America at 250: Good Roots Die Hard - Interview with George Grant

For this special edition celebrating America's 250th birthday, Kevin is joined once again by George Grant. They discuss the defining moments and defining faith behind America's founding, as well as tje thread of reformed Christian conviction that modern historians want to erase. Finally, they make the case that the Christian heritage isn't gone yet...the deeper the roots, the harder they die. 

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SPEAKER_00 0:06

Welcome to our 250th anniversary. America is 250 years old. George Grant joins me in just a moment for our special 250th anniversary program for this weekend, July 4th, 2026. And today, defining moments in American history, I want to preface with two of my favorites. It was May 30th, 1765. Earlier that week, a young lawyer had shown up for the first time in Williamsburg, Virginia to serve as a representative in the House of Burgesses. He had already made a name for himself at the Hanover County Courthouse two years earlier when he had successfully argued against the Parsons' cause, in which he had single-handedly defended a position against the king's ruling, the King of England, that is. The matter concerned an onerous tax on tobacco that would have aggrandized the Virginia clergy and impoverished the farmers. The junior representative rode into town armed for bear. Just months earlier, the British Parliament had passed the Stamp Act, creating an additional tax on all official documents requiring any government action in the colonies. It was still the principle of taxation without representation that concerned the young lawyer, Patrick Henry. The noose of tyranny was tightening, and this young freedom lover of Scotch Irish heritage did not like it. For much of his youth, he had received the fiery preaching of the famed Presbyterian preacher Samuel Davies. His veins ran with a passion for truth, freedom, and justice, as defined by God, not man. Now, on May 30th, 1765, young Henry waited until the end of the session, and then at the critical moment, moved his resolutions. These resolutions would become known around the world as the Stamp Act resolutions. Henry proceeded in his characteristic manner to defend the resolutions with an impassioned zeal and fiery rhetoric unmatched by any other leader in the history of the world. He never kept notes of his speeches, and only fragments are left of his speech stored in the memory of those who were there. He ended the speech with these final words. Caesar had his Brutus. Charles I is Cromwell, and George III made profit by their example. Shouts of treason filled the chambers. He ended with, If this be treason, let us make the most of it. It was a moment that shifted the direction of human history, a true David and Goliath moment. One young man was inquiring as to the right of the uncircumcised Philistine to defy the law of liberty that God had proclaimed. He was challenging an empire, as he had with the Parsons' cause. But this time it was in the presence of the most influential leaders in the state. His passionate rhetoric by which he defended his resolutions committed the hearts of the men in the room to liberty. Judge Paul Carrington described Henry's eloquence as, quote, beyond my powers of description. In the end, Patrick Henry's persuasive rhetoric won the day. Five of the resolutions passed the House. It was his 29th birthday. The next day he mounted his horse and returned to his family and his fields. Historian Cabell Rives summarized this momentous occasion in the history of the world with these words. By his ever-memorable resolutions in opposition to the Stamp Act and the lofty eloquence with which he sustained them, he struck a timely blow which resounded throughout America and the whole world and roused a spirit that never slumbered till its great work was accomplished. The moment was opportune and critical, and he seized it with a bold and felicitous energy that belonged to his ardent and impassioned nature. Well, friends, it was the first domino that would change the direction of American history, all of human history, the history of freedom. This tremendous leadership on the part of one of the most godly men in the history of America. Now, fast forward eleven years later, America's war for independence from the largest empire on earth, a tyrannical empire to say the least, was going badly. George Washington was bogged down in the north. The French were hardly helping at all. The colonies had lost Charleston in the South to the British, but then a momentous event occurred on April 28th, 1780. The Continental Congress delegates issued the first call for a day of prayer and fasting. Here's what they wrote. Then on October 17th of the same year, the Continental Congress issued yet a call for another day of repentance and prayer, assigned for December 7, 1780. The delegates instructed the people, quote, to assemble on that day to celebrate the praises of our divine benefactor, to confess our unworthiness of the least of his favors, and to offer our fervent supplications to the God of all graces that it may please him to pardon our heinous transgressions and incline our hearts for the future to keep all his laws and to cause the knowledge of Christianity to spread all over the earth. Well, it was in the summer of 1780 that Francis Marion, the legendary swamp fox of South Carolina, began his escapades. Marion was a descendant of the French Huguenots, Calvinist Protestants who were persecuted out of France in the 17th century. But God answered these prayers of the nation big time. The decisive event occurred on October 7th, 1780. The British Major Patrick Ferguson had warned the South Carolinians that he was coming to, quote, hang your leaders and waste