Why the Founding Fathers Believed Faith and Freedom Were Inseparable: 100 Bible Verses That Made America
Our American Stories
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🗓️ 10 November 2025
⏱️ 8 minutes
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On this episode of Our American Stories, when the Founding Fathers set out to shape a new nation, they looked to Scripture for wisdom. Many were not traditional churchgoers, but nearly all believed that moral order came from faith. Robert Morgan, author of 100 Bible Verses That Made America, shares the story of how biblical teaching influenced America’s earliest leaders and how those ideas became part of the nation’s identity.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:14.0 | This is Lee Habib, and this is Our American Stories, |
| 0:18.6 | the show where America is the star and the American people. The search for the Our American Stories, the show where America is the star and the American people. |
| 0:22.9 | To search for the Our American Stories podcast, go to the IHeart Radio app or wherever you get your |
| 0:29.0 | podcasts. If you want to know about the history of America, it's imperative that you know |
| 0:35.0 | the role that the Bible played in shaping our nation. |
| 0:39.3 | Here to share another story is Robert Morgan, |
| 0:42.1 | who is the author of 100 Bible verses that made America |
| 0:45.7 | defining moments that shaped our enduring foundation of faith. |
| 0:51.1 | Let's take a listen. |
| 0:54.9 | The weather in New York City was gray and overcast during the morning, but clouds gave way |
| 1:00.6 | to clear skies just as the ceremony was starting. Precisely at 1 p.m. on April 30, 1789, |
| 1:10.3 | tall and stately George Washington |
| 1:12.5 | stepped onto the crowded balcony of the old federal building |
| 1:16.1 | in lower Manhattan and took his place beside a large decorative Bible. |
| 1:21.8 | A thunderous roar erupted from the sea of people on Wall Street, |
| 1:25.9 | followed by tense silence as everyone |
| 1:29.1 | strained to hear the man's voice. He would not say much, but each syllable would shape the ages. |
| 1:38.3 | This man was about to change history. He was about to take the oath of office as the first |
| 1:43.7 | president of the United States of America. |
| 1:47.7 | George Washington was dressed in a modest double-breasted brown suit with buttons embossed with eagles. |
| 1:54.2 | A sword dangled at his side. His face was careworn. The Bible before him, bound in rich brown leather, had been hastily borrowed |
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