number of americans
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Don't even know what that means.
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That's a problem, because the foundation first laid by the
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Pilgrims when they came to these shores four hundred years ago
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Has led directly to the greatest freedom
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And prosperity the world has ever known.
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On today's program,
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You'll discover what that foundation was,
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And why it's so important.
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We begin with a visit to the starting place,
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Plymouth, massachusetts, the landing place of the mayflower.
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Did you know that america began “in the name of god”?
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Join me for this special look at the legacy of the pilgrims.
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Behind me is the largest granite monument in the united states,
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It's called the national monument to the forefathers.
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It's here in plymouth, massachusetts,
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Where the pilgrims chose to settle in december 1620.
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This monument was dedicated in 1889.
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In 1989, to honor the 100th anniversary of the monument,
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Dr. d. james kennedy, my mentor and pastor,
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Spoke from here in a nation-wide broadcast....
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This monument bears witness to
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The incredible legacy of the pilgrims.
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To help us take a closer look at
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The ways in which it celebrates america's settling
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Here's our own dr. jerry newcombe,
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Executive director of providence forum,
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In a conversation with a recognized expert
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On the monument to the forefathers.
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Ok tell me about the forefather's monument.
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It's 81 feet tall, so it's massive.
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You know i often call it our own statue of liberty
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Because when you look at it,
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The prominent figure that you see on
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The very, very top is a figure called faith.
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And she's pointing to heaven and
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Faith is the largest statue and she stands on a pedestal.
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And then down below there are four seated pedestals below her.
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The four figures below are
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Morality and law and education and liberty.
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And that represents the historic pilgrim legacy.
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And it's often called the matrix of liberty.
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And the way the designer hammet billings who conceived
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The monument, the way he designed it to be interpreted,
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If you will, is that you are to look to faith.
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And it is from faith in god that we receive morality,
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Which is the first seated statue, the figure.
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And then morality forms the foundation for our laws and
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Our laws are transmitted through the figure of education
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And passed down through the generations.
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And that is how we achieve our liberty.
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So that's kind of how they get that concept
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Of the matrix of liberty.
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The pilgrims drew deeply from the bible.
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They even used the biblical concept of covenant in order
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To create their settlement in the new world.
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It was the mayflower compact.
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Historians tell us it was the first step
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In what would culminate ultimately in
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The declaration of independence and the constitution.
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At the 135th anniversary celebration
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Of the pilgrims monument, our very own dr. jerry newcombe
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Contrasted their vision based on the bible with those
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Who explicitly removed god as the basis for society.
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Ladies and gentlemen, 135 years ago,
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There was a great big tall structure
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That was unveiled to the world and that year was 1889,
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In fact at the time it was unveiled
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Or people celebrated it,
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It was the largest man-made object in the world.
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No, i'm not talking about this fantastic monument behind me.
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I'm actually talking about the eiffel tower.
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The eiffel tower was revealed to the world,
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It was finished in 1889
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And the purpose of the eiffel tower was to celebrate
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The 100th anniversary of the french revolution.
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Oh, that's interesting.
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Because the french revolution is very different
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Than the american revolution as i'll point out.
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Meanwhile, here in plymouth, ma
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Is the tallest granite statute in america,
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The forefathers monument.
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That people are talking about.
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Kirk cameron of course made a movie about 15 years ago
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Called “monumental.”
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The director of that movie is actually with us here today.
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There really is quite a contrast
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Between what these two towering structures represent.
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The french revolution was anti-god and ended up with
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The flowing of rivers of blood in the streets of paris.
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In contrast, the pilgrim legacy was pro-god, and they ended up
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Helping to create ultimately the united states of america.
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They cast a long and positive shadow toward it
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A constitutional republic that has proved
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To be a model for other countries,
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As one nation under god.
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Not perfect, but successful nonetheless.
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The event we perhaps today most identify with
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The pilgrims is the celebration of thanksgiving,
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Which we still observe each year.
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But it's easy to forget how much suffering they had endured
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When they stopped for a day of thanksgiving to almighty god,
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Believing that they should
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Give thanks to god in all circumstances.
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It was obedience that grew out of their strong faith.
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Well, our american thanksgiving is based on the pilgrims
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And what occurred in 1621 at their colony and
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What would become the state of massachusetts.
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Pilgrims had a very hard year a hard winter
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That had taken half their number.
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But in 1621 and that fall they had a very bountiful harvest and
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They knew then that they were gonna survive
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And so they called for a thanksgiving celebration.
