Why Be Thankful for America? Fascinating Historical Facts with Bill Federer

I Don't Have Enough FAITH to Be an ATHEIST

Dr. Frank Turek

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Education

4.8 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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What's so special about America? And why do we have more freedom and prosperity than any other country in the world despite our problems? Just in time for Thanksgiving, the one and only Bill Federer joins Frank to uncover the surprising biblical ideas baked into our founding documents that many Americans have long forgotten. Find out how nations throughout history slid into tyranny without even realizing it and why big government always sounds compassionate...until it isn’t. Tune in as they answer questions like:* What has been the most common form of government since history began?* Who was the first globalist leader in human history?* What was so unique about the Hebrew Republic and how did it inspire the Puritans?* What is one of the greatest archaeological finds in history that confirms the Bible?* What have been some of the negative effects of the American welfare system?* What is obfuscation and how did it help Muslim socialist Zohran Mamdani win the NYC mayoral election?* What are the two main ways that people in power take rights and freedom away from others?* How has the government usurped the church's role of caring for the poor?* Was Greece a democracy or people-first government?* If everyone "does what was right in their own eyes" why is government necessary?* Why is there such a drastic difference between the average income of Egyptian and American workers?* Why is virtue the hidden ingredient every free society depends on?* Why was ancient Israel's society so successful, and what ultimately brought it to an end?And stay tuned, this is only Part 1 of the conversation! Be sure to check back on Friday as Bill returns to reveal even more fascinating details about the unique and inspirational history of America!If you enjoyed this podcast episode PLEASE HELP US SPREAD THE TRUTH OF CHRISTIANITY BY SUPPORTING OUR MINISTRY USING THE LINK BELOW. 100% of your donation goes to ministry, 0% to buildings!Resources mentioned during the episode:Donate to CrossExamined - https://donor.crossexamined.org/ (https://donor.crossexamined.org/)Bill's website - http://AmericanMinute.com (http://americanminute.com/)Socialism: The Real History from Plato to Present by Bill Federer - https://bit.ly/4acMkfM (https://bit.ly/4acMkfM)Megyn Kelly LIVE on Tour with Erika Kirk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuChzINlHk4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuChzINlHk4) Frank Visits the Merneptah Stele in Egypt! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy-RanSnzik (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy-RanSnzik) Minnesota Taxpayer Dollars Funneled to Terror Group - https://bit.ly/48jbtD1 (https://bit.ly/48jbtD1)

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, what is special about America?
0:07.0	What is American exceptionalism?
0:09.0	Why should Americans be thankful despite any problems we have in our country?
0:16.0	What is unique about America? Is it unique?
0:19.0	What's unique about our Constitution that other countries don't have?
0:25.1	And when you're having conversations this holiday season over the table, what are a couple of points you can make in a non-offensive way to say, you know, there's really something special about America.
0:37.4	It's not that the people are any better than anywhere else, but our form of government is.
0:42.8	And what grounds do I have to say that?
0:45.1	We're going to get into it with my friend the great Bill Federer in this show here today.
0:51.6	But before I do, I got to give you a little update.
0:53.9	I was out at Boise State last
0:56.5	week. I had a great session there and then another session at Restored Church in Eagle the
1:03.0	following day. And while I was out there, Megan Kelly's team reached out to me and said, Frank,
1:07.8	can you come to the event with Megan and Erica Kirk on Saturday
1:15.3	night, which happened to be November 22nd? And I tried, my voice was going on me. I said,
1:21.9	give me 24 hours. Let me see if I can recover it all. And thankfully, due to the Lord's grace I did. So I said, sure, I'll definitely
1:29.3	come down and lend any hand I could do in support of Erica and Megan. And so I just had a little
1:37.0	intro and a little prayer to this event. There were about 6,000 people there. It was the last
1:43.0	of Megan Kelly's tour stops this year. Charlie was supposed
1:48.7	to be with her at one of these events. And since Charlie's now in glory, obviously, she had to
1:55.1	find somebody else. So she asked Erica, and it was in an arena there in Glendale right next to the state farm arena that had
2:05.4	the memorial service. And at fact, I think the arena we were in, which full would probably be
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