Experience the American dream with today’s Patriot of the Past interview. I’m your host, John Gillespie.
It’s May 17, 1776. I’m at Princeton University. Its president, John Witherspoon, has just finished giving a stirring sermon calling for Americans to defend liberty.
JG: “Reverend Wetherspoon, why were you so impassioned today?”
JW: “God sees and knows all, and He has called us to preserve life and liberty. My sermon is being published throughout the colonies, spreading the ideas of freedom.”
Reverend Wetherspoon was elected to the Continental Congress in 1776. His biblical principles helped establish the basis for liberty in America.
Read more about Reverend John Witherspoon’s philosophy of tyranny and liberty.
John and Jan Gillespie are the founders of the Rawhide Boys’ Ranch; they have fostered 351 teenagers and wrote the book Our 351 Sons; they have also assisted numerous churches in developing youth programs and expanding their total church ministries. After running for U.S. Senate, John founded 1776 American Dream, which exists to demonstrate the vision of our founding fathers and help our generation of youth passionately embrace those values.