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The pilgrims had learned to plant crops and survive
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Through the help of the native american people.
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Chief massasoit after he was deathly ill and
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The pilgrims were able to save his life,
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And he was so impressed with their concern
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That he said, these people are my friends,
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Squanto and samoset, and some of those that became friends
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The way they came together for that first thanksgiving
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That some people tried to distort,
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But it was a genuine thanksgiving service to god,
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Not to just other people.
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And so when they held this thanksgiving uh...
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They invited the local tribe of native americans who came in
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And fellowshipped with them and
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Celebrated this thanksgiving with them as uh...
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As the pilgrims thanked god for protecting them
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And providing for them in the wilderness.
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The largest aspect of the monument to the forefathers
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Is the statue of faith.
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She is personified as a woman,
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Pointing her finger up to heaven.
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The intention is to remind us to praise god
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And to remember that he is our great provider.
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The pilgrims who founded plymouth
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Set a tremendous example for us,
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And set the first foundations america would be built upon.
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The plymouth rock foundation,
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Dedicated to preserving the memory of the pilgrims,
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Is led by their long-time president, dr. paul jehle.
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On that 135th anniversary weekend,
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We sat down together in his office
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For a brief discussion on the pilgrims
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And the monument commemorating their incredible legacy.
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When people look at the rock in plymouth,
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They see where the pilgrims stepped.
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But when they see this monument,
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They find out why they actually came.
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Years ago, 35 years ago, when it was
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The centennial celebration of the monument,
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Dr. d. james kennedy came here
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And i was able to spend 4 or 5 days with him,
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Introducing him to the leaders of plymouth because
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He was going to give the keynote address on sunday afternoon,
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August 5, and so, having done that and worked with
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D. james kennedy in various ways, with the conferences,
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What a joy to have you now coming here 35 years later
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And being able to preach to the congregation.
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It's a tremendous joy to have you here
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With the legacy of dr. d. james kennedy,
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Who was a great friend of mine and also,
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Seeing that legacy of christianity continued.
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God bless you. god bless you.
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I'm thankful that so much of america's history
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Is still preserved at plymouth.
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But sadly, it's often not taught in our schools anymore.
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Instead, students receive a revisionist history in which the
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Pilgrims are the villains who came to destroy and pillage.
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In reality, nothing could've been further from the truth.
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The national monument to the forefathers in plymouth
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Tells the story of the foundations
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These pilgrims set the new world upon.
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In 1989, dr. d. james kennedy, my mentor and pastor,
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Delivered a speech to honor
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The 100th anniversary rededication
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Of the national monument to the forefathers.
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Here's a portion of that historic message
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On the pilgrims legacy.
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“in the name of god. amen,”
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Began the dedicatory address by william breckinridge
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For this monument 100 years ago.
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“in the name of god” begins our search this day
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For the meaning of this monument,
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More importantly, for the meaning of the pilgrims,
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Whose honor this was built to celebrate.
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“in the name of god” is where america began,
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And i trust that today,
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That though they have been long dead,
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They may still speak to us
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And that we might learn something of those grand ideals,
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Those spiritual truths, that so gripped their lives
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And so changed the world.
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The predominant, pre-eminent, over-arching statue behind us,
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Of course, is the great figure of faith.
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And it was faith that animated the pilgrims.
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They, of course, have been called, and rightly so,
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The people of a book, the people of the book
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The holy scriptures.
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The scriptures which had been translated for the first time
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In recent years and was now being brought surreptitiously
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And illegally into england and which these pilgrims
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At scrooby and the surrounding towns,
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Had found and discovered and read for themselves
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And they had discovered the incredible grace of god.
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They had learned of the gracious savior
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Who offered them freely the gift of eternal life,
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If they would but trust in him and trust they did.
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Their hearts were lifted upward and they placed their hopes in
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That one who had loved them and died for them and risen again.
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And so, properly so, the statue has its finger lifted to heaven.
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And that, i think, is a very good definition of faith.
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One has said that faith is simply pointing away from
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Ourselves unto god-unto the living god in jesus christ.
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And for a christian, that is what his faith is.
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And that was their faith.
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They had learned to not trust in themselves.
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They had learned the great hope in trusting
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In the savior who had loved them.
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I am very grateful to the pilgrim society which is trying
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To maintain the real spiritual message of the forefathers.
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The great daniel webster one of america's greatest orators of
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The 19th century, said in 1820, as they celebrated
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The landing of the pilgrims: he said,
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Let us not forget the religious character of our origin.
