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EPISODE · Jul 2, 2026 · 53 MIN

Was America Founded as a Christian Nation?

from Know What You Believe with Michael Horton

What was the place of Christianity in early America? How did calls from Presbyterians around ecclesiastical reform branch out into political revolution? Is "Christian nationalism" an anachronism? Hillsdale College historians, Miles Smith and Darryl Hart, join Michael Horton to discuss the history of Christianity in early America as the United States celebrates its 250th year as a nation. GET YOUR FREE SOLA NEWSPAPER A quarterly print publication featuring articles on theology, the historic creeds and confessions, and reflections for the Christian life, delivered straight to your mailbox. For free. FOLLOW US YouTube | Instagram | X/Twitter | Facebook | Newsletter WHO WE ARE Sola Media serves today's global church by producing resources for reformation grounded in the historic Christian faith. For over thirty-five years, Sola has walked alongside Christians in their faith, pointing away from novelty and ourselves, and toward Christ and his gospel as proclaimed in the Scriptures, articulated in the ancient Christian Creeds, and summarized in the confessions of the Protestant Reformation. Learn more: https://solamedia.org/

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