your country with fire and sword. As Ferguson and his troops approached a place called King's Mountain near the border of North Carolina, the Major vowed that, quote, he would be king of that mountain and even God Almighty could not remove him. You probably know about Pastor Samuel Doak and his gathering of the over mountain men, the Presbyterian boys from eastern Tennessee, and how they marched to King's Mountain, men and boys, boys as young as sixteen years of age to defend their hearth and homes against this man Ferguson and his troops. Pastor Samuel Doak, the Presbyterian preacher, preached at Sycamore Shoals, Tennessee, as they sent the boys off to war. His theme was the sword of the Lord and of Gideon. He closed with uh this prayer that is still remembered in the annals of American history. Almighty and gracious God, thou hast been the refuge and strength of thy people in all ages. In time of sorest need, we have learned to come to thee, our rock and our fortress. Thou knowest the dangers and snares that surround us on march and in battle. Thou knowest the dangers that constantly threaten the humble but well-beloved homes, which thy servants have left behind them. O in thine infinite mercy, save us from the cruel hand of the savage and of tyrant. Save the unprotected homes while fathers and husbands and sons are far away fighting for freedom and helping the oppressed. Thou who promised to protect the sparrow in its flight, keep ceaseless watch by day and by night over our loved ones, the helpless women and little children we commit to thy care. Thou wilt not leave them or forsake them in times of loneliness and anxiety and terror. O God of battle, arise in thy might, avenge the slaughter of thy people, confound those who plot for our destruction, crown this mighty effort with victory, and smite those who exalt themselves against liberty and justice and truth. Help us as good soldiers to wield the sword of the Lord and of Gideon. Amen. Arguably, this was the most powerful sermon preached in the founding of this nation, in the history of the nation. Well, if you know the story, the over mountain men marched off to King's Mountain in South Carolina, and the battle was decisive. The overmountain men from Tennessee sustained only 28 casualties. The British eleven hundred. It was a total rout. Then shortly afterwards, General Daniel Morgan, another Presbyterian and his Presbyterian army, crushed Tarleton at Calpens. Morgan later said, such was the inferiority of our numbers that our success must be attributed under God to the justice of our cause and the bravery of our troops. George Washington then came south and cleaned it up at Yorktown, and it was over. Friends, these are the Christian roots of our nation. They are good roots, very good roots, deep roots. And good roots die hard. The roots are still there. It's a rich heritage, not easily shaken off. Not to be ignored by any decent historian who has read the historical documents, the wills, the testaments, the letters and diaries issued by these founding fathers. Let us share our Christian heritage with our children. Friends, this is so crucial. If liberty will survive anywhere in the world in the next generation, by God's grace, it may survive. It may come back in the days of our grandchildren, our great-grandchildren, or even our great great-grandchildren, if we retain the heritage and share it with our children. This is what the Generations Broadcast has been doing for twenty-two years of daily recordings. Twenty-two years, friends. Just counted them. Five thousand five hundred and fifteen programs thus far. Faithfully reaching out day after day, month after month, year after year, to tens of thousands of families in this country and elsewhere around the world. Incredibly, only one percent of our young people in this country are equipped with a biblical worldview. Wow, that's that's rough. Fifty-six percent of Gen Zers think they're Christians, and only one percent think like Christians. It's just scary. I mean, really scary that they think they're Christians. But they can't think like Christians. They don't believe the things that Christians believe. Terrible foundations. There hasn't been the kind of equipping we need to retain the faith because of schools and media and churches as well. So, friends, we have set out to remedy this. We have produced daily media accessed by tens of thousands of families through the years, but not free to produce. So we're asking you, we're we're looking to you to help us to double our reach and to continue this program for the next year. We want to provide you with an opportunity to partner with our ministry this month, the month of July. So go to generations.org slash give, and you can designate the worldview, Generations Radio, or our international efforts, or the homeschool summits. But help us out. Help us to get the word out. That's uh generations.org slash give to join us and partner with us in this ministry this month. Well, our good friend Dr. George Grant, author, pastor, historian, extraordinaire, joins me now on Generations on this our 250th anniversary of this blessed country. Well, George, here we are on the 250th anniversary of this country. I can remember the 1976 celebration. I was 11 years old, I think, at the time. My dad bought American history books, and that was the big part of it. He wanted to share the heritage of the nation. And I think that still runs in my bloodstream from 50 years ago uh when my my dad made it a deal to to celebrate the 250th anniversary uh or 200th anniversary of the country. Now we're at 250th anniversary, and I'm encouraging parents to to to just you know explore the heritage, celebrate the heritage, pass on the heritage. It's a legacy. Let's take it on into future generations, George.

