The American Dream: Jamestown and the Planting of the American Christian Republic

by Stephen McDowell; Mark Beliles

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Wordsearch

, 2011

Overview

America is a unique nation in history. No nation has been as free, prosperous, charitable, and virtuous. This has nothing to do with any inherent value of the American people, but has to do with the valuable ideas upon which she was founded. Seven foundational ideas are examined that produced the American Dream, all of which are Biblical in their origin and were planted by the early settlers. The first seed principles were planted in Jamestown 400 years ago. Though often ignored, Christianity was vital for the beginning of Virginia; God's hand was evident in preserving the colony and in the lives of many of its founders. The American Dream looks at Reverend Richard Hakluyt, the man most influential in English colonization in the new world, and his motive “to inlarge the glory of the gospell.” It documents the important role of the Christian faith in the founding of Virginia, and shows how the colonists' desire to propagate the Christian religion, as recorded in the First Charter of Virginia (1606), was fulfilled in Pocahontas and other native Americans. The ideas that made America exceptional were planted and grew in all the colonies, producing much fruit in the early American republic. Today, however, these ideas are under attack and are being displaced by secular ideas. For the American Dream to continue, we must remember from where we came and return the nation to its original Godly covenant. About the Authors Stephen K. McDowell is the President of the Providence Foundation's Biblical Worlview University. In over 26 years of full-time work with the Foundation, Stephen has trained many thousands of people from every U.S. state and over 100 countries. He has traveled to 30 nations in six continents where he has consulted with governments officials, assisted in writing political documents, advised political parties, and started Christian schools and Biblical worldview training centers. He has authored and co-authored over 20 books, videos, and training courses including Liberating the Nations and America's Providential History. McDowell holds a master's degree in geophysics, served for several years as a pastor, as has been an adjunct professor at Regent University. Mark Beliles is the President of National Transformation Network of Providence Foundation and senior pastor of Grace Covenant Church in Charlottesville, Virginia. Beliles has lectured throughout the U.S. and in over 30 nations and frequently advises Christian prime-ministers, vice-presidents, congressmen, and members of parliaments on Biblical principles of government. Beliles has co-authored several books, including Contending for the Constitution, and his essay and doctoral dissertation (Churches and Politics in Jefferson's Virginia) are cited and published by various academic journals.

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Product Details

• Title: The American Dream: Jamestown and the Planting of the American Christian Republic
• Authors: Stephen McDowell, Mark Beliles
• Publisher: Wordsearch
• Print Publication Date: 2011
• Logos Release Date: 2020
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subject: General reference
• ISBNs: 9781887456203, 1887456201
• Resource ID: LLS:WS_D4E7E305555C4C9F847DF6444DDC8354
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T04:24:30Z