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EPISODE · Nov 24, 2025 · 17 MIN

Why the Pilgrims Really Went to America

from The Magazine Podcast · host Banner of Truth

This week, by kind permission of Dr Robert Tracy McKenzie, we read his insightful piece on the motivations of the Mayflower Pilgrims. As we mark 405 years since they made landfall in Provincetown, Massachussetts, what can we learn of spiritual benefit from their reasons for going to the 'New World'?    Original article:  https://faithandamericanhistory.wordpress.com/2017/11/12/why-the-pilgrims-really-came-to-america-2/    Books by Robert Tracy McKenzie: The First Thanksgiving: What the Real Story Tells Us About Loving God and Learning from History We the Fallen People: The Founders and the Future of Democracy   More on the podcast about the Pilgrims:  Episode II: The Congregation on Two Continents   Explore the work of the Banner of Truth: www.banneroftruth.org Subscribe to the Magazine (print/digital/both): www.banneroftruth.org/magazine Leave us your feedback or a testimony: www.speakpipe.com/magazinepodcast  

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