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Our fathers were brought hither by their high veneration
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For the christian religion.
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They journeyed by its light; and labored by its hope.
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They sought to incorporate its principles
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With the elements of their society,
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And to diffuse its influence through all
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Their institutions, civil, political, or literary.
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And that is exactly what they did.
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In the mayflower compact they said that they had undertaken
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This journey to the northern parts of virginia
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“for the glory of god,
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And advancement of the christian faith.”
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That was their great desire:
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To bring the gospel, the christian faith,
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To those who dwelt in the darkness here on this continent.
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They said that they would create various institutions
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Towards the ends aforesaid.
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And what were those?
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For the glory of god and
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The advancement of the christian faith
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For the honor of king and country.
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Those were their goals, that's what they lived for.
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And that's why they came.
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Seated around the base of the statue we have
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Four other statues that embody
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Some of the things that were most meaningful to them.
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I am going to depart from the usual order and begin where most
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Usually people end, and that is with a statue to liberty .
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There we have what the pilgrims sought.
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The reason that they left england.
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That which they struggled so far to obtain.
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Liberty of conscience.
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Religious liberty.
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And civil liberty as well.
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It is very interesting to note the difference in what happened
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In america and what happened in france.
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The american revolution and the french revolution
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Are very different in this regard.
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Alexis de tocqueville, the great french philosopher and writer,
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When he came to america in 1830 and wrote his famous book
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On democracy in america pointed out that in france
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Religion and liberty were seen as antithetical
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That the only way to gain liberty or freedom
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Was to break the chains of religion; that was the enemy.
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And of course, that was true of the pilgrims in england.
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But in the kind of religion they established here,
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That was not the case.
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In fact, de tocqueville says
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That everywhere that he went in america,
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Liberty and faith were so joined together that
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No american could ever conceive of one without the other.
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How far we have come from that!
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The american experience is being hijacked today
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And taken to france.
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There are those who would like the american people
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To believe that religion is the enemy of freedom.
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Just the opposite is the case, it is not?
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Where the spirit of the lord is, there is liberty.
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Applause
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On your right, and my left we see the statue of morality.
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Holding as you've been told already the ten commandments
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The decalogue, in one hand and
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The scroll of the book of revelation in the other showing
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That they believed that morality came from the scriptures,
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From the old to the new,
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From the beginning to the end
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That ethics derived from religion.
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That is a great truth.
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There has never been an ethical system that was effectual
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Anywhere in the world that was not based upon religion.
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And they knew that, that is why the decalogue
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And the book of revelation are in the hands of morality .
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And that is the reason they came here.
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They wanted to have a free church in a godly society which
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Was based upon morals derived from the ten commandments.
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That brings us to the statue back farther to your right
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And my left which is the great statue of law .
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And you will notice, also, that they believed
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That law was based upon morality,
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And we have seen that morality is based on the scripture.
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So here you have the three-tiered cake
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Of religion, morality, and law.
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And one is based upon the other; it cannot be any other way.
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And therefore, we need to hold firmly
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To that freedom of religion,
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Which was not freedom from religion,
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As so many think today.
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Applause
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Lastly, and not least, said governor bradford
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A great hope and inward zeal they had of laying
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Some good foundation, or at least make some way thereunto,
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For the propagating and advancing the gospel
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Of the kingdom of christ in those remote parts of the world;
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Yea, though they should be but steppingstones
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Unto others for the performing of so great a work.
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They had found in their own souls
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The glorious glad tidings of life eternal,
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Of forgiveness, the assurance of everlasting paradise,
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The meaning and purpose for their lives here before,
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And they wanted to share that good news with others.
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May we, their descendants,
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The inheritors of their great legacy,
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May we, this day rededicate ourselves to those spiritual
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And godly ideals that this country might, indeed,
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Become a nation set on a hill for all the world to see,
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To admire, and to emulate.
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Thank you and god bless you.
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Applause
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Hi, i'm jennifer kennedy cassidy.
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It was such an honor for my dad to be invited to give
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A keynote address at the 100th anniversary re-dedication
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Of the national monument to the forefathers in plymouth.
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Did you know that there's an entire documentary film
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Starring kirk cameron that focuses on that monument
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And the american story it tells?
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That movie is called monumental:
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In search of america's national treasure,
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And we'd like to send it to you,
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As well as our beautiful 2025 coral ridge ministries
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“america the beautiful calendar”
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As our thanks for your generous donation of $60 or more
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To the work of this ministry.
