Lighthouse Faith

As America celebrates its 250th year, Lauren takes a look back at a classic episode of the Lighthouse Faith podcast with prolific author and pastor, Robert J. Morgan.

In 2020, Pastor Morgan published the timeless book, 100 Bible Verses That Made America, which serves as a powerful reminder that the Bible is woven in and through America's conception, birth, and journey. The history spans centuries, starting in the 1500s with the arrival of Spanish missionaries to the New World. Among them was Antonio de Montesinos, who boldly quoted Matthew 3:3 to those treating native inhabitants cruelly, asserting that they, too, were made in God’s image. Pastor Morgan also reminds us in the prologue that America’s first president, George Washington, kissed the sacred Scriptures at his inauguration. Between these two monumental moments are 98 more defining chapters in American history where the Bible was invoked as a source of strength, compassion, mercy, and light.

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Executive Director of the Providence Forum, Dr. Jerry Newcombe, says America is at a crossroads and wants to encourage Americans to unleash their inner patriot.

He believes it's time for us to learn the basics of what made America great: a foundational belief in God. As written in the Declaration of Independence, we are "endowed by our Creator..."

 

On this episode of the Lighthouse
Faith podcast, Dr. Newcombe gives a spirited interview, pushing back
against the forces trying to dismantle American values. The Providence Forum
exists to "preserve, defend and advance the Judeo-Christian values of our
nation's founding." Leading up to America's 250th birthday, Dr. Newcombe
is here to remind all of us exactly where our thanks is due.

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Little Patriots are not born; they are made. Believing that younger generations are being taught to loathe America's founding ideals, Dr. Ben Carson is working to undo the harm. Through his American Cornerstone Institute, the former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and renowned neurosurgeon aims to restore faith, family devotion, and patriotism to the forefront of education.

On this episode of Lighthouse Faith, Dr. Carson discusses his organization's new animated movie, Star Spangled Adventure, designed to teach children the vital history missing from modern classrooms. He also shares the powerful story of his own upbringing by a single mother with a third-grade education. Through her sacrifice and prayers for wisdom, she raised a rocket scientist and a brain surgeon—a true "only in America" success story.

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After reading a troubling report on the decline of traditional American values, Princeton Professor Robert George founded Fidelity Month—a grassroots movement celebrated in June to encourage devotion to God, family, and country. On this episode of Lighthouse Faith, Professor George discusses the movement's growing momentum and explains why Fidelity Month isn't meant to replace Pride Month, but to serve as a separate celebration of shared values and patriotism.
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“Marriage is given to us in Heaven but formed here on Earth.”

According to research provided by the non-profit faith-based ministry, Communio.org, there is a definitive correlation between pre-marital chastity and a healthy marriage.

Fr Matt De Gance and his brother, JP De Gance, the founder and CEO of Communio.org, explain that more young adults are attending church and getting married at higher rates than ever before. As the Bible says, "It is not good for the man to be alone." (Genesis 2:18 NIV), and on this episode of the Lighthouse Faith podcast, the De Gance brothers do a tag-team interview to highlight the connection between youth marriages and a strong relationship with Jesus Christ. They emphasize that God intended for us to walk together in faith and love. 

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