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The WallBuilders Show

American Scripture: How the Bible Shaped a Nation

The WallBuilders Show

Tim Barton, David Barton & Rick Green

Education, Family, Religion & Spirituality, Church, Christianity, Wallbuilders.show, America, Conservative, News, Christian, Wallbuilders Show, Politics, Constitutional, Biblical, Government, History

4.92K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Did you know that during a violent storm on the Mayflower crossing, the Pilgrims found unexpected courage in their scheduled Bible reading for that day - Psalm 107? The passage described their exact situation: waves mounting "up to the heavens," people at "their wits' end," and God guiding them "to their desired haven." This remarkable providence strengthened their resolve when America's earliest settlement hung in the balance. This Independence Day season, we dive deep into the forgotten sp...

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0:00.0

Welcome to the intersection of faith and culture.

0:08.8

It's The Wall Builders Show, and what a great week to be listening to The Wall Builders

0:12.3

Show, Independence Day coming up in just a few days, and then a whole year of celebrating

0:17.9

the 250th, 250 years under the Declaration of Independence. Thanks for joining us today.

0:22.8

Rick Green here with David Barton and Tim Barton later in the program, Robert Morgan. We're going

0:26.5

to be talking about the book, 100 Bible verses that made America defining moments that shaped

0:31.7

our enduring foundation of faith. David and Tim, there seems to be more of an appetite for this

0:37.1

conversation.

0:38.4

So I feel like more than at any time since I've been doing this. I don't know if you guys

0:41.6

would say the same thing, but man, it's just exciting to see so many people talking about

0:45.1

the faith of the Founding Fathers. Yeah, the faith of the Founding Fathers is really, really strong.

0:50.1

It's kind of amazing. I was a church this weekend and it being the Sunday before the 4th of July.

0:55.8

I just did only the signers of the Declaration.

0:58.6

So all I did, I just covered it and said, hey, we're having here.

1:01.7

And I went through so many signers that people, they just don't know anything about,

1:05.9

whether it's Samuel Huntington or whether it's Thomas McKean or Francis Hopkins

1:09.7

or having any others. They can name or Francis Hopkins or having many others,

1:11.2

they can name Jefferson and Adams maybe and Franklin and it kind of stops there.

1:16.6

Tim's got a gift card he carries with him asking high school and college kids,

1:21.2

can you name five-siders a deck? What if you had nine years? You've had the same gift card?

1:25.1

You can't get anybody to get five names yeah i mean the basic

1:28.1

question and actually i do think there was one kid at patriot academy one year that got it right that

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