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Monumental , with kirk cameron, is a compelling documentary
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That takes you on a journey across europe and the u.s.
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To discover america's true “national treasure”
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The people, places, and principles
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That made america the freest, most prosperous
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And generous nation the world has ever known.
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We need to recapture and apply these things in our own day,
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And this acclaimed documentary is a great way to discover them,
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And to share them with our children and grandchildren.
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And the gorgeous 2025 “america the beautiful” calendar
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Is a great way to usher in the new year, featuring stunning,
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Full-color photography that captures some of the
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Most beautiful landscapes in our great nation,
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Scripture verses for each month, and historical quotes that point
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To america's rich foundation as a christian nation.
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We'll send you the monumental dvd and the calendar as thanks
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For your donation of $60 or more, and as thanks for a gift
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Of $100 or more, we'll send you the dvd plus four calendars,
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So you can keep one and give the others as christmas gifts.
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And we'll send you the calendar alone as thanks
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For any generous gift.
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This weekend we give thanks to god.
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And at the same time, we cry out
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For his help to rescue our nation.
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When you donate, you're helping coral ridge ministries
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To produce and air programs like this, as well as
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Producing hard-hitting, topical podcasts, radio programs,
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Digital content, and biblical worldview resources
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That god can use to help transform this nation.
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Our ministry friend victor writes to us regarding
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Our pre election prayer initiative,
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That's exactly right, victor, and thank you.
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We need people just like you to help us mobilize christians,
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Proclaim the truth, and apply the bible to every area of
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Life for the sake of our nation's future.
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Your generous donations accomplish that and much more.
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Simply write to us at coral ridge ministries:
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This week we stop as a nation to for thanksgiving.
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But to whom are we giving thanks?
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And for what?
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As america's true history recedes from our classrooms,
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Fewer and fewer people even know what thanksgiving is about.
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The first thanksgiving took place in 1621,
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By the pilgrims in plymouth colony.
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They gave thanks to the lord despite having lost nearly half
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Their number to sickness over the previous months.
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They came to america to worship jesus christ freely,
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And their desire was to thank and praise him
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In all things including difficulties.
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Thanksgiving is more than a day of turkey and football games.
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It is a time to stop and acknowledge the lord.
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Christians today will thank god
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For giving them eternal life in jesus christ.
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But if today for you is more about having a four-day weekend
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Than it is about god,
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I want to ask you to consider something.
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The first pilgrims who celebrated thanksgiving have
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Been gone for centuries.
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Probably people you once celebrated with
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Are no longer here either.
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What will happen to you when you die?
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That's a serious question,
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But it's one that we must face.
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Pilgrims could give thanks because they knew
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That their problems were only temporary
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That one day christ would return and
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Raise them and their loved ones from the dead,
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And that they would live in eternal bliss with him forever.
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They gave thanks because their hopes were rooted in the one
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Who had overcome death itself.
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So what about you?
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Do you have the assurance that they had?
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Well if not, you can have it today.
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You can pray with me, right now, from your heart,
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And god will hear you and he will save you.
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“father, i confess to you that i am a sinner,
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And that i have fallen short.
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Even as we approach this thanksgiving,
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I have often ignored you or pushed you aside.
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But that's not what i want, lord.
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I want to receive your free gift of salvation,
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So that i can live in eternity with you.
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I believe your son jesus died on the cross for my sins
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And was raised from the dead.
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Today i want to turn away from my sins
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And put my trust in jesus
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Only to save me and bring me into eternal life.
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Help me now to live a life of thanksgiving to you, oh lord.
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In jesus' name i pray, this prayer amen.”
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If you sincerely prayed with me just now, would you let us know?
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We want to encourage you and send you a free gift.
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I want to thank you so much for joining us today.
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I want to wish you and yours a wonderful thanksgiving,
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And we at coral ridge ministries give thanks for each of you.
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If you're ever in south florida,
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We invite you to come worship with us here
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At coral ridge presbyterian church in fort lauderdale,
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Or visit via livestream at:
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And now, here's a look at the next truths that transform.
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There is a god who's working in the nations,
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Working amongst people,
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And the fact that he gave
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His only begotten son to die for us,
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That we might be changed and forgiven
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And transformed and sent out with a mission and a destiny.
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That's the greatest news on earth.
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That's next week
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For the 2025 kingdom come conference,
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Allie beth stuckey, stephen mansfield, and many more.
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This has been a production of coral ridge ministries
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D. James Kennedy;Rob Pacienza - The Pilgrim Legacy

November 25, 2024 | S24:E48

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