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EPISODE · Nov 26, 2025 · 33 MIN

Origins of the American Thanksgiving Holiday || An RTTB Brief History

from Reasoning Through the Bible · host What Does the Bible Say?

The United States celebrates an annual Thanksgiving holiday.  Today Thanksgiving means football, feasting, family, days off from work, and early Christmas sales in the stores. But what are the origins of this Thanksgiving holiday? Who were the Pilgrims who started it and what were their religious beliefs?What did George Washington and Abraham Lincoln say about Thanksgiving?Were the founding fathers religious or not? In this session we review all these questions and give an historical and religious context to the holiday. Support the showThank you for listening!!  Please give us a five-star rating to help your podcast provider's algorithm spread RTTB among their listeners. You can find free study and leader resources at the following link - Resource Page - Reasoning Through the BiblePlease prayerfully consider supporting RTTB to help us to continue providing content and free resources. You can do that at this link - Support RTTB - Reasoning Through the Bible May God Bless you!! - Glenn and Steve

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The United States celebrates an annual Thanksgiving holiday. Today Thanksgiving means football, feasting, family, days off from work, and early Christmas sales in the stores. But what are the origins of this Thanksgiving holiday? Who were the Pilgrims who started it and what were their religious beliefs?What did George Washington and Abraham Lincoln say about Thanksgiving?Were the founding fathers religious or not? In this session we review all these questions and give an his...

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