How One Soldier's Sexual Sin Led to a Plot to Assassinate George Washington

In 1776, one of George Washington's own personal guards was hanged for conspiracy and treason after plotting to assassinate him and deliver the Revolution to the British. After the execution, Washington addressed his army with a warning that shocks most people when they hear it — a warning about what actually led Thomas Hickey down the path to betrayal. We unpack his reasoning, and what it reveals about the connection between how a man lives privately and whether he can be trusted with anything that matters publicly. We also dig into what the British were actually doing to revolutionaries — hint, it wasn't just taxation — and explore a powerful passage from scripture about what it means to walk as a young lion among sheep, why faithful men who feel outnumbered are actually the most powerful force in any room, and why the fate of millions may genuinely depend on whether you choose to rise up or waste your potential on addiction and distraction.