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The Eric Metaxas Show

Squanto and the Miracle of Thanksgiving

The Eric Metaxas Show

Salem Podcast Network

Religion & Spirituality, News Commentary, Society & Culture, Christianity, News

4.63.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Eric reads aloud his book 'Squanto and the Miracle of Thanksgiving: A Harvest Story from Colonial America of How One Native American's Friendship Saved the Pilgrims'.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Eric Mattaxas show.

0:13.5

We'll get you from point A to point B.

0:16.4

But if you're looking for point C, well, buddy, you're on your own.

0:19.6

But if you'll wait right here in just about two minutes, the bus to point C will be coming right by.

0:27.6

And now here's your Ralph Cramden of the Airways, Eric Matt, Texas.

0:34.8

Happy Thanksgiving.

0:36.3

Today is the day, literally today. Chris He's, you're aware, today's Thursday.

0:40.7

You're aware today's the day. I'm planning to eat something that used to be alive and was called a turkey.

0:46.3

I feel so guilty. Yeah, it's rough. It's rough. Because when you get to know turkeys on a personal level,

0:53.9

you realize, wow, these birds are dumb.

0:57.4

They deserve to be killed and eaten. And yet, they're still guilt. Today, I feel like 24, 2024.

1:04.6

Maybe we can bring back the phrase jive turkey. Maybe we can repopularize that. I feel like.

1:09.8

Well, you know something? I've been trying for years, but I have never really made a concerted effort because jive turkey maybe we can repopularize that i feel like well you know something i've been trying for years but i have never really made a concerted effort because jive turkey is it's so great i mean

1:18.0

again this reveals my age growing up in the 70s but like that was the term to to call somebody out

1:24.1

you're nothing but a jive turkey so yeah yeah, I'm going to bring that back.

1:29.8

That is my New Year's resolution early, early, even before the new year, jive turkey.

1:36.4

Right. So today's the day. All right. So a couple things. A couple things. In a couple of minutes,

1:42.0

we're going to play my retelling of the squanto story. So gather the children.

1:49.7

You might want to provide them with popcorn. You can have bobbing for apples, whatever you want to do in the background.

1:57.2

But on this special day, I'm going to tell the Squanto story.

2:03.0

Some of you have copies of the Squanto Children's book that I wrote.

2:08.3

Some of you, if you have a copy of if you can keep it, that's my attempt to tell the story to adults.

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