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Nov222018

NOTR - HAPPY THANKSGIVING - 11.22.18

Today's Show:  HAPPY THANKSGIVING - 11.22.2018

Chris discusses the history behind our Thanksgiving Day tradition, showing first from the Scriptures where it is right to give thanks to God for all His blessings.  The beginning of the tradition in America can be traced back to the Plymouth colony with Governor William Bradford and the Pilgrims in the year 1623.  Also discussed is some of the modern controversy surrounding the holiday, as well as its continuance after the American Revolution, when George Washington declared that it was “the duty of all Nations" to acknowledge the blessings of God, and in particular for Americans, to give unto Him “our sincere and humble thanks — for His kind care and protection of the People of this country …”


 

 





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