SPEAKER_01 12:53

Yeah, you know, uh the Psalms exhort us to pass on to the coming generation those things that were told to us by our fathers. Um in Psalm 88, we're we're actually told that wonders cannot be known in the midst of darkness, and righteousness cannot be done in a land of forgetfulness.

SPEAKER_00 13:18

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 13:19

The truth is we need to remember. The Bible is filled with exhortations to remember. We're to remember the Lord's Day, we're to remember the Exodus, we're to remember uh the commandments of the Lord. Uh, we're to remember uh all of the ways that the Lord has worked in days past, yes, so that we can know how to work in days yet to come.

SPEAKER_00 13:47

Now, I'm arguing is so, so important. Now, I'm arguing today, George, as we approach the 250th anniversary of this country, that there are defining moments in history. Now, I think that's an obvious, right? Red Sea, Calvary. I mean, you know, the Bible's got them. You get a Red Sea moment, man, that one plays for the next 2,000 years.

SPEAKER_01 14:07

Absolutely.

SPEAKER_00 14:09

You agree with that, right? And there are defining moments. And in my opening comments, I honestly think King's Mountain and the Stamp Act resolutions are some of the very first big dominoes that that affect dominoes, you know, the the next 300 years of world history.

SPEAKER_01 14:26

Yeah, and you know, the the characters that surround those two landmark events, those two bellwether events, will will shape the future um for the next couple of generations. You know, at Kings Mountain, there was a young Sam Houston. Uh who actually became You're kidding. He was he was at there at the Battle of Kings Mountain? His his Sam Houston Sr. Okay. So Sam Houston, the president of Texas and governor of Texas, and prior to that, governor of Tennessee, um, and senator from Tennessee, his father was at the Battle of King's Mountain. Uh, he then became the um the godfather for the Crockett family. So uh where they eventually settled in Tennessee, um, the Crockets and the Houstons were just about a mile apart, about five miles from where I'm sitting right at this moment. Uh so Battle of Kings Mountain, you know, with the the incredible, you know, sermon uh that is uh is given to the overmountain men before they go forth to war. Uh the song that they sing, King Alfred's War Song, When the Enemy Comes In Roaring Like a Flood, coveting the kingdom and hungering for blood. I mean, this this will become an iconic uh landmark that will carry on for the next three, uh, four generations. The same thing with Patrick Henry's steadfast stand. It makes his reputation, uh, but it also solidifies his oratorical prowess. You know, we always think of him uh for his uh grand give me liberty or give me death speech uh that comes some decade later, but it's really at the Stamp Act uh resolves that he makes his reputation and hones his skills. And, you know, when the cries go up, you know, tyranny, tyranny, uh his courage in that moment becomes the defining courage of the American War for Independence.

SPEAKER_00 16:48

You know what's extraordinary to me is that I think of Samuel Adams and Patrick Henry as the absolutely most key men who were getting things rolling for the American independence in the 1760s. And then think even more important than John Adams, more important than George Washington. These are the key guys. Patrick Henry in Virginia, Samuel Adams in Massachusetts with the uh the correspondence committees, and and and of course, the the driving force behind the Continental Congress is Samuel Adams. Now, these happen to be. Now, and in my in my study, they happen to be the most committed Christians, the most outspoken Christians. Certainly Patrick Henry, you know, as he died, he was witnessing to his atheist doctor and introducing him to Jesus on his dying deathbed. These guys were committed Christians. How is it that the most committed Christians are those that are the most key and most important when the first dominoes are tipping over for the cause of liberty?

SPEAKER_01 17:50

Well, they understand virtue and they understand courage.

SPEAKER_00 17:54

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 17:54

And between those two things, virtue and courage, uh, they become unflappable and unstoppable. I would add a third person. We you and I were talking before we uh started recording this. I think the third person to be added to that trilogy of great heroes in that defining moment is John Witherspoon. He was a Scottish pastor who was brought over in order to become the president of uh the College of New Jersey in Princeton, uh, which eventually became Princeton University. Uh Witherspoon was the man who educated James Madison. Uh he and Elias Budneau, who lived there in the same town, uh, were the ones who sponsored uh young Alexander Hamilton to come uh to the United States as a teenager, and they trained and and equipped him. He lived in Elias Boudneau's home and uh was mentored and discipled by him. Uh what's interesting is that each one of these men that uh we've named were all reformed Christian disciples of Scots Presbyterians.

