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Frederick the Great reigned over Prussia for almost 50 years during the 18th Century. He was considered by many, including Napoleon, to be a military genius. He was also a …
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The Slave Trader Meets the Savior
In 1725, a baby boy was born to Captain John Newton and his wife Elizabeth, in their hometown of London, England. At the young age of 11, the boy was …
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“We have in the Bible the first appeals in world literature to treat slaves as human beings for their own sake and not just in the interests of their masters.”
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“I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.”
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Alexis de Tocqueville on Government
“Despotism may govern without faith, but liberty cannot.”
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Benjamin Franklin on Freedom
“Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom.”
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D. A. Carson on Backsliding
“People do not drift toward holiness. Apart from grace-driven effort, people do not gravitate toward godliness, prayer, obedience to Scripture, faith, and delight in the Lord. We drift toward compromise …
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“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s …
