Eddie Hyatt
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3 Reasons Frederick Douglass Came to Admire America’s Founding Fathers
No one was more scathing in their attacks on slavery and those who tolerated it than Frederick Douglass, the former slave and passionate abolitionist. In his early years, Douglass (1818-1895) felt he had no place in America because of the enslavement of his people, and he despised July 4th celebrations. However, as he studied America’s …
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Where Are the George Whitefields of This Generation?
He became the most recognizable and talked about figure in Colonial America. From Georgia to Maine, thousands filled churches and gathered in open fields to hear him preach. Loved by the masses, he was detested by many of the clergy who refused him their pulpits. Undaunted, he preached in the open fields to massive crowds …
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America’s Founding: The Marriage of Faith and Freedom Sparked God’s Blessings
At the closing banquet celebrating the Constitutional Convention of 1787, a Philadelphia matron rushed to the side of the convention’s most senior member and gushed, “O Mister Franklin, what have you gentlemen wrought?” The 81-year-old Franklin is said to have paused, adjusted his glasses and solemnly replied, “A republic madam; if you can keep it” …
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Is the American Experiment in Self-Government Coming to an End?
America’s founding has been called the “great experiment” in human government because it was an experiment in self-government. Authority would reside, not with a monarchy, oligarchy or centralized government, but with the people. According to the founding documents, it was to be a government designed to “serve” the people who have unalienable rights from God …
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Was Mario Murillo Correct to Rebuke Certain Contemporary ‘Prophets’
Was Mario Murillo right to publicly rebuke certain contemporary “prophets? The answer is clear, not only from Scripture, but also from history. In fact, there is an example from history with amazing parallels to this situation. Peter Cartwright (1785-1872), for example, was a circuit-riding Methodist revivalist who saw great revival and thousands come to Christ …
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The Church’s Role in Preserving Freedom of Speech in America
Read Time: 3 Minutes 17 Seconds The controversy surrounding Kyrie Irving and his post of a tweet that claims the Jews in Israel are not the real Jews—that Black Africans are the real Jews—raises serious questions about free speech in America and has ramifications for every Bible-believing Christian. I am unapologetically pro-Israel. In fact, those …
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What Will It Take for America to Become a Christian Nation Again?
Read Time: 3 Minutes 59 Seconds If America becomes a Christian nation once again, it will come from below—from “we the people.” It will not come from politicians in Washington, D.C. Consider the following facts. America was considered a Christian nation for the first 150 years of her existence, not because of an act of …
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Why You Need Not Fear Witches, Hexes and Curses
Read Time: 3 Minutes 48 Seconds In the early days of our ministry, a well-known witch attended services in the church Sue and I were planting in eastern Canada. Several people came to me concerned about the presence of this witch. They wondered if she was trying to work some spell or sorcery on our …
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Jonathan Edwards’ Wife Knew What It Really Takes to Help Spark a Great Awakening
Read Time: 1 Minute 51 Seconds Sarah Pierpont Edwards sat in the Congregational Church in Northampton, Massachusetts, which was pastored by her husband, Jonathan Edwards. Women were supposed to remain silent in the Puritan/Congregational churches, but a mighty outpouring of the Holy Spirit was occurring (the Great Awakening) and she could hardly contain herself at …
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Is the Modern Church Repeating Paul’s Mistake in Athens?
Have you noticed that there is no letter from Paul to the church in Athens? Even though he spent time there and spoke to a gathering of the city’s leading citizens and most prominent philosophers (Acts 17:19), Athens is never mentioned again by Paul or any other New Testament writer. His preaching obviously had very …
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Charles Finney Said These 3 Attitudes Will Destroy Revival in America
According to the Pew Research Center, Christianity in America is declining at an alarming rate. In the 1990s, 86% of Americans identified themselves as Christian. By 2007 that number had dropped to 78.4% and only 7 years later, in 2014, it had dropped another 6% to 70.6%. By 2021 it had dropped another seven percentage …
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