SPEAKER_00 19:16

Yeah, yeah, in the North as well as the South. So both North and South.

SPEAKER_01 19:21

Right. You know, um Horace Walpole um said before Parliament uh that uh Cousin America has eloped with the Presbyterian Parson.

unknown 19:32

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 19:33

Uh right. When he said that, he was referring to John Witherspoon.

SPEAKER_00 19:37

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 19:38

Uh he the reason that the parliamentarians often called uh the American rebels uh the black robed regiment uh was because they looked upon the disciples of Witherspoon, uh, those who trained and equipped and discipled uh people like Patrick Henry and Samuel Adams. Uh they they saw them as the real uh cause of the war. In fact, King George called uh the American War for Independence the Great Presbyterian War.

SPEAKER_00 20:16

When I was at Williamsburg, uh very I don't know if you've been there, I'm sure you have, George, but um you know you have the large churches, right? The grid, the big Episcopal Anglican type churches. And then there's this little meeting house that's very nondescript, uh, in which the Presbyterians were allowed uh to preach. And it wasn't a church, it was a meeting house. And so there's these very despised, you know, persecuted minority within Virginia, and yet, ironically, they're the ones who win the war at King's Mountain and Calpins. You know, God used these rather, you know, raggedy motley crew of Presbyterians to turn the tide on the war.

SPEAKER_01 20:58

Yeah, Samuel uh Doak and uh Gideon Blackburn and the whole host of uh these men, they're the ones who uh had the vision, had the courage, have the theology of resistance and reformation that enabled the American War to not slip into the madness of revolution like the French, uh, but instead uh fought for the founding principles of salutary neglect and constitutionality and all of the rest uh that went with British common law that had been abandoned since the time of Blackstone uh by Parliament and by King. It's uh it was these reformed Christians who were able to keep the American War within the proper bounds of magistratal interpositionalism, uh, to keep it within the bounds of lawfulness.

SPEAKER_00 22:00

Let's talk a little more about defining moments in history, because these are the sorts of things that excite me, you know. Uh I would say I'm gonna throw one more out at you, and I I invite you, George, to to give me what what what you're considering to be some of the most key moments in uh American history on this 250th anniversary of the nation. And uh I I know this is a little bit obscure, but increase mather, okay, roughly I'm thinking around somewhere around 1685. He's got his 13-year-old boy, I think it was Sam with him, and he's sneaking away, he's trying to get away from the king's men to get over to the uh to the king and to to to regain uh our compact, the the compact for the colonies here, and was able to solidify the the right for the the American elected legislatures in the colonies to approve of their governor and the county sheriffs. You know, I mean he's he's fighting tooth and nail for American independence and the restoration and renewal of a decent charter in the 1680s. I mean, this this guy's the initial freedom fighter, and I don't think there would be, as it were, a Samuel Adams without an increase mather. So he's one of my favorites. So I just throw that one out at you.

SPEAKER_01 23:16

And you know, the the story of that, written by his son Cotton Mather, in that magnificent uh two-volume work, Magnalia Christi Americana, uh, The Great Works of Christ in America, uh, was common reading among the founding fathers. They read, uh particularly in Quick on the Heels of the Great Awakening, they read Cotton Mather's warnings about slipping away from those key foundational principles and uh a heightened awareness of his father's courage when Increase Mather really fought for salutary neglect and uh the right of localism, uh that that became key for the Founding Fathers. Uh it's really interesting that uh that was one of the textbooks that uh that um that Witherspoon used at Princeton. So uh Madison would have had it, Hamilton would have had it, Elias Boudneau would have had it. Um Elias Boudneau, who provided the boots uh for the men that enabled them to survive that horrific winter of 1777 at Valley Forge, uh, brought a copy of Magnalia Christi Americana with him. And it is said that he and George Washington read sections of it while at Valley Forge.

SPEAKER_00 24:45

Wow. Wow, that's history, that's that's legacy. Uh George, you throw something onto the pile here. Uh what what what do you look at what in terms of American history that was just defining and set the direction and a blessing for the country?

