Where Awesome Book Readers Meet Awesome Writers The Good, The Bad, & The Hope We Have: A Treasury of Useful Quotations by Larry Vaughn About The Good, The Bad, & The Hope We Have: A Treasury of Useful Quotations by Larry Vaughn America’s founding ideals are under attack — but the words that built our…
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The Good, The Bad, & The Hope We Have Is Live
✨ Release Day! My New Book The Good, The Bad, & The Hope We Have Is Now Live on Amazon Today is a day I’ve been praying and working toward for a very long time.I’m excited to announce that my newest book, The Good, The Bad, & The Hope We Have: A Treasury of Useful…
The Gettysburg Address
Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth president of the Unite States. He had two significant accomplishments during his presidency. He preserved the Union, and he put an end to slavery in America. He gave his most famous speech, the Gettysburg Address, on November 19, 1863, shortly after the Battle of Gettysburg. It’s one of the greatest…
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord, on April 19, 1775, were the first battles of the Revolutionary War. General Thomas Gage tried to stop the colonists’ rebellion by sending eight hundred troops to Lexington, twenty miles northwest of Boston. Their mission was to arrest John Hancock and Samuel Adams at Lexington. Then, continue on to…
The Great Awakening
The Great Awakening was a time when the people of America developed a renewed interest in God. It began in 1746, in Northampton, Massachusetts in the church of Jonathan Edwards. And it spread like wildfire throughout the thirteen colonies through the preaching of George Whitefield. George Whitefield was a young evangelist from England, who had…
The Shining City on a Hill
Jesus said to his followers, “Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine…
America Was Founded on Christianity
Noah Webster was a historian, an educator, and a textbook author, who was called the Father of American Education and Scholarship. Here are some of his most informative quotes: “Every civil government is based upon some religion or philosophy of life. Education in a nation will propagate the religion of that nation. In America, the…
We Have Therefore To Resolve To Conquer Or Die
George Washington was the Father of Our Country and the first President of the United States. He defeated the British in the Revolutionary War. He could have been the King of America. But he chose to be President for two four-year terms instead. He was first in war, first in peace, and first in the…
Our Prayers Were Heard And They Were Graciously Answered
Benjamin Franklin believed in God, and he also believed in the power of prayer. He was eight-one years old when he attended the Constitutional Convention in 1787. When the proceedings were hopelessly deadlocked, Franklin made a motion that the delegates open each day’s session with prayer. This is the written record of his speech: Mr….