America’s First Great Awakening Awake, sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you. Ephesians 5:14 In 1620 the Pilgrims came to Cape Cod, Massachusetts seeking religious freedom and the “advancement of the Christian faith.” Ten years later the Puritans, led by Jonathan Winthrop, arrived in much larger numbers. Echoing Matthew 5:14, Winthrop wrote “The Lord make it like that of New England, for we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill.”…..
Who will stand up for Me against evildoers? Who will take his stand for Me against those who do wickedness? Psalm 94:16 NASB Supposing you had been born in Africa sometime in the 1700s. You had parents. You had sisters and brothers, aunts and uncles, grandparents, and friends. Then one day some dangerous looking people arrived from a faraway land. You tried to flee but were captured. You were taken to a ship and chained, ankles to wrists, below decks…..