SPEAKER_01 25:00

Well, I mean, there's no doubt that the second visit of George Whitfield uh to the Americas when he came to Philadelphia and met with Benjamin Franklin for the first time, that was a turning point for several reasons. One, uh it enabled the message of the Great Awakening to be suddenly broadcast because Benjamin Franklin, the printer, chose uh to uh to be the one to puff up Whitfield. He published his journals, he published every single day accounts of the revival in the various places throughout the colonies, uh, so that uh in Philadelphia, uh, then the sort of intellectual center of the Americas heard over and over and over again the marvelous works of God. You know, of course, stunningly, but Franklin himself was a skeptic, but he knew that this was important and he made it important. So I would say George Whitfield's second visit to America and his uh encounter with Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia has to be one of those pivot points.

SPEAKER_00 26:19

Anything about the life of George Washington? Um, George Washington is such a key figure. Is there anything that stands out in George Washington's life?

SPEAKER_01 26:27

Well, you know, in the French and Indian War, um he was uh in uh where Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is today, uh where the three rivers converge. He was in uh a key battle uh where uh uh his horse was shot out from under him and he had three bullet holes through his hat. And he saw in that moment uh that uh God had something prepared for him. And he had uh from that moment on a sense of God's providence. So I would say, you know, that that pivot point for Washington was uh with General Braddock and uh the French and Indian War uh there at Fort Duquesne. Um and then later, when he came to know Elias Boudneau, who became his best friend, uh Elias Boudneau's wife became um uh his wife's best friend. They socialized together, and suddenly he was exposed to reformed theology. And his sort of cold informal Anglicanism was, as he put it in his diary, warmed marvelously.

SPEAKER_00 27:47

Oh wow. Okay. Wow, significant. The Declaration of Independence is typically, I mean, that this is the 250th anniversary this weekend. Um comment on that. Was that a critical moment in all of human history?

SPEAKER_01 28:02

Yeah, you know, I think that the critical moment with the declaration was actually in the month of June, uh, when on June the 7th and 8th, uh several men gathered together, Roger Sherman and Thomas Jefferson and uh Benjamin Franklin uh and Richard Henry Lee. Uh then they met together at a tavern in Philadelphia, and they decided that they would bring a resolution before the Continental Congress on June the 9th. Uh it was brought by Richard Henry Lee. Uh he framed the language with the approval of the other men, and it was uh in that moment that that actually the die was cast for independence.

SPEAKER_02 28:53

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 28:54

Uh so the the the final draft of the declaration with its 27 uh covenantal uh uh charges against King and Parliament uh was actually just uh the after effect of that initial resolution. And of course, uh it was presented, signed by John Hancock on July the 4th, but it wasn't signed by everybody else uh until July the 8th. Part of the reason that John Hancock's signature is so big was he wasn't thinking about all of the other signatures that had to go onto the document. Uh and uh many of the signers didn't sign until well into August. Um but uh so I think it was that uh that meeting in the Philadelphia coffee house in uh June the 7th and 8th uh that uh was the real uh pivot point there for the declaration.

SPEAKER_00 29:57

And that's where we see the character, the resolution, the courage, the faith of these few men who would step out. That's the first to step out. That's why Patrick Henry's so impressive to me. Uh he he he would be like Richard Henry Lee and the other men that stoke uh stepped out in 1776. Whereas Patrick Henry's stepping out in 1765, and then again with give me liberty, give me death uh later on. But just the resolution, courage, and leadership on the part of these men to step out in faith and pledge their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor for the cause of liberty. That that to me is impressive.

SPEAKER_01 30:34

I I think you're right. I think you're right. Another real pivot point is when um uh Henry Lawrence, who had served as president of the Confederation Congress, um uh uh was charged with the Congress uh after his term of service to become the ambassador to the Netherlands. And he was on his way to the Netherlands when he was captured by the British. And uh he was uh brought to London, he was imprisoned in the tower, he was brought to the executioner's block on two different occasions uh before he was suddenly spared. Uh and it was uh Henry Lawrence who was uh traded in a prisoner exchange with uh Lord Cornwallis. Uh and when he arrived back in New York, uh George Washington met him uh and knelt before him and said, Uh it is my blessed honor to receive back the father of our country, Henry Lawrence.

SPEAKER_00 31:52

Wow. I've never heard that story before.

SPEAKER_01 31:57

Yeah, it's it's uh it there are so many great stories in the founding era. And uh this is part of the reason why we need to sing the songs and tell the stories to our children and to our grandchildren so that these things are not forgotten.

