This is an I-Heart podcast.

Guaranteed Human.

This is Lee Habib, and this is Our American Stories,

the show where America is the star and the American people.

If you want to know about American history, it's imperative that you know the role that the

Bible played in shaping our country. Our founding fathers, both Christian and un-Christian alike,

were heavily influenced by the Bible. Here to share another story is Robert Morgan,

who's the author of 100 Bible verses that made America

defining moments that shaped our enduring foundation of faith.

Let's take a listen.

Here they came from across the colonies

amid fear and rising tensions.

Delegates, arriving in Philadelphia on September

4, 1774 to convene the First Continental Congress. There was Samuel Adams and John Adams and George

Washington. These men and many others had come to Philadelphia to discuss how the colonies should respond

to what they call the intolerable acts, laws that have been passed by the British Parliament

after the Boston Tea Party. Among the delegates was Thomas Cushing from Boston,

considered by England to be a dangerous radical. Cushing was a

congregationalist, and he had strong beliefs in the power of prayer. As they assembled, Cushing

made a motion that they began their business every day with prayer. Some of the delegates opposed this

motion because of that adversity of denominations that were represented by the delegates. But Samuel,

Adams, the fire brand of the revolution, and also a devout member of the Congregational Church,

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