SPEAKER_00 32:18

George, you know, here we are in the, I think the most God-blessed nation on the earth. Um be because of the Reformation heritage, because of the founding of the nation, because of, you know, the faithfulness of God, the mercies of God upon the nation, over and over again, with the successive great awakenings and revivals and you know, Jesus movements and things like this that seem to get us back from time to time. All of this is the mercy of God upon the nation for all these many years. But here I here's the question. I I left my opening comments with this comment that these are these are Christian roots, these are biblical roots, these are deep roots, they're good roots, they die hard. What is it about the roots that just keep coming back? Why why are these roots so deep and and and have provided such a heritage to the nation that has lasted as long as they have?

SPEAKER_01 33:16

Well, uh obviously you nailed it when you said we are the most blessed nation on earth. Uh we can't take credit for caring for these roots. Uh that's the work of the Holy Spirit.

SPEAKER_02 33:31

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 33:31

The Holy Spirit has done this. I I think you know, men like Russ Walton and others who in the previous generation identified the notion uh once again, a providential history, that God has been at work, that there was a uh special purpose, that He raised up America for uh for uh you know these 250 years, uh and why it is that we ought to fight so hard to preserve that legacy. Um it's really been the hand of God.

SPEAKER_02 34:04

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 34:05

And uh that that's why uh I think the key to each one of those great revivals and awakenings that we've seen throughout America's history, especially during the times of tumult like the Civil War or the two world wars, uh it has been faithful, praying Christians crying out, oh Lord, have mercy upon us, have mercy upon our nation that has spared the roots uh from the chopping block so that we uh have uh not experienced what we are currently seeing in Europe, uh, where the glories of Christendom have passed. Uh we are in a difficult time in the United States of America, but uh the glorious uh flowering has not yet passed.

SPEAKER_00 34:59

So you're hopeful. You're hopeful. I'm I I mean thinking the reversal of Roe v. Wade was uh was a huge step, obviously the mercies of God revisiting the nation.

SPEAKER_01 35:10

Yes. June the 24th, um uh 20 uh 22 will uh forever live in my mind. I was standing backstage, I was speaking at a conference uh when my phone suddenly started blowing up. And I talked about And and you texted me about it right then and there. I did, I did. Um I was I was with Vodi Bacham and Carl Truman behind the stage and um Ty Fisher, and uh we hugged each other, and then I got the chance to go out onto the platform uh and announce to 3,000 people uh that Roe had been overturned. And uh we sang how great thou art, and we prayed. It was just a remarkable moment. Now, obviously, I knew then, uh, and now we know only too well uh today that the overturning of Roe v. Wade wasn't the end of a battle, it was the beginning of a beginning, right? But uh, but it was the glorious beginning.

SPEAKER_00 36:16

Yes, and and a reminder that God is merciful. It's interesting that you mentioned the mercy of God and the crying out of the Church of Jesus Christ for the mercy of God. That was the theme of my 250th anniversary sermon last Sunday. I drew it from uh from God having mercy on Nineveh uh in Jonah 3 and 4. Jonah, of course, with a bad attitude, he wasn't receiving that well. But uh but uh but still, you know, let's not be Jonah. Let's uh let's be crying out for the mercy of God upon our nations because God is merciful.

SPEAKER_01 36:46

I really love Jonah for the fact that the fact that we have this story is his repentance.

SPEAKER_00 36:54

Yeah, yeah, that would be it. That would be it. And a reminder, you know, Jonah's saying, I knew you would show mercy. I just knew it because that's the kind of God we have. He's merciful. And if we just cry out for his mercy, guess what? He will give us mercy. Yeah, that's the message. That's the message. Well, friends, today, George Grant, our guest on Generations, as we celebrate the 250th anniversary of this nation, and please, as my dad did 50 years ago, you bring in the resources. It doesn't have to be just Generations. George Grant's got a bunch of stuff, the Patriots Handbook and all that good stuff. Just go out and get four books, okay? Picture books, whatever. I remember the picture books of the history of the nation that my father was we were on the mission field in Japan. He must have found a way to ship it from the U.S. to Japan where we were, so that we could uh learn more of the great heritage of this nation. And I encourage you, friends, do the same thing for you for your family. Uh hey, it only happens every 50 years. You don't miss this one. Well, you probably won't be alive for the next one. So celebrate the heritage and pass it on to your children, Psalm 78 by far, and remember the mighty works of God. George, thank you so much for uh for hanging out with us again on Generations. Appreciate it.

SPEAKER_01 38:11

It's always my joy, Kevin. God bless you and happy 250th.

SPEAKER_00 38:16

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